Fiction

1
Fiction Non-Fiction Dewey Know the
Difference?

• Fancy vs. Fact

2
Why the Confusion?

• It is not truly correct to say that
  non-fiction books are arranged in the numbered
  section of the Dewey Decimal System!

3
Fiction

• Made up in author's imagination.
• May be found in the Numbered Section.
• May be found in the Fiction or Everybody Section.

4
Fiction

• Has a large separate section to make these books
  a little easier to find.
• If we didnt the 800 section and the 398.2
  sections would be HUGE!

5
Fiction Dewey Numbers

• Poetry
• Shelved in the 800s (Mostly 811)
• Folk Tales Fairy Tales
• Shelved in the 398.2s

6
Magazines

• May have fiction stories in them.
• May have non-fiction stories in them.

7
Non-Fiction

• Based on True Facts, Events or Information.

8
Computers

• Shelved in the 010s
• Reference Books
• Shelved in the Reference Section
• Many are found in the 030s but they may be
  throughout 001 to 999
• Do Not Circulate!

9
Religion

• Shelved in the 200s

10
Languages

• Shelved in the 400s

11
Math

• Shelved in the 510s

12
Science

• Shelved in the 500s and 600s
• Pure Sciences 500s
• Space Science 520s
• Animals 590s
• Applied Sciences - 600s
• Pets 636
• Cooking 641

13
Art, Music, Sports

• Shelved in the 700s

14
Biographies

• Shelved in the 920s 921s

15
Geography History

• Shelved in the 900s