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A method of categorizing books in a library by subject matter based on a numerical system using groupings of ten.

What are the two major divisions in libraries.

How is the Fiction section arranged in the WSHS library?

• Alphabetical by title

• Alphabetical by author's last name

• Numerically by call number

• Alphabetical by publisher

What is the name of the library catalog (OPAC) at WSHS?

What is the word that describes the information you use to locate a book on the shelf that is formed by FIC or the Dewey number and the first three letters of the author's last name.

• Call number

• Binding

• Author's name

When a person writes a book about another person's life it is known as a __________

A book about a person's life that is written by that person is called a(n) ______________

Using the Dewey Decimal System, which classification would a book about Architecture be found?

• 720

• 520

• 820

• 620