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)

 
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