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000 – 200’s. 300 – 400’s. 500 – 600’s. 700 – 900’s. Biography. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. 500. What types of books are in the 000’s? General Works or Generalities. 100. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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000 – 200’s 300 – 400’s 500 – 600’s 700 – 900’s Biography
What types of books are in the 000’s?
General Works or Generalities
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Computers
Unexplained Phenomena
Encyclopedias
Bigfoot
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What is the category name of the 100’s?
Philosophy & Psychology
Feelings&Emotions
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What is the category name of the 200’s?
Religion
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What category includes Mythology?
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Famous book character Percy Jackson deals with ancient Greek
gods. Why isn’t this series shelved in the 200’s as it deals with
mythology?
Percy Jackson is a fictional character.
The book’s intent is to entertain not inform.
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Social Sciences are the 300’s. List one type of book in this category.
GovernmentEconomics
LawEducation
TransportationCustomsFolklore
Folklore and Fairytales are found in this specific
subcategory number.
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What resources are in the 400 Language
category?
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Sign LanguageEnglish and other
languagesDictionaries
This is an example of what that is found in the 400’s?
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Dictionary
List one specific book you could find in the
300’s?
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Answers vary
Natural Sciences are this category number.
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500’s
Name the 600 category.
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Applied Science
Name one type of book you will find in the
500’s.
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Solar System and planets
Forces of NatureWeatherRocks
Animals
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Imagine you are looking for a book on the life
cycle of an earthworm. Where would you look?
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Name one type of book you will find in
the 600’s.
Human bodyMachines
Cars & TrucksPets
Cooking
To find an origami book, look in this category
number.
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700’s
To find a book on scocer look in this category
number.
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700’s
If you want to find a “How to Draw” book
what category do you need to look in?
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700’s
In what category will you find music, plays and
poetry books?
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800’s
List one topic found in the 900’s.
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GeographyHistory
BiographiesAtlases
Continents
Biography call numbers begin with this letter.
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B
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What is this book an
example of?
A biography
The story of someone’s life written by another
person
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Biography
The story of someone’s life written by him or
herself
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Autobiography
Collective biographies may be found in the
900s in this subcategory.
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