Books

The library is filled with thousands and thousands of books. So how do you go about finding one?

First let's take a look at the different kinds of books you can find in the library:

Fiction versus Nonfiction

Fiction Books

• Chapter Books - Made up stories
• Short Stories - A book with a collection of short stories
• Picture Books - A made up story accompanied by illustrations

Non Fiction Books

• Biographies - Books about the life of a person, written by someone other than that person
• Nonfiction - True, Facts
• Reference Books - Books with facts that you use to look up information

Smartboard Practice Game

What type of book is this?

Call Numbers - Book Addresses

A book's call number is its address in the library. If you can read and understand the call number, then you can find the book.

Call numbers are located on the spine of the book.

Here is a list and explanation of all the Call Numbers in the PCS Library.

Whiteboard Practice Game

What is the call number of this book?

How are the books organized?

Fiction books are organized in alphabetical order according to the first 3 letters of the author's last name.

Can you rearrange these books so that they are in the correct order?

Biography Books are organized in alphabetical order according to the first 3 letters of the last name of the person that the book is about.

Can you rearrange these books so that they are in the correct order?

Non Fiction books are organized in numerical order according to their subject (Dewey Decimal System). We will take a closer look at how non fiction books are organized when we learn about the Dewey Decimal System.

Practice Game

Find this book in the library

Dewey Decimal System

Unlike fiction books, which are organized according to the author's last name, nonfiction books are organized according to their subject. Why?

Dewey & the Alien

Locating a Book

Practice Activities

1) Get familiar with the library's Non Fiction collection while completing Dewey Mad Lips.

2) Let's play Dewey Basketball

3) Concentration Game

The Library Catalog

The library catalog is a great tool to help you discover and find the different sources we have in the library. The catalog contains an electronic record of every single source the library owns. After you search for a source, the catalog will give you the source's call number (address) so that you can find it on the shelf.

Let's practice using the catalog while completing the Library Catalog Scavenger Hunt.

Before we move on, let's play Who Want's to be a Millionaire