Alphabetical by First Three Letters of Author’s Last Name BY AUTHORS’S LAST NAME Adapted from an...

Alphabetical by First Three Letters of Author’s Last Name

F = FICTIONBY AUTHORS’S LAST NAME

Adapted from an online site on October 2010 http://azlibrarylady.blogspot.com/2011/09/this-past-week-i-read-my-primary.html

Call Number

Call Numbers are library codes for the book address.

The first line of a call number tells the section or part of the library a book is in.

Call # F CHR

Where would a fiction book by you be?Share with your shoulder partner…..set timer!

A novel by Judy Blume would be

F BLU

A fiction book by Jeff Kinney would be

F KIN

Fiction books are arranged alphabetically by the three letters on the second line of the spine label.

LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR

LERRANGIS

Remember, the F on top, just means the book “lives” in the Fiction Section.

Look at the guide letters on the end of the

FICTION book shelves.

Here is how you look for Matt Christopher books.

What does this mean?

Follow the alphabet until you locate the letter C – Look on the shelf in alphabet order to find the author name that starts with CHR

CHO comes BEFORE CHR.

Alphabet Order

Play the “Order in the Library Game” with Ms. StoverFound online at: http://hpcscotties.wikispaces.com/ORDERINTHELIBRARY