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Finding Books and Materials At Baker. Fiction. Examples- Novels, Chapter Books or Short stories Arranged alphabetically by author’s last name Example: Harry Potter Author: JK Row ling FIC ROW. Dewey Decimal System. A system we use to classify books by grouping them in 10 categories.
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Finding Books and Materials At Baker
Fiction Examples- Novels, Chapter Books or Short stories Arranged alphabetically by author’s last name Example: Harry Potter Author: JK Rowling FIC ROW
Dewey Decimal System • A system we use to classify books by grouping them in 10 categories. • Used mostly for “non-fiction” or information books but also includes graphic novels
000 General KnowledgeLots of information in one book or set of books.Almanacs, Encyclopedias, Libraries, Museums, Guinness Book, Ripleys Believe it or Not, Newspapers ...
100 Psychology and PhilosophyDeath & Dying, Ethics, Feelings, Logic, Making Friends, Optical Illusions, Superstitions, ghosts, Bigfoot, Bermuda Triangle ...
200 Religions and Mythology Amish, Bible Stories, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Quakers, and other world religions; Greek, Roman and other myths...
300 Social Sciences and Folklore Careers, Customs, Environment, Families, Folktales, Government, Manners, Money, Recycling ...
400 Languages and GrammarChinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Sign Language, Spanish. Includes dictionaries
500 Math and Science • Biology • Animals • Chemistry • Dinosaurs • Fish • Geology • Insects • Physics • Planets • Plants ...
600 Medicine and Technology • Computers, • Cookbooks, • Engineering, • Farming, • Health • Human Body • Inventions • Manufacturing • Nutrition ...
700Arts and Recreation-Art -artists -how-to-draw books -crafts, -origami-music -joke and riddle books -and sports
800 Literature Children's Literature PlaysPoetryShakespeareWriting ...
900 Geography and History Biographies Countries Native Americans States Travel Wars ...
Call Numbers Have you ever wondered how library books are assigned their places on the shelves? The number placed on the spine of the book -- is a code which provides valuable information about the book
A call number is like an address: it tells us where the book is located in the library.
Other Call Numbers • Reference • REF 920 • WEB • Easy • E BUN • Arranged by author’s last name • Biography Arranged alpha by PERSON’S last name the book is about B JOR (Biography about Michael Jordan) • Spanish SP FIC SAC