Finding Children’s Books in the Library
Informational books are arranged by subject. These non-fiction books have a number on the spine so all books on a subject are together on the shelf. This is a guide to some of the Dewey Decimal numbers.
| x000 | GENERAL INFORMATION |
| x029 | How to Write a Report |
| x031 | Encyclopedias, Guinness Book of World Records |
| x100 | PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY |
| x133 | "True" Ghost Stories & other Scary Stuff, Astrology |
| x200 | RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY |
| x220 | Bible and Bible stories |
| x282 | Saints |
| x290 | Religions of the World |
| x292 | Mythology |
| x300 | PEOPLE AND SOCIETY |
| x323 | Civil Rights |
| x325 | Immigrant Experiences |
| x326 | African American History |
| x328 | U.S. Government |
| x384.6 | Internet Information |
| x398 | Folk and Fairy Tales (ask for special shelf location) |
| x400 | LANGUAGES AND DICTIONARIES |
| x419 | Sign Language |
| x423 | English Dictionaries |
| x428 | Spelling, Word books |
| x500 | PURE SCIENCE & EXPERIMENTS |
| x500 | Science Projects (also throughout the 500’s) |
| x510 | Math and Numbers |
| x520 | Astronomy |
| x523 | Planets, Aliens, Extraterrestrials |
| x551 | Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Weather |
| x568 | Dinosaurs |
| x570 | Ecosystems (Rainforests, Deserts) |
| x590 | Wild Animals (Mammals) |
| x591.92 | Sea Life |
| x595 | Insects |
| x597 | Amphibians, Sharks, Fish |
| x598 | Birds |
| x598.1 | Reptiles |
| x600 | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
| x608 | Inventions |
| x612 | Human Body, Sex Education |
| x613 | Fitness, Drugs, Alcohol |
| x621 | Computers, Robots, Energy |
| x629 | Cars and Trucks |
| x629.13 | Airplanes and Space Travel |
| x636 | Pets |
| x639 | Endangered Animals |
| x641 | Cooking |
| x656 | Trains |
| x700 | ART, MUSIC AND RECREATION |
| x741 | Drawing, Cartooning |
| x747 | Crafts, Origami |
| x78, x780 | Music |
| x791 | Movies, Television |
| x793 | Magic, Riddles, Dance, Parties |
| x796 | Sports and Athletes |
| x800 | LITERATURE |
| x808 | Jokes, Collected Stories and Poems |
| x808.8 | Holidays (ask for special shelf location) |
| x811 | Poetry |
| x900 | HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY |
| x910.9 | Explorers |
| x912 | Maps and Atlases |
| x92 | Biographies and Autobiographies |
| x920 | Biographies of many people in one book |
| x930 | Ancient History, Mummies, Pyramids |
| x940-x999 | Countries of the World |
| x970 | Native Americans |
| xx973-x979 | U.S. History and State books |
| x979 | California History, Missions |
What about books without a number?
Fiction books (stories and works of imagination) are shelved by the author’s last name.The fiction sections are separate from the non-fiction section.
| xz xz IR |
PICTURE BOOKS INDEPENDENT READERS |
Books for beginning readers
| x xy xM xSF |
FICTION (Chapter Books) Includes: Fantasy Mystery Science Fiction |
The library also has videos, DVDs, audios, paperbacks and
materials in other languages.
If you need more help, please ask the Librarian.
materials in other languages.
If you need more help, please ask the Librarian.