Library Skills

Non-Fiction

What are non-fiction books?

Non-fiction books are books that are true or based on a real event.

Who was Dewey? He was the man who created the Dewey decimal system for the non-fiction books

How are non-fiction books arranged on the shelf? Non-fiction books are arranged by the Dewey decimals numbers

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                      Title pages                                                                                                          Copyright                                 

What is a glossary?

A glossary is like the books dictionary. It has words that are in the book with who they are or what the word means.

Today at the library for library skills we found out lots of things about Dewey decimals.

Dewey Decimal Numbers

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 compressing computer science

796.3 - Athletic sports and games

500 - Natural science and mathematics

821 - Poetry

993.1 - NZ history

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

Myths and Legends? - 753

Fashion? - 687

Inventions? - 608

Birds? - 598

Fairy tales? - 398