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Online CatalogueMaterial housed in the library are available in different formats, including: books, magazines, films, tapes, newspapers, CDs, DVDs, charts and electronic databases. 

A catalogue is a guide to locating materials in a library. There are two kinds of catalogues, which may be found in our libraries: Card catalogue and Online Public Access Catalogue or OPAC.

Quick FactDid you know . . .

Biographies, folk/fairy tales and poetry are also non-fiction.

To help you to locate books on the OPAC or on the library shelves, please refer to the Dewey Decimal System below.


DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM

With so many books and other materials at the Library, a special system had to be created to help librarians keep a record of everything there is. This is called a classification system. One example of a classification system is the Dewey Decimal Classification System (DDC), which is used in schools and public libraries in Trinidad and Tobago. The DDC System was developed by Melville Dewey, an American librarian.

  • This system arranges non-fiction books in number and subject order
  • Books are placed into ten large groups or categories 
  • Each group is given one hundred broad numbers from  000 to 999
  • Each number within this group stands for a specific topic
  • Books with the same numbers are placed in A-Z order by the author’s last name
000-099General Reference
100-199
Philosophy
200-299
Religion
300-399
Social Sciences
400-499
Languages
500-599Natural Sciences and Mathematics
600-699
Technology
700-799
The Arts (art, music, sports, hobbies)
800-899
Literature (poetry, drama)
900-999History, Geography, Travel


Kindly take some time to read our Guidelines for New Users and Frequently Asked Questions.


Port of Spain Children's Library
Ground Floor, National Library Building
Corner Hart and Abercromby Streets, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago W.I.
Telephone: 1-868-624-4466 | Ext: 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055 | Email: childrenlibrary@nalis.gov.tt

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