2. For example, a COVER protects a book and delivers important
information to you, the reader.
3. Like the TITLE of the book.
4. Like the TITLE of the book. And the name of the AUTHOR and
ILLUSTRATOR.
5. You know that a books SPINE is also important because it
holds the book together.
6. And it gives you, the reader, important information!
7. Like the TITLE of the book!
8. The name of the AUTHOR!
9. And if its a library book, the SPINE will also display the
books CALL NUMBER!
10. A CALL NUMBER is the address of the book. It tells you
exactly where the book lives on the shelf!
11. Just like your address tells someone exactly where you live
on your street. = 235
12. Knowing how to read a books CALL NUMBER is important
because FICTION BOOKS and NON-FICTION BOOKS have different kinds of
CALL NUMBERS!
13. And FICTION BOOKS and NON-FICTION BOOKS live in different
parts of our library! 4 DIFFERENT FICTION SECTIONS Book Cases All
Along the Walls Freestanding Book Cases in the Middle of the
Room
14. The first part of a books CALL NUMBER tells you if the book
is a FICTION book, or if it lives in the NON- FICTION section of
the library. DIA DIADIA E 328.5 F
15. DIA DIA DIA E 328.5 F If the CALL NUMBER starts with a
LETTER, then the book lives in one of our FICTION sections. EASY
FICTION BOOK (E = EASY) FICTION BOOK (F= FICTION FOR OLDER
STUDENTS)
16. E DIA F DIA 328.5 DIA If the CALL NUMBER starts with a
NUMBER, then the book lives in the NON-FICTION section. NON-
FICTION BOOK 328.5
17. F DIA E DIA 328.5 DIA Now you know, just from looking at
the FIRST PART of the CALL NUMBER what general area of the library
the book lives in. NON-FICTION SECTION EASY FICTION SECTION FICTION
SECTION FE 328.5
18. The second part of a CALL NUMBER usually tells you the
FIRST 3 LETTERS of the AUTHORS last name. E DIA F DIA 328.5 DIADIA
DIA DIA
19. In this example, all three of these CALL NUMBERS show that
the Authors Last Name starts with the letters DIA. E DIA F DIA
328.5 DIADIA DIA DIA
20. But two are FICTION BOOKS (Rememer, we know this because
the CALL NUMBER starts with a letter!) E DIA F DIA 328.5 DIA E
F
21. And one is a NON-FICTION book. (The CALL NUMBER starts with
a number!) E DIA F DIA 328.5 DIA 328.5
22. Why are the LAST 3 LETTERS of The AUTHORS LAST NAME
important? E DIA F DIA 328.5 DIA DIA DIA DIA
23. FICTION BOOKS are filed on the shelves ALPHABETICALLY by
the Authors Last name. F DIADIA F DAP F DE M F DIM F DIA F DEA F
DAS F DER F DIM
24. NON-FICTION BOOKS are filed NUMBERICALLY FIRST by their
Dewey Decimal number. 328.5 DIA 328.5 This book will be in the 300s
area of the NON-FICTION SECTION, numerically filed from the
smallest number to the greatest number. 327.8 328 328.2 328.5 328.5
328.5 329
25. 328.5 DIA Non-fiction books are further organized
ALPHABETICALLY by The AUTHORs LAST NAME. 328.5 DIA 328.5 DUP 328.5
FRI 329 AME
26. You can find ANY book in the library by using its CALL
NUMBER.
27. If you dont know a books CALL NUMBER, you can find it by
looking the book up on the Librarys computers. Glenoaks Elementary
School Home Catalog Glenoaks Elementary
28. Say you want to read a book about Bigfoot. Youre not sure
where such a book would be, or even if a book on Bigfoot would be a
FICTION or a NON- FICTION BOOK.
29. You can use the computer to find the book. Type the books
SUBJECT into the computers search box and click the SUBJECT button.
Bigfoot Glenoaks Elementary
30. Titles 1 12 out of 12 The computer will show you if our
library has any books on Bigfoot.
31. The CALL NUMBER or the books address for each book is
located under the books TITLE. Titles 1 12 out of 12
32. These books are all NON- FICTION books because the CALL
NUMBER starts with a number and NOT a letter. Titles 1 12 out of
12
33. We now know that all of these books will be located
somewhere in the NON- FICTION section of the library. Titles 1 12
out of 12
34. Lets look for this book: Bigfoot and Adaptation.
35. The first thing you need to do is write the CALL NUMBER
down on a slip of paper. The CALL NUMBER is 001.944 COL. Notice
that the COL stands for the first three letters of author Terry
Collins last name.
36. REMEMBER: NON-FICTON books are filed NUMBERICALLY first,
then ALPHABETICALLY by the Authors last name. So we first need to
find where the NON-FICTION books are located with call numbers less
than 100. Bigfoot and Adaptation has a very small CALL NUMBER of
1.944
37. Look at the street signs on the ends of the NON-FICTION
bookcases. The numbers on the signs give you an idea of the range
of Dewey Decimal numbers on that street.
38. Notice that the numbers on the sign increase as you move
toward the door.
39. You should be able to figure out what aisle might have the
CALL NUMBER you are looking for by using these signs.
40. The book you want to find, Bigfoot and Adaptation, had the
following CALL NUMBER: 001.944 COL
41. It will be somewhere in this bookcase... 001.944 COL At the
beginning of the NON-FICTION SECTION because this bookcase has
books with a CALL NUMBER as high as 092.
42. Use the big number signs and shelf labels to help find the
right Dewey Decimal area. So now we know where to look for the book
Bigfoot and Adaptation.
43. Once you find the right section, you can use the second
part of the books CALL NUMBER. The second part of this books CALL
NUMBER is COL. COL = COLLINS
44. REMEMBER: Non-fiction books are filed NUMERICALLY from
least to greatest number, and then ALPHABETICALLY if they have the
same CALL NUMBER.
45. There are a couple of different books with the CALL NUMBER
001.944
46. You want the one whose CALL NUMBER is 001.944 COL
47. Look Carefully! Sometimes books arent put back in the right
spot! NOT SHELVED PROPERLY!!!!!
48. Here it is! You found Bigfoot and Adaptation by doing a
subject search on the computer and using the books CALL
NUMBER!
49. There are other ways to search for a book in the library by
using the computers. You can search for a book by the authors name,
or use the books title or even just a keyword.
50. The end result with be the same. The computer will show you
books that match your search term and you will use the CALL NUMBER
to find it.
51. CALL NUMBERS are important! So please make sure that when
you put a book back on the shelf, the SPINE of the book is facing
you!
52. So the CALL NUMBERS are facing out.
53. Now you know a little bit about books and their CALL
NUMBERS. See if you can find a book today using a books CALL
NUMBER.