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GAMS Nonfiction
Question | Answer |
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Nonfiction | an "umbrella genre"; books and articles that are informational but can be written in narrative or persuasive form; this genre also covers fairy tales, poetry, tall tales, mythology, and folktales |
Dewey Number | a number assigned to a library book based on its subject matter so that all books about the same subject are shelved in the same area |
DDSC | a System of Classification for books created by Melville Dewey |
decimal | the "dot" in a number that separates the whole number from the tenths, hundredths, etc. |
Spine label | the "address" of the book, includes prefix and call numbers and/or letters |
Call number | the "address" of a nonfiction book |
Call letters | most often the first letters of the author's last name |