Library Mini Lesson

 

  
FICTION:  All library materials have call numbers or call letters on their spine.  The HMS library uses F for fiction and the first letter of the last name of the author.  We have recently started using the first 3 letters of the last name of the author, which makes it easier for shelving and locating. Ex - Miss Daisy is Crazy by Dan Gutman... 

F

Gut
BIOGRAPHY:  We label the spine with B and the first 3 letters of the person the book is about.  Ex - Abraham Lincoln

B

Lin

Dewey:  The Dewey Decimal System was developed by Melville Dewey. This system divides knowledge into ten different subject areas called classes.  The classes are then narrowed into more specific categories. 

 

000 - Generalities (encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines, etc.)

100 - Philosophy and Psychology (Understanding ourselves; Mysterious and

         Mysterious Happenings

200 - Religion (Bible Stories, Religions around the world,

          Mythology)

300 - Social Sciences (Fables/Folklore, Economics, The Military)

400 - Language (Foreign Languages, Dictionaries, Words and Phrases)

500 - Science (Astronomy, Rocks and Minerals, Plants, Animals, etc.)

600 - Technology (How things are made, Home Economics, Medicine, Planes,

          Trains, etc.)                 

700 - Fine Arts (Art, Music, Sports, Riddles and Jokes)

800 - Literature (Poetry, Plays, Stories from many lands)

900 - History & Geography (Maps, War, Native Americans, American History)