Non-Fiction, the Dewey Decimal System, and Other Call Numbers

Multiple Choice

Who is the Dewey Decimal System named after?

• John Dewey

• Dewey Alexander

• Melvil Dewey

• Marvin Dewey

Multiple Choice

Classification puts things together that are ____

• Different
• Unusual
• Wrong
• Similar

Multiple Choice

What Dewey Section would I find this book in?

• 200s: Religion

• 800s: Literature

• 300s: Social Science

• 500s: Natural Science

Multiple Choice

This books goes in what section?

• Picture books (E)
• Chapter books (FIC)
• Graphic Novels (741.5)
• Cookbooks (641.5)

Multiple Choice

It goes in...

• Horse books (636)
• Learning languages (413)
• General Knowledge (000)

• Fairy tales (398.2)

Multiple Choice

What is a Biography?

• A skin condition

• The study of living things.

• A book about the life of a famous person.

​the story of the life of a person written by someone else

​B

​the first three letters of the last name of the person who the book is written about

​B
WAS

Multiple Choice

What would the call number look like for a biography about Barack Obama?

• B

  OBA

• FIC

  OBA

• OBA

  BIO

​B
OBA