Non-Fiction Books/Dewey Decimals

Non-Fiction

What are non-fiction books?

Non-Fiction books are books that are true. They have true facts in them.

Who was Dewey? Marvin Dewey is the man who created the dewey decimals system.

How are non-fiction books arranged on the shelf? They are sorted into biggest to smallest. On the left is the biggest and the right is the smallest.

List the following spine labels in the correct order:

001

219

623

796

913

Choose a non-fiction book from the shelves.

Does the book you have chosen include the following?  Locate and photograph

Index-                                                                             

Contents page-                                                                          

Bibliography-                                                                         Title pages-

References-                                            Copyright                                 

What is a glossary?

A glossary is a mini dictionary.

Dewey Decimals

Decimals

Non-fiction books are arranged on the shelves numerically.

The books are given a decimal number according to their subject.

Try putting these numbers in order.

1. 001

2.  362

3.     500

4.    593.9

5. 610

6. 629.2

7.      737.5

8.     745.5

9.   808.8

10.    994

Look through the non-fiction shelves in the library.  What subjects do you find at these numbers.

004-Data processing Computer science

796.3- Athletics, outdoor sports and games.

500-Natural sciences & mathematics

821-English poetry

993.1-General history of New Zealand

At what Dewey Decimal number would you find the following subjects:

Myths and Legends? 753

Fashion? 687

Inventions? 608

Birds? 598

Fairy tales?  398.21