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Call Number• A group of letters or numbers you find in our

Destiny catalog and on the spine label of a book.

• Find the call number of the book you want in the catalog, then go to the correct shelves in our library to find the book with the same title and call number

ESHA

OUR BOOKS

• EVERYBODY• PICTURE

BOOKS• LOW SHELVES• E • E WIL

• FICTION• CHAPTER

BOOKS• LOW SHELVES• FIC • FIC PIL

• NON FICTION• INFORMATION• TALL SHELVES

ALONG WALLS• Number/letters• 001.00• 975.6 ZZZ

The 3 letters are always the first three letters of the authors' last name!

E• Everybody: Picture books, early readers• Call Number: E + 3 letters (The first three letters

of an author’s last name)• Example: Mo Willems: E WIL

Norman Bridwell: E BRI• ABC order on the low shelves- across from the

circulation desk

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EMAN

WRITE DOWN THE TITLE IF THERE IS ONE YOU WANT IN PARTICULAR!

EBAR

EBAY

EBAN

EBEA

F

• Fiction: Chapter books• Call Number: FIC + 3 letters (The first three

letters of the author’s last name) • Example: Dave Pilkey: FIC PIL• ABC order on the low shelves- across from the

circulation desk

FICPAL

FICBAR

FICBAY

FICBAN

FICBEA

599.757 • Non fiction: Informational books• Call Number: 3 -5 numbers + 3 letters (The first

three letters of the author’s last name) • Example: 599.757 BOD (Lions written by Valerie

Bodden)• Numerical order – tall shelves along the back

walls starting with 100’s and going up• **001 is lower than 100 and before 100 on the

shelf

599.757BOD

When you look up a book in the catalog, make sure you:

• Notice if it is in or out• Write down the title and complete

call number (letters and numbers)• Determine what set of shelves you

need to go to find your book• E and Fic start at A and go to Z• Non fiction starts at 001/100 and

goes to 999