Independence Middle School Library

Mrs. Pat Ramsey

LIBRARY DIVISIONS

FictionNon-fictionBiographyReference

PaperbacksAudio/Visual

FICTION

Fiction books are stories that are not true. They are fantasy. This is the biggest section of the

library. These books are on the two shelves in the back part of the library.

ARRANGEMENT OF FICTION BOOKS

Fiction books are arranged alphabetically according to the author’s last name.

Each book in the library has a call number. These are located on the spine of the book. The top three letters on a fiction book are “FIC”. The

bottom three letters on a fiction book are the first three letters of the author’s last name.

CALL NUMBERS

LOCATION OF A CALL NUMBER

Call Numbers

Book Spines

FICDAH

EXAMPLE OF A FICTION CALL NUMBER

“FIC” lets you know this is a fiction book.

First three letters of the author’s last name.

FICTION BOOKS

There may be more than one book by the same author, so these books would have the

same call number.

Gary Paulsen wrote:

•Hatchet

•Brian’s Winter

•Dogsong

•The Cookcamp

•The Haymeadow

All of these books were written by the same author, therefore; all of them would have the call number:

FIC

PAU

EXAMPLE

Roald Dahl wrote:

•Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

•Matilda

•The Witches

•The Magic Finger

•Fantastic Mr. Fox

All of these books would have the call number:

FIC

DAH

ANOTHER EXAMPLE

FAVORITE AUTHORS

All books by each author are kept

together, so if you have a favorite author all you have to do is

find his/her section to locate books.

The books are arranged in alphabetical order. The “A” section begins by the bulletin board in the back of the library. The books go in order

left to right. Most of the shelves have labels to make it easier to locate the sections.

FINDING A FICTION BOOK

What if we wanted a fiction book by Stephanie Meyer?

What would the call number be?

LET’S TRY THIS

The call number would be:

FICMEY

GREAT JOB!

Tells me this is a fiction book.

First three letters of the author’s last name.

What if we wanted a book by Beverly Cleary?

ONE MORE

The call number would be:

FICCLE

WONDERFUL

I need a volunteer.

See if you can find a book by Mary Pope Osborne.

FINDING A BOOK:

First you need to think about the call number.

FIC

OSB

Now you need to locate the “O” section in the fiction books.

Let’s find a book by Lemony Snicket.

Think about the call number.

Go to that section of the fiction books.

ONE MORE TIME…

Congratulations!

Now you are ready to find a fiction book in the library!

YOU ARE READY!