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Let’s Learn About. Call Numbers. Remember, a call number is like the book’s address in the library. It tells where the book lives on the library shelf. Our library has four kinds of books, so we have four kinds of call numbers:. Fiction. Picture Books. I-Can-Read Books. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Let’s Learn About
Call Numbers
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Remember, a call number is like the book’s address
in the library. It tells where the
book lives on the library shelf.
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Our library has four kinds of books, so we have four kinds of call numbers:
Fiction
Picture Books
Dewey (non-fiction)
I-Can-Read Books
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Today we’re going to learn the recipe for making all four kinds of call numbers.
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A fiction call number is made up of two parts:jF or F (for fiction)
first three letters in the author’s last
name
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So a fiction call number for the author, Beverly Cleary would look like this:
jF Cle
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What would the fiction call number for the author, Matt Christopher look like?
jF Chr
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An easy fiction (picture book) call number is made up of two parts:E (for easy fiction/picture books)
first three letters in the author’s last name
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So an easy fiction call number for the author, Jan Brett would look like this:
E Bre
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What would the easy fiction call number for the author William Stieg,look like?E Sti
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An beginning chapter book or I-Can-Read book call number is made up of two parts:I (for I-Can-Read)
first three letters in the author’s last name
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What would the I-Can-Read call number for the author Peggy Parrish, look like?I Par
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How do we put fiction and easy fiction call numbers in order?
Think……How can we put letters in order?
That’s right, fiction and easy fiction call numbers
are in ABC order.
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Nonfiction (Dewey) call numbers are made up of two parts:Numbers (for the subject)
first three letters in the author’s last name
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So a nonfiction call number for a mammal book by Jane Mosley would look like this:j599 Mos
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How do we put nonfiction call numbers in order?
Think...nonfiction call numbers have numbers and letters, so..
Nonfiction call numbers are put in number order first, then in ABC order.
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One kind of nonfiction book has a different recipe from the rest. biography
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What is a biography?
A book about the life of a famous person.
Biography call numbers have their own special recipe.
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Biography call numbers are made up of two parts.
j92 (the number for biography)
first three letters of the famous person’s
last name
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So the call number for a biography about George Washington would look like this:
j92Was
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What would the call number for a biography about Troy Aikman look like?
j92 Aik
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How are biography call numbers put in order?Since all biography call numbers have a 92, they are put in ABC order.
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Let’s see if you can tell what kind of book goes with each call number !!
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E Car
easy fiction
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j567.9 Ber
Dewey/nonfiction
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j92 Lin
biography
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E Mcd
easy fiction/picture
book
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F Gif
fiction
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j796 Bon
Dewey/nonfiction
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F Par
fiction
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j92 Edi
biography