Name ______________________________________ Grade_______________
To shelve books on the fiction side, a student must first consider the call letters on the spine, then the author’s last name and finally all the titles for a particular author. Please alphabetize the following different groups.
CALL LETTERS – number these 1 through 5, from the first to the last alphabetically.
______ MCE _____ MCM ______ MCK ______ MCA _____ MCI
AUTHOR’S NAMES – number these 1 through 10, from the first through the last alphabetically. (Begin with their last name and use the first if you have to.) (Helpful hint: nothing comes before something. For example, Weis would come before Weisman.)
_____ Janet Allais Stegeman _____ Kevin Stein
_____ Mary Q. Steele _____ Robert Louis Stevenson
_____ Laura C. Stevenson _____ Mary Stewart
_____ Claire Stevens _____ John Steinbeck
_____ Betsy Sterman ____ Fred Mustard Stewart
TITLES OF BOOKS (Ignore a. an, or the if it is the first word of the Title) – number these 1 through 5, from the first to the last alphabetically.
_____ Dragonquest
_____ Dragonsdawn
_____ The White Dragon
_____ Dragonflight
_____ Dragondrums
To shelve on the non-fiction side, first the student must be able to put the books in order considering the numbers left of the decimal point, then the numbers right of the decimal point, and finally if you need to use the letters.
Please put these Call Numbers in order – number these from 1 through 5, from the smallest through the greatest numerically.
_____ 869
_____ 822
_____ 812
_____ 808
_____ 811
Please put these Call Numbers in order – number these from 1 through 5, from the smallest through the greatest numerically. (Helpful hint: for short decimal points, you may add zeros to the right to help decide where they go. For example, if you have .012 and .9, you can make .9 into .900 and it is easier to see that .900 is greater than .012)
____ 811.08
____ 811.008
____ 811.1
____ 811.081
____ 811.01
Please put these Call Numbers in order – number these from 1 through 5, from the smallest through the greatest numerically and then alphabetically.
____ 811.008MU
____ 811.008SM
____ 811.008SI
____ 811.008 OX
____ 811.008JA
Please write a short paragraph why you like to be a student library aide.
To shelve books on the fiction side, a student must first consider the call letters on the spine, then the author’s last name and finally all the titles for a particular author. Please alphabetize the following different groups.
CALL LETTERS – number these 1 through 5, from the first to the last alphabetically.
______ MCE _____ MCM ______ MCK ______ MCA _____ MCI
AUTHOR’S NAMES – number these 1 through 10, from the first through the last alphabetically. (Begin with their last name and use the first if you have to.) (Helpful hint: nothing comes before something. For example, Weis would come before Weisman.)
_____ Janet Allais Stegeman _____ Kevin Stein
_____ Mary Q. Steele _____ Robert Louis Stevenson
_____ Laura C. Stevenson _____ Mary Stewart
_____ Claire Stevens _____ John Steinbeck
_____ Betsy Sterman ____ Fred Mustard Stewart
TITLES OF BOOKS (Ignore a. an, or the if it is the first word of the Title) – number these 1 through 5, from the first to the last alphabetically.
_____ Dragonquest
_____ Dragonsdawn
_____ The White Dragon
_____ Dragonflight
_____ Dragondrums
To shelve on the non-fiction side, first the student must be able to put the books in order considering the numbers left of the decimal point, then the numbers right of the decimal point, and finally if you need to use the letters.
Please put these Call Numbers in order – number these from 1 through 5, from the smallest through the greatest numerically.
_____ 869
_____ 822
_____ 812
_____ 808
_____ 811
Please put these Call Numbers in order – number these from 1 through 5, from the smallest through the greatest numerically. (Helpful hint: for short decimal points, you may add zeros to the right to help decide where they go. For example, if you have .012 and .9, you can make .9 into .900 and it is easier to see that .900 is greater than .012)
____ 811.08
____ 811.008
____ 811.1
____ 811.081
____ 811.01
Please put these Call Numbers in order – number these from 1 through 5, from the smallest through the greatest numerically and then alphabetically.
____ 811.008MU
____ 811.008SM
____ 811.008SI
____ 811.008 OX
____ 811.008JA
Please write a short paragraph why you like to be a student library aide.
