Where is everything

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Where is everything?
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How many main sections are there in this library?

• Basically, we have four sections in the library
  that students can go to!
• Easy Section
• Non-fiction Section
• Fiction
• and Biography

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Easy Section

• Easy books are books that have lots of pictures
  and have easier words.
• Easy to read books have a call number of E in
  our library. A call number is the white tag on
  the spine of a book that shows us where that book
  is located in the library.

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Easy Section

• The Easy Section is located on the far right wall
  by the big windows.
• Easy books are shelved using the first three
  letters of the authors last name-. Ex Polar
  Express would have a call number like this
• E (Easy
  Section)
• Van (Van Allsburg, Chris author)

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Fiction

• Fiction books are books that are imaginary.
  Someone thought up the story and put it down on
  paper.
• Fiction books usually do not have as many
  pictures as Easy books.
• Fiction Books have a call number of F or Fic
  in our library.
• Fiction Books are shelved using the first three
  letters of the authors last name. Ex Junie B.
  Jones would have a call number like this
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  F (fiction section)
  Par
  (Park, Barbara-author)

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Biographies

• Biographies are books that give us information
  about someones life.
• Biographies are located in the non-fiction
  section with a call number of 921.
• Biographies are located next to the Reference
  Section by the back door. (What is Reference?
  Books like dictionaries, encyclopedias,
  almanacs, etc! These cannot be checked out.)
• Example A biography of Martin Luther King
• 921 (Section to look for)
• Kin (Kin for King..not the author, but who
  it is about!

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Non-Fiction

• Non-fiction books are informational books about
  real things, people, places, etc. (This is also
  the section that has fairy tales even though they
  are not informational!)
• These books are located on the left side of the
  library against the walls.
• This section is where you would find books on how
  to make a model plane, learn how to paint, learn
  about dinosaurs, plants, bugs, planes, etc.

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More Non-Fiction Info..

• Non-Fiction books have a call number using
  numbers of the Dewey Decimal System.
• Example 551.23
• Bur
• What does the 551.23 mean? This is the Dewey
  Decimal Number. (Mr. Dewey was the man who made
  up the Dewey Decimal System!)
• What does the Bur mean? That is the authors
  first three letters of his last name.

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Dewey Decimal System

• The Dewey Decimal System is arranged by numbers
  starting from 000 to the 900s. (another class on
  this later!)
• 001 Generalities (Computers, newspapers, etc.)
• 100s Philosophy Psychology
• 200s Religion
• 300s Social Sciences (community, politics, etc)
• 400s Language
• 500s Natural Science Mathematics
• 600s Technology (Applied Science)
• 700s The Arts
• 800s Literature (poetry, drama, speeches, etc.)
• 900s Geography History

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So what about Big Books and cassettes?

• There are other categories that you will see when
  you learn how to do a media search.
• PB paper back book
• BB Big Book
• SB Story book a book in a bag with a cassette
  that goes with it.
• Set box set of books in red/white box.

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Other categories

• Equip equipment
• PRO professional (teachers)
• VID video
• KIT box kit
• There may be a few more, but they are not for
  students to check out. The other one that
  students can check out

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This is what you can check out!

• There may be a few more, but they are not for
  students to check out. The other items that
  students can check out are books with the
  following types of call numbers
• Fic or F
• E
• Numbers like 551.23
• PB Fic F or E

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Now YOU know where to find books in our Media
Center!

• Thats our lesson on Where is Everything?

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Now lets go on the Hunt!