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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

100

Computers

Unexplained Phenomena

Encyclopedias

Bigfoot

200

What is the category name of the 100’s?

Philosophy & Psychology

Feelings&Emotions

300

What is the category name of the 200’s?

Religion

400

What category includes Mythology?

200’s

500

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.

100

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.

200

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What resources are in the 400 Language

category?

300

Sign LanguageEnglish and other

languagesDictionaries

This is an example of what that is found in the 400’s?

400

Dictionary

List one specific book you could find in the

300’s?

500

Answers vary

Natural Sciences are this category number.

100

500’s

Name the 600 category.

200

Applied Science

Name one type of book you will find in the

500’s.

300

Solar System and planets

Forces of NatureWeatherRocks

Animals

400

Imagine you are looking for a book on the life

cycle of an earthworm. Where would you look?

500’s

500

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.

100

700’s

To find a book on scocer look in this category

number.

200

700’s

If you want to find a “How to Draw” book

what category do you need to look in?

300

700’s

In what category will you find music, plays and

poetry books?

400

800’s

List one topic found in the 900’s.

500

GeographyHistory

BiographiesAtlases

Continents

Biography call numbers begin with this letter.

100

B

200

What is this book an

example of?

A biography

The story of someone’s life written by another

person

300

Biography

The story of someone’s life written by him or

herself

400

Autobiography

Collective biographies may be found in the

900s in this subcategory.

500

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