Call Numbers
What is a call #?
Number or letters on the side of the book determines where a book is placed on the library shelves?
Name a popular nonfiction genre and provide an example.
What is Biography, with examples like "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank?)
Name TWO nonfiction categories.
sports and crafts
What helps organize books in a library using numbers
The Dewey Decimal System
Why is it important to keep books neat in a library?
To make it easy for you to find and enjoy the books.
ex; placing books backwards or upside down or in the wrong place.
Why is it important to keep books with similar call numbers together on the shelves?
To make it easier to find books about the same thing. related topics.
what is the difference between fiction and nonfiction?
Fiction is pretend and nonfiction is real and true.
What Dewey decimal # is sports?
the 700s
How does the Dewey Decimal System group nonfiction books?
Into different categories, with its own number.
ex; sports 700 fish 500.
Name three ways you can get better at cleaning up the shelves.
Putting books back in the right place, keeping them in order, and tidying up the shelves?
bonus; putting it in the book return or on the cart.
How are fiction books organized differently from nonfiction books in a library?
Fiction books are organized alphabetically by author's last name, nonfiction books are organized by subject.
How can recognizing genres help in organizing nonfiction books
By putting books with similar topics together for easier reading.
What are two ways you can search for books in nonfiction?
By Dewey # and topic
How do you find a nonfiction book?
By finding the book's Dewey Decimal number and locating it on the shelves based on that number.
How does organizing books by topic help you find what you need
By grouping books about the same things together for quick searching.