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 4 kinds of books, so we have several kinds of call numbers:

fiction/nonfictioneasy

fiction/nonfictionbiography

reference

Today we’re going to learn the recipe for making these call numbers.

A fiction call number is made up of two parts:

FIC (for fiction) +

first three letters in the author’s last

name

So a fiction call number for the author, Beverly Cleary would look like this:

FIC CLE

An easy fiction call number is made up of two parts:E (for easy fiction)

first three letters in the author’s last name

So an easy fiction call number for the author, Jan Brett would look like this:

E BRE

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 in ABC order.

Nonfiction call numbers are made up of two parts:

Numbers (for the subject)

first three letters in the author’s last name

Easy nonfiction call numbers can be made up of three parts:

Numbers +first three letters in the author’s last name

E if it is easy +

So a nonfiction call number for a mammal book by Jane Mosley would look like this:599 MOS

So an easy nonfiction call number for a mammal book by Jane Mosley would look like this:E

599 MOS

How do we put nonfiction call numbers in order?

Think...nonfiction call numbers have numbers and letters, so..

How do we put nonfiction call numbers in order?

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

Biography call numbers are made up of two parts. B for biography and the person’s (not the author’s) last neame.B

Lincoln

But if it is a biography about a group (such as a team) it would look like this:920

WRI (author’s name)

How are biography call numbers put in order?

How are biography call numbers put in order?All biography books are in a separate section. The call numbers are put in ABC order. 920 are first.

Reference books are in a separate section and are arranged by number. REF

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Let’s see if you can tell what kind of book goes with each call number !!

Put these fiction books in order...

Black Stallion

by Farley

FIC FAR

The Great Brain

by Fitzgerald

FIC FIT

Bandit’s Moon

by Fleischman

FIC FLE

A. B. C.

Fiction answer:

Black Stallion

by Farley

FIC FAR

The Great Brain

by Fitzgerald

FIC FIT

B. C. A.

Bandit’s Moon

by Fleischman

FIC FLE

Put these nonfiction books in order

A. B. C. D.

Backyard Birds

Latimer

598LAT

Gorilla

Redmond

599.8 RED

The Book of Whales

Ellis

599.5 ELL

Bears

Stirling

599.74STI

Nonfiction answers

Backyard Birds

Latimer

598 LAT

Gorilla

Redmond

599.8RED

The Book of Whales

Ellis

599.5 ELL

Bears

Stirling

599.7STI

B. C. D. A.

398.2WHE

398.2RET

398.2 MAR

PUT THESE BOOKS IN ORDER

A B C

398.2RET

398.2WHE

398.2 MAR

NONFICTION ANSWER

A B C

Put these biographies in order.

A. B. C.

Click! A Story aboutGeorge Eastman

byMitchell

BEASTMAN

Jackie Robinson, He Was the First

by Adler

BROBINSON

Lincoln: a Photobiograpy

by

Freedman

B

LINCOLN

Biography answer:B. A. C.

Click! A Story about

George Eastmanby

Mitchell

BEASTMAN

Jackie Robinson, He Was the First

by Adler

BROBINSON

Lincoln: a Photobiograp

hy

by

Freedman

B

LINCOLN

Put these collective biographies in order...

Comebacks: Heroic

Returns

by

Jennings

920

JEN

Soccer Stars

byHoward

920HOW

Great Quarterbacks of the N.F.L.

byGutman

920GUT

A. B. C.

Collective biography answer:

Comebacks: Heroic

Returns

by

Jennings

920

JEN

Soccer Starsby Howard

920HOW

Great Quarterbacks of

the N.F.L.by

Gutman

920GUT

C. B. A.

Put these nonfiction books in order

A. B. C. D.

Backyard Birds

Latimer

598LAT

Gorilla

Redmond

599.8 RED

The Book of Whales

Ellis

599.5 ELL

Bears

Stirling

599.74STI

Nonfiction answers

Backyard Birds

Latimer

598 LAT

Gorilla

Redmond

599.8RED

The Book of Whales

Ellis

599.5 ELL

Bears

Stirling

599.7STI

B. C. D. A.

These are some kinds of call numbers you can find in the

library

FICCLE

599 SIM

BLINCOLN

920SCH

EFICSAN

E398.2SAN

920ADL

E720COR

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Can you identify what kinds of books each represents?