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1. FIND A BOOK ON THE SHELVES
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001.001 to 999.999 |
Nonfiction books are marked with Dewey Decimal System numbers.
Remember that nonfiction books are about real people and events. Sometimes books
about what people from other times believed (like Mythology) are in the
nonfiction section. Also, books that are a serious study of happenings that may or may not be real, like Bigfoot, and Area 51, and other mysteries are placed here. What Dewey Decimal Numbers mean is explained in the next table. |
KEN |
This means the book is a biography about one person. A biography
is the true story of a person's life. The letters KEN are the first 3 letters of the
person's last name. A book with this call number could be about President John F. Kennedy. |
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This means the book is a Collective Biography about more than one person. The book could be about several presidents, baseball pitchers, scientists, painters, 20th century women, ancient rulers, astronauts, or military leaders, and so on. | F or FIC |
This means the book is fiction. The 3 letters stand for the first 3 letters of the author's last name . Look for your favorite authors of fiction by their last names in this section. | SC |
This means the book is a Story Collection. The book contains several short stories, like "The Tall Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. The short stories are either by the same author or by many different authors. | R |
This means that the book is in the Reference Section. Reference books can not be borrowed because they have so much information in them that they have to stay where all students can use them. Examples are Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Almanacs, and Atlases. Other books that might be found in theReference Section are Coins of the World, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, A Field Guide to Wildflowers, National Parks of the World, A History of Space Flight, and so on. |
2. BORROW THE BOOK
Get out your STUDENT ID CARD and show it at the Circulation Desk.
Fill out (completely) a pink Library Book Authorization Form.
Yes, you absolutely need that ID CARD to borrow the book.
You may borrow two books at one time.
3. LEARN MORE ABOUT FINDING BOOKS
Look at the next table to learn more about the Dewey Decimal System. This is what we use. .
The Antelope Valley College Library and lots of others use Library of Congress Classification Numbers (LCCN).
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000 Generalities |
100 Philosophy and Psychology |
| 010 Bibliography 020 Library and Information Sciences 030 General Encyclopedias 050 Periodical Indexes 060 General Organizations 070 News Media, Journalism, Publishing 080 General Collections 090 Manuscripts and Rare Books |
110 Metaphysics 120 Metaphysical Theories 130 Paranormal Phenomena (like UFO's) 
140 Philosophical Topics150 General Psychology 160 Logic 170 Ethics 180 Ancient and Medieval 190 Modern Philosophy |
200 Religion
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300 Social Sciences |
| 210 Natural Theology 220 Bible Stories 230 Christian Theology 240 Devotional and Practical 
250 Pastoral Theology260 Christian Church 270 Christian Church History 280 Christian Churches and Sects 290 Comparative Religions 292 Mythology (to find Centaurs) |
310 Statistics320 Political Science 330 Economics 340 Law  350 Public Administration 360 Social Welfare 370 Education 380 Public Services and Utilities 390 Customs, Etiquette 394.2 Holidays 398 Folklore and Fairy Tales |
400 Language |
500 Pure Science and Mathematics |
| 410 Comparative Linguistics 420 English and Anglo-Saxon 423 English Dictionaries  430 Germanic Languages 440 French, Provencal, Catalan 450 Italian, Rumanian 460 Spanish, Portugese 468.4 Spanish Language Reading Materials 470 Latin 480 Classical and Modern Greek 490 Other Languages |
510 Mathematics520 Astronomy 530 Physics 540 Chemistry 550 Earth Sciences 
560 Paleontology567.9 Dinosaurs 570 Anthropology and Biology 580 Botanical Sciences 590 Zoological Sciences  595.7 Insects 599 Mammals 
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600 Technology (Applied Science) 
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700 The Arts
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610 Medical Sciences 612 Human Physiology
620 Engineering 629.13 Aviation and Aeronautics 
629.3 Space Flight630 Agriculture 636.7 Dogs 
636.8 Cats640 Home Economics 641.5 Cookbooks 
650 Business660 Chemical Technology 650 Business 670 Manufactures 680 Other Manufactures 690 Building Construction |
710 Landscape and Civic Art720 Architecture 730 Sculpture 740 Drawing and Decorative Arts 
745.5 Handicrafts 750 Painting 760 Prints and Print Making 770 Photography 780 Music 
782 Songs784 Musical Instruments 790 Recreation 796.332 Football 796.357 Baseball |
800 Literature and Grammar
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900 Geography and History;
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810 American Literature811 American Poetry 820 English and Old English 821 English Poetry 822.3 Shakespeare 830 Germanic Literature 840 French, Provencal, Catalan 
850 Italian, Rumanian 860 Spanish, Portugese 870 Latin and Other Italic Literatures 880 Classical and Modern Greek 890 Other Literatures |
909 World History 910 Geography, Travels, Description 912 Atlases 920 Collective Biography 
92 Individual Biography 930 Ancient History 932 Ancient Egypt 937 Ancient Rome 938 Ancient Greece 940 History of Europe 
950 History of Asia 960 History of Africa 970 History of North America 973 United States History 980 History of South America 990 History of Other Parts of the World |
DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM
