another way to look at the numbers in nonfiction
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There is a recipe for making a nonfiction call number.numbers (for the
subject)
first three letters of author’s last name
10 general groups for sorting all of the subjects
General means broad, lots of
subjects will fit into each group.
This seems like a lot to remember, but don’t worry you’ll learn it all quickly.
So let’s get going !!
000s-General WorksBooks in this group have
many different subjects in them.For example: Encyclopedias 031
or a Book of World Records 032
This is also where books on unexplained subjects are found.
Ex: The Loch Ness Monster 001.9
200s-ReligionBooks in this group tell about various religions or stories from the Bible, Torah, or Quran.
300s-Social StudiesBooks in this group tell
about how people live together.
holidays and customsgovernment, military
Fairy tales and folk tales are also placed in the 300s. Many were written to teach a lesson about behavior
and.. That’s social studies.
800s-LiteratureBooks in this group
are stories, plays, or poetry.
This is the group fiction books were put in long ago when The Dewey Decimal System was first invented.
Today we have too many fiction books in our libraries to organize them in this way. So fiction books are kept in a separate section and have their own way of being organized.
You know, in ABC order, by author !
900s-History/Geography
Books in this group tell about events of the past and countries of the world.
Biography- 920Don’t forget this group. It contains books about famous people’s lives. Some libraries have a separate section for Biographies.
Knowing these big groups will help make it easier to find the books you want in the nonfiction section.
Remember, nonfiction call numbers are placed in number order first, so that means all of the books about the same subject end up near each other on the shelf.That’s Smart !!!!
1. What is the recipe for a nonfiction call number?
(See if you can remember first.
Then click to the next slide
for the answer.)
Numbers (for the subject)
First three letters in the author’s last name
1. What is the recipe for a nonfiction call number?
Most public libraries use the Dewey system too!
Public libraries are different from school libraries. They serve the whole city or county. Multnomah County Library is an example of a public library.