2. Books are grouped
or organized in a
special way so that
we can easily find
the books we need
in a library.
Libraries
3. Fiction or Non-fiction?
Fiction books are books that are
make-believe or not factual.
Non-fiction books are books that
are based on facts.
Books in the library are organized
into two groups:
4. Non-fiction Books
Non-fiction books are organized by
subjects and grouped by call numbers.
Call numbers come from something
called the Dewey Decimal System.
5. The Dewey Decimal Groups
000s General Works
100s Philosophy and Psychology
200s Religion
300s Social Sciences
400s Language
500s Science
600s Technology
700s Arts and Recreation
800s Literature
17. Fiction books used to be put in the 800s
because they are stories, but soon there
were so many fiction books that they had
to be separated into their own section.
20. Resources
(2004). Scholastic children’s encyclopedia. New York: Scholastic Reference. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=0439438160&appid=4
(2005). The beginners Bible: timeless children’s stories. Grand Rapids, MI: Mission City Press. Retrieved November
7, 2007, from
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=709628&show_all_cr=1&event=EBRN#customer_reviews
Aggasi, M., Ph. D. (2000). Hands are not for hitting. Minneapolis, MN : Free Spirit Publishing, Inc. Retrieved
November 7, 2007, from
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781575420776&itm=3
Broekel, R. (1982). Snakes. Chicago, IL: Children’s Press. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=0516016490&appid=4
Burdett, J. (1998). Shakespeare can be fun!: Romeo and Juliet for kids. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. Retrieved
November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=1552092445&appid=4
Capucilli, A. S. (1999). Happy Thanksgiving, Biscuit! New York: HarperCollins. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780694012213&itm=5
Durell, A. (1989). The Diane Goode book of American folk tales and songs. New York : E.P. Dutton. Retrieved
November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=0525444580&appid=4
Dyer, W.W. (2005). Incredible you!: 10 ways to let your greatness shine through. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc.
Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781401907822&itm=1
Eckart, E. (2002). I can play soccer. New York: Children’s Press. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=0516239694&appid=4
21. Resources
Emberley, E. (1977). Ed Emberley's great thumbprint drawing book. Boston, MA: Little, Brown. Retrieved November
7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=0316236683&appid=4
Evans, M. (1992). Puppy: a practical guide to caring for your puppy. New York: Houghton Mifflin. Retrieved
November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=1564581276&appid=4
Fanelli, S. (2002). Mythological monsters of Ancient Greece. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. Retrieved
November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=0763619078&appid=4
Galdone. P. (1975). The gingerbread boy. New York: Clarion. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=0899191630&appid=4
Heller, R. (1990 ). Merry-go-round: a book about nouns. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Retrieved November 7, 2007,
from http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=0448400855&appid=4
Kent, D. (2003). Sign Language. New York: F. Watts. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=053112018X&appid=4
Killion, B. Dewey did it!. PowerPoint. Retrieved October 19, 2007, from
http://www.elko.k12.nv.us/grammar/users/killion/library_catalog_&_organization.htm
Martin, P. The library at pppst.com. Retrieved November 11, 2007, from http://www.pppst.com/library.html
Mayer, M. (2006). Just so thankful. New York: HarperCollins. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ean=9780060539504&z=y
McGovern, A. (1992). If you lived in Colonial times. New York: Scholastic. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=059045160X&appid=4
22. Resources
Morse, J.C. (2005). Scholastic book of world records, 2006. New York: Scholastic Reference. Retrieved November
7, 2007, from http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=0439755182&appid=4
Nason, R. (2005). The Jewish faith. North Mankato, MN : Cherrytree Books. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=1842343416&appid=4
Peterson, D. (1998). Australia. New York: Children’s Press. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=0516207652&appid=4
Radford, D. (1994). Building machines and what they do. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. Retrieved November
7, 2007, from
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1564023648/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top/103-4689967-5045450
Rotner, S. (2003). Lots of feelings. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing Group. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780761323778&itm=1
Sidman, J. (20006). Meow ruff: a story in concrete poetry. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. Retrieved November 7,
2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=9780618448944&appid=4
Sprin, M.S. (2004 ). I am the turkey. New York: Harper Collins. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=9780060532307&appid=4
Thomas & Sydenham. (2003). Melvil Dewey: a bigraphy. Retrieved November 11, 2007 from
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/deweybio1.htm
Tomecek, S. (2003). Stars. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=0792269551&appid=4
Trumbauer, L. (2005). Living in a city. Mankato, MN.: Capstone Press. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from
http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1000407&isbn=9780736836302&appid=4
Yorke, M. (1998). Beastly tales: yeti, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness monster. New York: DK Publishers. Retrieved
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23. GPS and QCC Resources
Georgia Department of Education: Georgia Standards. (2006).
Retrieved November 10, 2007, from
http://www.georgiastandards.org/
Georgia Department of Education. QCC Standards & Resources.
(2005). Retrieved November, 10, 2007, from
http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/qcc/
Normak, H. (2007). Graphic Garden. Retrieved June 1, 2007 from
http://graphicgarden.com.
Microsoft office online: clipart and media. (2007). Retrieved
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http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us
Clipart Resources
Editor's Notes
Ask students if they can think of some inventions that could have books written about them placed here.
Point out the pets are in this category. Other kinds of animals are in the 500s under Science.
Ask students what things they like to do for fun and if they could find books about those subjects in the 700s.
This is the group fiction books were put in long ago when The Dewey Decimal System was first invented. Today we have too many fiction books in our libraries to organize them in this way, so fiction books have their own way of being organized. They are put in ABC order by author !
