How to Find Your Book in the Library

This booklet will help you understand how print information is organized by the Dewey Decimal System in the library.

AUDIO Call Number:

SR Books I want to read in this section:

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Grendel by John Gardner Performed by George Guidall SR

FOLLOWED BY THE BOOK SECTION CALL NUMBER FIC (FICTION) GAR (FIRST 3 LETTERS OF THE AUTHORS LAST NAME)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE Call Number:

FOR Books I want to read in this section:

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En el tiempo de las Mariposas By Julia Alvarez FOR

FOLLOWED BY THE BOOK SECTION CALL NUMBER FIC (FICTION) ALV (FIRST 3 LETTERS OF THE AUTHORS LAST NAME)

FICTION Call Number:

FIC

Books I want to read in this section:

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Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone By JK Rowling FIC ALPHABETICAL BY THE AUTHORS LAST NAME

NON - FICTION Call Number:

000-999

In the Dewey Decimal System,the numbers are code for the books Genre/Subject.

Books I want to read in this section:

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Spoken Here By Mark Abley

7 41 L AB

NUMBER BETWEEN 000-999 FIRST 3 LETTERS OF THE AUTHORS LAST NAME

GLOUCESTER HISTORY Call Number:

GLOU Books I want to read in this section:

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OU GL .9 9 81 V NO

Voyages of the Self By Barbara Novak

GLOU

SUBJECT NUMBER IN THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTE FIRST 3 LETTERS OF THE AUTHORS LAST NAME (THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME)

REFERENCE SECTION Call Number:

REF Books I want to read in this section:

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RE

The majority of reference materials can be found using our ONLINE resources, however print materials are available in the reference section

SHORT STORIES Call Number:

SC Books I want to read in this section:

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The Cat's Pajamas By Ray Bradbury

SC A BR

SC FIRST LETTER OF TITLE OF THE BOOK OR THE FIRST 3 LETTERS OF THE AUTHORS LAST NAME

GRAPHIC NOVELS Call Number:

741.5 Books I want to read in this section:

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Ozma of Oz By L frank Baum

1.5 74 AU B

741.5 (ALL GRAPHIC NOVELS ARE IN THIS SECTION) FIRST 3 LETTERS OF THE AUTHOR OR ARTISTS LAST NAME

BIOGRAPHY Call Number:

BIO Books I want to read in this section:

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Angelina Jolie By Dennis Abrams BIO THE FIRST 3 LETTERS OF THE LAST NAME OF WHO THE BIOGRAPHY IS ABOUT

GENRE/ NEW BOOK SHELVES This is a special display in the library for new books and suggestions from fellow students, teachers, and the school librarian. Books I want to read in this section:

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