For the past several years, almost all newly published items added to the library’s collection have been in electronic format only. These items are accessible in full text through the library’s intranet catalog. Many old print materials have also been digitized and uploaded to the library’s catalog.
To get a general sense of a subject’s history, however, you may find it useful to browse the library stacks in certain locations to see print copies of older publications (and the occasional newer item that was published both electronically and in print). For publications related to children, call number ranges include, but are not limited to:
312.92 demographic statistics by age
351.847 public administration – services to the young
362.7 problems of and services to young people
362.82 problems of and services to families
365.42 institutions for juveniles
364.1555 child abuse
371 schools and their activities; special education
372 elementary education
Hard copies of mandated reports that were produced only once or as a limited series are shelved by the number of the act that required the report. Hard copies of mandated reports produced regularly with no set end date (for example, state agencies’ annual reports) are shelved in the stacks by subject.