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Call Numbers. by Adrianna A. All books are given a call number. The call number is used to find a book’s location in the library. Why are call numbers useful?.

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  1. Call Numbers by Adrianna A.

  2. All books are given a call number. • The call number is used to find a book’s location in the library

  3. Why are call numbers useful? call numbers are a little bit confusing at first, but once you understand them you will be able to find any book you want in any library

  4. Call Numbers • Call numbers are printed on a book’sspine label

  5. Spine Labels Think of the spine label as a mailbox & the call number is the house address

  6. Sample Call Numbers • Nonfiction books are ordered according to their subject. For example, all sports books are shelved together • Reference books are shelved the same way other nonfiction books are; according to their subject. You can not checkout reference books 796 FIS REF 796 FIS

  7. Sample Call Numbers • Fiction (FIC) books are ordered by the author’s last name. For example: all books written by Gordan Korman are on the “K” shelf in alphabetical order in the Fiction section • Paperback (PB) books that are fiction are ordered the same as fiction books; by the author’s last name. FIC Kor PB FIC KOR

  8. Sometimes Fiction, Biographies & nonfiction are shelved together • Spanish (SP) • French (FR) • Graphic Novel (GN) These books look like comic books SP 796 FIS SP FIC KOR SP BIO Valley FR 796 FIS FR FIC KOR GN BIO Valley GN BIO Valley GN 796 FIS GN FIC KOR

  9. FIC Kor Fiction books are organized in alphabetic order by the author’s last name All fiction book call numbers start with “FIC” Fiction

  10. Understanding Fiction call numbers! FICmeans Fiction Go to the Fiction side of the library KorThese are the 1st three letters of the author’s last name. Go to the “K” shelf in the fiction section of the library FIC Kor

  11. How do I use a call number to find an book? • If there is a number in the call number, then it is a nonfiction book!

  12. Dewey Decimal Classification System (DDC) • Nonfiction books are organized and shelved using the Dewey Decimal Classification System

  13. There are 10 main subjects of the Dewey Decimal Classification System 0 – 99 General Knowledge 100 – 199 Philosophy & Psychology 200 – 299 Religion 300 – 399 Social Science 400 - 499 Languages 500 – 599 Math & Science 600 – 699 Technology 700 – 799 Art, Music, Sports & Recreation 800 – 899 Literature & Rhetoric 900 – 999 History & Geography Finding Nonfiction Books Using DDC

  14. Finding your book • Each book case is like a street in a neighborhood.

  15. Where to Start Looking • Does the number on the spine label fall in between these two numbers? • If it does you are on the right “street”

  16. Nonfiction • Make sure that you are looking for the number on the spine label • If there are many books with the same exact number, then look at the match up the letters below it

  17. Bibliography http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/call_numbers.html Where is the call number? Viewed 10/08

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