Another way to look at the Numbers in Nonfiction

There is a recipe for making a nonfiction call number.numbers (for the

subject)

first three letters of author’s last name

This is about the numbers in a nonfiction call

number.

The Dewey Decimal System is a tool used to sort

books intogroups or

categories

10 general groups for sorting all of the subjects

General means broad, lots of

subjects will fit into each group.

Here are the 10 general groups for sorting books

in the Dewey Decimal System:

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

100s-PhilosophyBooks in this group tell about how we think and feel.

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.

400s-LanguageBooks in this group are about different languages or grammar.

noun

verb

adjective

500s-Science & MathBooks in this group

are about natural laws and things from

nature.

600s-TechnologyThis group has books that are about man-made things.

700s-Arts and LeisureBooks in this group are

about things we do for fun.

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 !!!!

Let’s See What You’ve Learned

Call numbers help us find

the books we want!

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?

2. What system tells us what numbers go with each subject?

Dewey Decimal System

2. What system tells us what numbers go with each subject?

3. Who is responsible for inventing the Dewey Decimal System?

Melvil Dewey

3. Who is responsible for inventing the Dewey Decimal System?

4. Mr. Dewey matched a number with each _____________.

a) author

b) subject

c) title

5. Most school libraries use the Dewey Decimal System.

a) false

b) true

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.

See? You remembered quite a bit, I’ll bet! Good

job!

Now pat yourself on the back and let’s move on to

our next slideshow!