When searching for a book in the Library. You need the title of the book and its call number. 

Call numbers are the book's address in the library. They can be letters or numbers. 

They tell us what type of book it is and where to find it. A book's call number is located on the spine of the book near the title. The call number can have 2 or more parts that have different meanings. 

The first part tells what section of the library the book lives in, like a town. The second part tells what shelf to look on,  like a street. These are letters, the first few of the author's last name (biography uses the subject's last name). Used to alphabetize the books on the shelf. The title of the book is like the house number. Some books have extra parts for special locations such as seasonal or paperback.  

                                              Examples 

Book: Vet Volunteers by Laurie Anderson  

  Call Number: FIC AND 

FIC ←   Fiction section (Town)

AND ← Shelf A (Street) 

Vet Volunteers (House Number)

Book: The Woolly Monkey Mysteries by Sandra Markle

  Call Number: 599.8 Mar

500← Dewey 500’s (Town)

99.8←  (Street)

The Woolly Monkey Mysteries (House Number)

                                   Call number codes

BB - Board Books 

E - Everyone Picture Books

KPB - Kind Paperback Books 

ER - Everyone Reader Short Stories

C FIC - Children Fiction Chapter Books

T FIC - Tween Fiction Chapter Books

GN - Graphic Novels

FG - Field Guides

B - Biography

REF - Reference

Dewey Decimal Classifications 

000-099 Computer Science, Informational and General Works

• Computer programing

• Cell Phones

• Coding 

• Dictionaries and Thesaurus 

100 - 199 Philosophy

• Myths and Legends

• Optical Illusions

• Feelings 

• Dreams

• Places ghost may dwell 

200 - 299 Religion

300 -399 Social Sciences

• Government

• Money 

• Elections

• Scouting

• Military 

• Education 

• Customs

• Costumes / Legends/ folklore / fairy tales 

• Etiquette

• Transportation

400-499 Language

• Dictionaries and Thesaurus 

• English Grammar 

• Forane languages 

500-599 Natural Sciences

• Math  

• Experiments / Chemistry 

• Weather

• Plants and Trees 

• Land and water forms and environments

• Space 

• Wild animals

600 - 699 Technology

• Human body 

• Medicine/ Doctor

• Gardening

• Home Economics

• Cooking

• Woodworking

• Inventions

• Vehicles / Trains / Spaceships / ATV’s ….. 

• Pets

• Farm Animals

700 -799 The Arts and Recreation 

• Art  / Crafts 

• Music

• Magic 

• Sports

• Graphic Novels

• Camping 

• Hunting 

800 - 899 Literature

• Many types of writing 

• Speeches

• Plays

• Poetry

• Jokes / Riddles

900- 999 Geography & History

• Maps 

• Biography

• Travel

• Nations

• States

• History

• Exploration

Our library is joined with the public library so we also have young adult and adult books. Families can check those out through the public library. 

J FIC - Juvenile Fiction Chapter Books

YA - Young Adult Fiction Chapter Books

A - Adult Chapter Books

A 001 through A 999 - Adult Dewey