What
is a Call Number? 
Call
number is a number that help organize books. Every book will be assigned
a
call
number.
Call Number for nonfiction
Dewey Decimal number + the first three letters of the author's
last name
(If it is a set of encyclopedia, it should be the first three letters of
the title instead of the author)
For example, a book about Metrology written
by Joseph Smith
389
Smi
Call Number for biography
Dewey decimal number 921+ the first three letters of the person(not the author) described in the biography.
For example, the call number of
a book about the life of George Bush will be:
921
Bus
Call Number for fiction
Fic(fiction)+the first three letters of the author's
last name(No Dewey Decimal number will be assigned)
For example, a fiction written by Amy Tan
Fic
Tan
Prefixes
Call numbers sometimes have prefixes to identify a special location where the
book or other material is shelved. Prefixes used in our school Library include
the following:
Ref for Reference
Ref
001.3
Wor
Black for Black history
Black
813.4
Gan
Chicago for Chicago collection
Chicago
973
Cha
How to Locate a
book in our library ?
You can find most books on the shelves in our school Library and many other libraries because of Dewey Decimal Classification(DDC). DDC organizes and keeps all the books in order. Librarians and clerks use the DDC to locate and reshelve books in the library. When you ask where a book might be found, librarians know where to begin.
How are the books arranged in our Library?
Reference (Around and behind the reference desk)
Nonfiction (Most of
them are at the right section of the library, 800s are at the left section
of the library)
Fiction (at the left section of the library)
Black history collection (Inside the computer lab)
Drinking, drug and pregnancycollection
(In front of the circulation desk)
One last note
For non-fiction, the call number is Dewey Decimal number + the first three letters of the author's last name. It is always labeled on the lower level of the spine of a book.
Do you want more fun assigning a call number to a non-fiction book? If yes, click here
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