Call Numbers
F
GOR
Learning Targets
I can use call numbers
to find books.
I can put call numbers
in order.
•A call number is like the
book’s address in the
library
•It tells where the book
lives on the library shelf.
3 Kinds of Call Numbers
Fiction - F
Easy Fiction - E
Nonfiction – 123
Q & A - Fiction Books
What kinds of books are in
the Fiction section?
Fiction Books
F
OSB
F
MCD
F
AVI
1st 3 letters author’s last name
Q & A -Fiction Books
If you were the author of a
Fiction book, what would
your call number be?
F
GOR
Q & A – Easy Books
What kinds of books are in
the Easy section?
Easy Books
E
YEE
E
NOB
E
SEU
1st 3 letters author’s last name
Q & A – Easy Books
If you were the author of a
Easy book, what would your
call number be?
E
GOR
Shelving Books
Fiction & Easy
•How do we put books in
order?
•ABC Order by author’s
last name
Q & A - Nonfiction Books
What kinds of books are in
the Nonfiction section?
Nonfiction Call Numbers
•Numbers for the subject
according to the Dewey
Decimal Classification System
•1st 3 letters author’s last
name
Practice - Nonfiction
Nonfiction
begins with
Numbers
Nonfiction Books
598.47
MAC
495.1
KUD
796.92
STE
1st 3 letters author’s last name
Q & A -Nonfiction Books
If you were the author of a
Nonfiction book, what would
your call number be?
636.72
GOR
Shelving Nonfiction Books
1. Put Number in order
2. ABC Order by author’s
last name
495.1
KUD
598.47
MAC
599.7
OWI
796.92
STE
Biography
•A book about the life of a
famous person
•Special Call Numbers
B
GOR
92
GOR
Biographies
B
WAS
B
JOB
B
ADA
1st 3 letters of the person’s last name
Shelving Biographies
ABC Order by person’s last
name
B
ADA
B
JOB
B
WAS
What kind of
book is this?
B
Was
E
Car
easy fiction
567.9
Ber
nonfiction
E
Mcd
easy fiction
F
Gif
fiction
796
Bon
nonfiction
F
Par
fiction
B
Edi
biography
Congratulations!
You are learning about
Call Numbers!