Library Services
Your State Report
Getting started
Use the Online Catalog to find books about your state.
- Example: Search by Keyword "Wyoming Juvenile"
- Call numbers starting with J or RJ are in Kids’ Place. General state call numbers are listed on the back of this sheet
Internet
The following resources can be accessed from the Library or from home.
- Kids Online Resources and Teens Homework.
- Reference database, World Book Online
- E-book, Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States
Reference Books
Tip: Write down the full bibliographic information for each source used. Include author, title, publisher, date, pages.
The following reference books are at the Central Library in Kids’ Place.
- Junior Worldmark encyclopedia of the states (R)J973.03 J9
- Maps on File R912 M297 2006
- National Geographic United States atlas for young explorers RJ912 N277u
- National Geographic world atlas for young explorers (R)J912 N772 2003, 1998
- State names, seals, flags, and symbols (R)(J)929.92 S539 2002, 1994, 1987
- World almanac and book of facts R (J)310 W92
General Dewey Call Numbers for U. S. States
These call numbers will locate state books throughout the library. In the Children's collection, books have a J before the call number. Adult books have no J before the number.
| Alabama: 976.1 | Louisiana: 976.3 | Ohio: 977.1 |
| Alaska: 979.8 | Maine: 974.1 | Oklahoma: 976.6 |
| Arizona: 979.1 | Maryland: 975.2 | Oregon: 979.5 |
| Arkansas: 976.7 | Massachusetts: 974.4 | Pennsylvania: 974.8 |
| California: 979.4 | Michigan: 977.4 | Rhode Island: 974.5 |
| Colorado: 978.8 | Minnesota: 977.6 | South Carolina: 975.7 |
| Connecticut: 974.6 | Mississippi: 976.2 | South Dakota: 978.3 |
| Delaware: 975.1 | Missouri: 977.8 | Tennessee: 976.8 |
| Florida: 975.9 | Montana: 978.6 | Texas: 976.4 |
| Georgia: 975.8 | Nebraska: 978.2 | Utah: 979.2 |
| Hawaii: 996.9 | Nevada: 979.3 | Vermont: 974.3 |
| Idaho: 979.6 | New Hampshire: 974.2 | Virginia: 975.5 |
| Illinois: 977.3 | New Jersey: 974.9 | Washington: 979.7 |
| Indiana: 977.2 | New Mexico: 978.9 | Washington, D.C.: 975.3 |
| Iowa: 977.7 | New York: 974.7 | West Virginia: 975.4 |
| Kansas: 978.1 | North Carolina: 975.6 | Wisconsin: 977.5 |
| Kentucky: 976.9 | North Dakota: 978.4 | Wyoming: 978.7 |