diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/specific/pools.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/specific/pools.css.scss
index 31f86c358..06857cdd5 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/specific/pools.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/specific/pools.css.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 @import "../common/000_vars.css.scss";
 
+a.pool-category-collection, span.pool-category-collection a {
+  color: #A0A;
+
+  &:hover {
+    color: #B6B;
+  }
+}
+
 div#c-pool-elements {
   div#a-new {
     font-size: 0.8em;
diff --git a/app/models/pool.rb b/app/models/pool.rb
index 42537c02c..e6ee53062 100644
--- a/app/models/pool.rb
+++ b/app/models/pool.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require 'ostruct'
 class Pool < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_uniqueness_of :name
   validates_format_of :name, :with => /\A[^\s;,]+\Z/, :on => :create, :message => "cannot have whitespace, commas, or semicolons"
+  validates_inclusion_of :category, :in => %w(series collection)
   belongs_to :creator, :class_name => "User"
   belongs_to :updater, :class_name => "User"
   has_many :versions, :class_name => "PoolVersion", :dependent => :destroy, :order => "pool_versions.id ASC"
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ class Pool < ActiveRecord::Base
   after_save :create_version
   after_create :synchronize!
   before_destroy :create_mod_action_for_destroy
-  attr_accessible :name, :description, :post_ids, :post_id_array, :post_count, :is_active, :as => [:member, :gold, :platinum, :contributor, :janitor, :moderator, :admin, :default]
+  attr_accessible :name, :description, :post_ids, :post_id_array, :post_count, :is_active, :category, :as => [:member, :gold, :platinum, :contributor, :janitor, :moderator, :admin, :default]
   attr_accessible :is_deleted, :as => [:janitor, :moderator, :admin]
 
   module SearchMethods
@@ -21,6 +22,18 @@ class Pool < ActiveRecord::Base
       where("is_deleted = false")
     end
 
+    def series
+      where("category = ?", "series")
+    end
+
+    def collection
+      where("category = ?", "collection")
+    end
+
+    def series_first
+      order("(case category when 'series' then 0 else 1 end), name")
+    end
+
     def search(params)
       q = scoped
       params = {} if params.blank?
@@ -60,6 +73,12 @@ class Pool < ActiveRecord::Base
         q = q.order("updated_at desc")
       end
 
+      if params[:category] == "series"
+        q = q.series
+      elsif params[:category] == "collection"
+        q = q.collection
+      end
+
       q
     end
   end
@@ -254,7 +273,7 @@ class Pool < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def create_version
-    if post_ids_changed? || name_changed? || description_changed? || is_active_changed? || is_deleted_changed?
+    if post_ids_changed? || name_changed? || description_changed? || is_active_changed? || is_deleted_changed? || category_changed?
       last_version = versions.last
 
       if last_version && CurrentUser.ip_addr == last_version.updater_ip_addr && CurrentUser.id == last_version.updater_id
diff --git a/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb
index c8179944c..fa40820df 100644
--- a/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/post_presenter.rb
@@ -161,12 +161,14 @@ class PostPresenter < Presenter
       return if pool.nil?
       html += pool_link_html(template, pool, :include_rel => true)
 
-      @post.pools.active.where("id <> ?", template.params[:pool_id]).each do |other_pool|
+      other_pools = @post.pools.where("id <> ?", template.params[:pool_id]).series_first
+      other_pools.each do |other_pool|
         html += pool_link_html(template, other_pool)
       end
     else
       first = true
-      @post.pools.each do |pool|
+      pools = @post.pools.series_first
+      pools.each do |pool|
         if first && template.params[:tags].blank?
           html += pool_link_html(template, pool, :include_rel => true)
           first = false
@@ -187,11 +189,11 @@ class PostPresenter < Presenter
     if options[:include_rel]
       prev_rel = "prev"
       next_rel = "next"
-      klass = "active"
+      klass = "active pool-category-#{pool.category}"
     else
       prev_rel = nil
       next_rel = nil
-      klass = ""
+      klass = "pool-category-#{pool.category}"
     end
 
     if @post.id != pool.post_id_array.first
diff --git a/app/views/pools/_search.html.erb b/app/views/pools/_search.html.erb
index 768be1448..00a33623a 100644
--- a/app/views/pools/_search.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pools/_search.html.erb
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@
         </td>
       </tr>
 
+      <tr>
+        <th><label for="search_category">Category</th>
+        <td>
+          <div class="input">
+            <%= select "search", "category", [["Series", "series"], ["Collection", "collection"]], :selected => params[:search][:category], :include_blank => true %>
+          </div>
+        </td>
+      </tr>
+
       <tr>
         <th><label for="search_sort">Order</th>
         <td>
diff --git a/app/views/pools/edit.html.erb b/app/views/pools/edit.html.erb
index dfaa49daa..26bfb5953 100644
--- a/app/views/pools/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pools/edit.html.erb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
       <%= f.input :name, :input_html => { :value => @pool.pretty_name } %>
       <%= f.input :description %>
       <%= f.input :post_ids, :label => "Posts" %>
+      <%= f.input :category, :collection => ["series", "collection"], :include_blank => false %>
       <%= f.input :is_active %>
       <%= f.button :submit %>
     <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/pools/index.html.erb b/app/views/pools/index.html.erb
index 8ff8204b4..36f408802 100644
--- a/app/views/pools/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pools/index.html.erb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
             </td>
             <td>
-              <%= link_to h(pool.pretty_name), pool_path(pool) %>
+              <%= link_to h(pool.pretty_name), pool_path(pool), :class => "pool-category-#{pool.category}" %>
             </td>
             <td>
               <%= link_to_user pool.creator %>
diff --git a/app/views/pools/new.html.erb b/app/views/pools/new.html.erb
index 97c092085..f01d1ef2d 100644
--- a/app/views/pools/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pools/new.html.erb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
       <%= f.input :name %>
       <%= f.input :description %>
       <%= f.input :post_ids, :label => "Posts" %>
+      <%= f.input :category, :collection => ["series", "collection"], :include_blank => false %>
       <%= f.input :is_active %>
       <%= f.button :submit %>
     <% end %>
diff --git a/db/migrate/20130506154136_add_category_to_pools.rb b/db/migrate/20130506154136_add_category_to_pools.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61be564d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20130506154136_add_category_to_pools.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class AddCategoryToPools < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    execute("set statement_timeout = 0")
+    add_column :pools, :category, :string, :null => false, :default => "series"
+  end
+end