Library skills Non-Fiction

What are non-fiction books?

Melvil Dewey was the man who decided to use numbers to organise the books.

Who was Dewey?

How are non-fiction books arranged on the shelf?

List the following spine labels in the correct order:

219

623

796

001

913

Choose a non-fiction book from the shelves.

Does the book you have chosen include the following?  Locate and photograph

Index                                                      Appendix                                 

Contents page                                       Footnotes                                    

Bibliography                                           Title pages                               

References                                             Copyright                                 

This is a and Indexed book Non-Fiction

Title page This is glossary book  

What is a glossary?

It is a mini - dictionary for the book.