Finding Books and Materials At Baker

Examples- Novels, Chapter Books or Short stories Arranged alphabetically by author’s last name Example: Harry Potter Author: JK Rowling FIC ROW Fiction

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 Knowledge Lots of information in one book or set of books. Almanacs, Encyclopedias, Libraries, Museums, Guinness Book, Ripleys Believe it or Not, Newspapers General Knowledge

 100 Psychology and Philosophy Death & Dying, Ethics, Feelings, Logic, Making Friends, Optical Illusions, Superstitions, ghosts, Bigfoot, Bermuda Triangle Psychology and Philosophy

 200 Religions and Mythology Amish, Bible Stories, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Quakers, and other world religions; Greek, Roman and other myths Religions and Mythology

 300 Social Sciences and Folklore Careers, Customs, Environment, Families, Folktales, Government, Manners, Money, Recycling Social Sciences and Folklore

 400 Languages and Grammar Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Sign Language, Spanish. Includes dictionaries 400 Languages and Grammar

 500 Math and Science 500 Math and Science  Biology  Animals  Chemistry  Dinosaurs  Fish  Geology  Insects  Physics  Planets  Plants...

 600 Medicine and Technology 600 Medicine and Technology  Computers,  Cookbooks,  Engineering,  Farming,  Health  Human Body  Inventions  Manufacturing  Nutrition...

Arts and Recreation -Art -artists -how-to-draw books -crafts, -origami -music -joke and riddle books -and sports

800 Literature 800 Literature Children's Literature Plays Poetry Shakespeare Writing...

900 Geography and History 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  Biography Arranged alpha by PERSON’S last name the book is about B JOR (Biography about Michael Jordan)  Spanish SP FIC SAC Reference REF 920 WEB Easy E BUN Arranged by author’s last name

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