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
599.8← Dewey 500’s (Town)
Mar← Shelf M (Street)
The Woolly Monkey Mysteries (House Number)
Call number codes
BB - Board Books
E - Everyone Picture Books
E____KPB - Paperback Picture Books
ER - Everyone Reader Short Stories
ES ER - Everyone Readers Series
FIC - 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.
YA - Young Adult
A - Adult