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Learn the recipe for creating fiction, easy fiction, and nonfiction call numbers in your library. Discover how each type is structured and organized to locate books easily on shelves. Get familiar with biography call numbers and their unique format. Practice arranging call numbers alphabetically and numerically to enhance your library skills. Have fun identifying book genres through their corresponding call numbers!
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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 three kinds of books, so we have three kinds of call numbers: fiction easy fiction nonfiction
Today we’re going to learn the recipe for making all three kinds of call numbers.
A fiction call number is made up of two parts: Fic (for fiction) first three letters in the author’s last name
What would the fiction call number for the author, Matt Christopher look like? Fic Chr
An easy fiction call number is made up of two parts: E (for easy fiction) first letter in the author’s last name
So an easy fiction call number for the author, Jan Brett would look like this: E B
What would the easy fiction call number for the author, Peggy Parish look like? E P
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 inABC order.
Nonfiction call numbers are made up of two parts: Numbers (for the subject) first three letters in the author’s last name
So a nonfiction call number for a mammal book by Jane Mosley would look like this: 599 Mos
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.
One kind of nonfiction book has a different recipe from the rest. biography
What is a biography? A book about the life of a famous person. Biography call numbers have their own special recipe.
Biography call numbers are made up of two parts. B (for biography) first three letters of the famous person’s last name
So the call number for a biography about George Washington would look like this: B Was
What would the call number for a biography about Troy Aikman look like? B Aik
How are biography call numbers put in order? Since all biography call numbers have a B, they are put in ABC order on the shelf.
Let’s see if you can tell what kind of book goes with each call number !!
E C easy fiction
567.9 Ber nonfiction
B Lin biography
E M easy fiction
Fic Gif fiction
796 Bon nonfiction
Fic Par fiction
B Edi biography
