East Stroudsburg Area School District

Organization of Materials

PB Paperbacks	Fiction books in paperback binding arranged alphabetically by the author's last name. Located on right wall of print collection

SC Story Collection Fiction short story	Fiction short story collections arranged alphabetically by the author's last name. Located on right wall of fiction collection.

YA Young Adult	Realistic fiction for the mature teenage reader

Fic Fiction	Classic and contemporary novels arranged alphabetically by the author's last name. Located on back & right wall of print collection.

001-999 Non-Fiction	Informational books Arranged by subject according to the Dewey Decimal Classification

92 / 920 Biography	Book-length Histories of a person's life Arranged alphabetically by the subject (person)

Prof Professional	Curriculum resources Arranged by the Dewey Decimal Classification

Ref Reference	Single and multi-volume books consulted for fasts and information Arranged by the Dewey Decimal Classification

Pam Pamphlets	Three day circulation

Mag Magazines	Three day circulation

Hot Pink Dot Literary Criticism	Critical analyses of authors and their works Three day circulation

Special Collections	Non-circulating Periodicals, Career Pamphlets, Newspapers, local regional newspaper, The Pocono Record

AUD Audio Books	Talking books on cassette or cd. Can be non-fiction or fiction. Located in Reference print collection area.

Restricted	Non-circulating materials

Dewey Decimal System

The Dewey Decimal System is a categorization of books broken down by type and then specific (i.e. Religion, then Christianity). This allows people looking for a group of books similar to each other to have them close at hand, not scattered around the library

000 Generalities	100 Psychology	200 Religion
300 Social Science	400 Language	500 Natural science & mathematics
600 Technology (applied sciences)	700 The arts	800 Literature & rhetoric
900 Geography & history

The Dewey Browse

Click the above link to view websites organized by the Dewey Decimal System! (Created and Maintained by Gail Shea Grainger)