Reference Materials
Text Features
Call Numbers
Genres
Dewey Decimal System
100
A book of maps
What is an Atlas?
100
The person who writes the book
What is the author?
100
What does E mean in the call number?
What is an Everyone book?
100
A book about castles, princes and princesses?
What is a Fairy Tale?
100
A book in the 200s section would be about this.
What is religion or myths?
200
A book that has an ABC list of words and their meanings
What is a dictionary?
200
The company that prints the book
What is the publisher?
200
What does PB mean in the call number?
What is a paper back book?
200
A book that has a crime or problem to solve with clues and suspects.
What is a mystery?
200
A book in the 500s section would be about this.
What is Math or Science?
300
A set of books with information and facts from A to Z
What is an Encyclopedia?
300
Located in the front of the book, this lists the chapters or subjects in the book
What is the table of contents?
300
What does B mean in the call number?
What is a biography?
300
A book about a person's life.
What is a biography?
300
A book in the 636's would be about this
What is Pets?
400
A book that has an ABC list of words and their synonyms and antonyms
What is a Thesaurus?
400
The date the book was published
What is the copyright date?
400
What does a number mean (636.4) in the call number?
What is a non-fiction book?
400
A book that takes place in the future.
What is Science Fiction?
400
A book in the 811's would be about this
What is poetry?
500
A book published each year with facts and information on many different subjects
What is an Almanac?
500
The number and author letters found on the spine of the book
What is the call number?
500
What does an F mean in the call number?
What is a fiction/hardcover chapter book?
500
A book about something that could happen in real life
What is Realistic Fiction?
500
A book in the 398's would be about this
What is fairy tales, folk tales or legends?