Library skills
How were books originally organized before Dewey Decimal
By color
When do I have to pay a fee or fine?
If you return a damaged book or lose your library book.
When looking for books on the shelf or putting them back what part of the book should be facing out?
The spine
How many categories are there in the DDCS?
10
Where would you find chapter books?
In fiction, along the back walls
What is a nonfiction book?
A book written with true facts or meant to teach you information.
What type of books are Reference books?
Books behind the Mrs. Weathers desk: encyclopedia, dictionary, almanac, atlas, thesaurus.
In which genre would Dork Diaries or Diary of a Wimpy Kid be found?
Fiction, Graphic Novels
What section in the library would I go to if I want a picture book to read for fun?
E for Everybody
what section would I find books on religion and Mythology
200's
What is a fictional book?
Stories that are made up from the author's imagination.
How do we know if it is a fiction book?
The spine label will have "F" or "E" at the beginning.
What section would popular series be in like Demon Slayers and Dork Diaries be found in?
black turning book shelf
what system is the library organized by?
The Dewey Decimal Classification System
Where can you find new books?
New books table
Where is the Poetry section
800's
If you find a book in the wrong spot, how do you know where it belongs? What should you do with it?
Look at the call number for the book's address, and replace it where it belongs OR give it to Mrs. Weathers to reshelve.
Where do we find Auto biography's? And what number does their spine start with?
Last shelf by the tree, and 92
What are biographies?
True stories written about a person's life by someone else
what is a Genre?
A type or category of book
Where do you check out library books that you want to take home and read?
At Mrs Weathers circulation desk desk.
How do you tell if it is a Non-Fiction Book when you are looking at the call number?
The spine will start with numbers, then the author's first 3 letters of their last name.
What section would I find books on languages
400's
what number section would you find Folklore or Folk Tales
300"s
Illegally copying someone else's work without citing your source or trying to pass it off as if it were your own work is called
plagiarism.