The dewey decimal system is used to organize nonfiction
Memoir dewey decimal number!
Call Numbers
Nonfiction
If the first line of the call number is made up of numbers, the book is in the nonfiction section of the library.
Dewey decimal call numbers
Nonfiction books contain information that is true. All books with the same number are about the same topic.
Books in the nonfiction section are in numerical order using the Dewey Decimal system.
The second line of the call number is the beginning letters of the author's last name.
If the Dewey numbers are exactly the same for two books, those two books will be in alphabetical order by the second line of the call number.
So in this example, 734 tells me that this is in the nonfiction section about sculptures.
The AND tells me that the author's name begins with "And" as in Anderson.
Fiction
If the first line of thecall number of the book is FIC, the book is in the fiction section.
Fictionbooks are stories that are not real; they were imagined by the author, and in most cases, are not based on fact.
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