French

As in most academic libraries, there is no "fiction section" at CFCC.  We catalog works of fiction according to the Library of Congress call number system.

This means that fiction is shelved according to the author's country of origin and time period.  Literary criticism and translations are shelved side by side with the original work.

French Literature - PQ 1 to PQ 3999

To look for works of fiction on a certain topic or set in a certain location, combine the topic (typed in General Keyword) with the term "FICTION" (typed in Subject Keyword). 

For example, novels featuring shipwrecks can be found by the search below.

As in most academic libraries, there is no "biography section" at CFCC.  We catalog biographies according to the Library of Congress call number system.

This means that biographies are shelved with the subject for which the individual is famous.  Biographies of chemists will be in the "QD" section with the chemistry books, for example, and biographies of artists will be in in the "N" section with the art books. 

The biography of Maria Montessori, a famous early childhood innovator

• Montessori : The Science Behind the Genius /  by Angeline Stoll Lillard

is found in the "LB" section near other books about teaching young children. 

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES (written by the subject of the book) and BIOGRAPHIES (written by someone else) are treated the same in the Library of Congress system.

To look for biographies and autobiographies on a certain topic, combine the topic (typed in General Keyword) with the term "BIOGRAPHY" (typed in Subject Keyword). 

Library of Congress sets aside the CT classification for special types of biographical information.

• CT 21-22  Biography as an art or literary form
• CT 31-83  History of biographical literature & lives of famous biographers
• CT 93-206  General collective biography
• CT 210-3150  National biography (Collective)
• CT 3200-3830  Biography of women (Collective)
• CT 3990  Academicians.  Scholars. Savants (Collective)
• CT 9960-9998  Other miscellaneous groups, including adventurers, eccentrics, misers, etc. (Collective)

PQ 1-771 History and criticism

PQ 1-150 General

PQ 151-221 Medieval Old French

PQ 226-310 Modern

PQ 400-491 Poetry

PQ 500-591 Drama

PQ 601-771 Prose and prose fiction

PQ 781-841 Folk literature

PQ 845 Juvenile literature

PQ 1100-1297 Collections

• PQ 1100-1145 General
• PQ 1160-1193 Poetry
• PQ 1211-1241 Drama
• PQ 1243-1297 Prose

PQ 1300-1595 Old French literature

• PQ 1300-1391 Collections
• Individual authors and works
• PQ 1411-1545 to 1350/1400
• PQ 1551-1595 (14th-) 15th century (to ca. 1525)

PQ 1600-2726 Modern Literature : Individual Authors

• PQ 1600-1709 16th century
• PQ 1710-1935 17th century
• PQ 1947-2147 18th century
• PQ 2149-2551 19th century
• PQ 2600-2651 1900-1960
• PQ 2660-2686 1961-2000
• PQ 2700-2726 2001-

PQ 3800-3999 Provincial, local, colonial, etc.