Post on 31-Mar-2015
The Numbers The Numbers inin NonfictionNonfiction
Recipe for making a nonfiction number:
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Numbers for subject areaFirst 3
letters of author’s last nameNumbersNumbers & & LettersLetters
Now let’s learn more about the NUMBERSNUMBERS in a nonfiction call number.
The Dewey Decimal System is a tool
used to sort books into
groups groups or or
categoriescategories
This system was invented by a man
named
He was a librarian who lived long ago.
Sorting books by subject, what a
There are 10 general groups for sorting
ALLALL of the subjects
General means broad, lots of subjects will fit into each
group.
The 10 GroupsThe 10 Groups:
General Works Philosophy
Religion Social Studies
Language Science
Technology Arts and Leisure
Literature History/Geography
000sGeneral Works
Books that fit in this group have many
different subjects in them.
Here are some examples:
100sPhilosophy
Books that fit in this group tell about how we
think and feel.
Here are some examples:
200sReligion
Books in this group tell about different religions or stories from the bible.
Here are some examples:
FRIOFRIO
The Lightning Thief:Percy Jackson series
(Book 1) by Rick Riordan
The Lost Hero:The Heroes of Olympus series (Book 1) by Rick
RiordanFRIOFRIO
300s Social Sciences
Books in this group tell about how people live
together.
300 Social Issues 320
Government 330
Careers 340
Court System 350
Military Equipment 360
Environmental Issues 370
Education 380
Transportation 390
Holidays & Scary Stories
Fairy tales, folk tales, tall tales and myths are also placed (or grouped) in the 300s.
Here are some examples:
Here are some examples of holiday books:
Books about our government are found in the 300s.
Books about families are found in the 300s.
Books about careers are found in the
300s.
Books about trains are found in the 300s.
Books about the history of transportation are found in the
300s.
Scary stories are found in the 300s.
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It’s Christmas,David!by David Shannon
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Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem by Maya Angelou
400s-Language
Books in this group are about different
languages or grammar.
Here are some examples:
500s-Science & Math
Books in this group are about things from
nature.
500 Science Experiments510 Mathematics 520 Stars, planets, astronomy530 Physical Science - force &
motion, electricity, magnetism540 Chemistry, Atoms & Molecules550 Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Weather560 Dinosaurs, Prehistoric Animals570 Forests, Deserts, Mountains,
Oceans, Evolution580 Plants & Trees590 Animals & Insects599 Mammals
Here are some examples:
Books about dinosaurs are ALWAYS found in the 500s and have this call number: 567.9
Books about snakes are
ALWAYS found in the 500s and have this call
number: 597.96
Books about elephants are ALWAYS found in the 500s and have this call
number: 599.67
Snakes as
pets: 639.3
600s-Technology
This group has man-made things that make the world
a better place.
Inventions! Cooking! Human
body!
Tractors!
Farm Animals!
Fire Trucks!
Paper Making!
Woodworking!
Dogs!
700s-Arts and Leisure
Books in this group are about things we do for
fun.
Art!Origami!
Football!Drawing!
Baseball!Camping! Cartoons!
Fishing! Crafts!
800s-Literature
Books in this group are stories, plays, poetry, and joke &
riddle books.
Here are some examples:
This is the group fiction books were put in
long ago when The Dewey Decimal The Dewey Decimal
SystemSystem was first invented.
Today we have too many fiction books in our libraries to organize them in this way, so fiction books
have their own way of being
organized.
In
order, by
author’s last name
!
900s-History/Geography
Books in this group tell about events and
places.
977.739977.7
Biography-920s
This is the biography section that contains
books about groups of people.
Here are some examples:
Knowing these 10 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.