Transcript Dewey Decimal System - Research It & Write!

Dewey Decimal
Classification
(The guy who invented the Dewey Decimal Classification System)
SO
Why not come up with a
way to organize nonfiction books in libraries
so that people can easily
find them?
Eureka!
(Shouted librarians)
Dewey’s ingenious solution was
to arrange all knowledge into ten
very general categories which he
then continued to divide into
smaller and smaller topics. His
plan was to find a way to put all
books on the same subject
together on the library shelves.
The Dewey
Decimal System
divides all nonfiction subjects
into ten categories
using a different set
of call numbers for
each category.
Thinking and
feeling
Religion
Language
People
Everything
in the world
made by
people
Everything in
the world NOT
made by
people
What you
do for fun
Past
events
and
places
Poetry
and
Plays
921
Biography
100 – 199
Philosophy
 Psychology
 Philosophy
 Thinking about
ourselves
 Who am I?
 Why am I here?
200 – 299
Religion
 Beliefs
 Religions
 Mythologies
 Where did we come
from?
 Who created us?
300 – 399
Social Sciences
 Communities - Learning
to get along together
 Trade
 Commerce
 Politics
 Government
 Education
 Law
 Transport
 Welfare
 Folk lore and fairy tales
400 – 499
 Languages
 How do we
communicate
with each
other?
Language
500 – 599
 Natural Science
 Maths
 Nature and the world
around us
 The universe
 The earth
 Animals
 Birds
 Reptiles
 Fish
Natural Science
600 – 699
 Applied Science
 Technology
 How we have
changed the natural
world to make it
more useful
 Anything that
people invent,
engineer, grow,
manufacture,
process and build
Applied Science
700 – 799
 Sport
Fine Arts/Sports/Leisure
 Recreation
 How people use their
leisure time
 Art
 Craft
 Dance
 Music
800 – 899
Literature
 Literature
 The stories,
poems and
plays people
write in their
leisure time
Fiction books DO have Dewey Call
But
numbers—for example, books by
American authors all have the Dewey
what
number 810—but there are so many,
about
we leave that off and shelve fiction by
the first three letters of the author’s
fiction?
last name.
900 – 999
 Geography
Geography/History/Biography
 History
 Biographies
 The rest of the world
 How they live now
 How they lived long
ago
000 – 099
General Knowledge
 General Knowledge
 Encyclopedias
 Books about libraries &
museums
 Journalism
 Computers
 Controversial or
unexplained topics
General
They’re
And what subjects belong in
this Dewey category?
600
Domestic animals
636
Domestic Animals
that are dogs
636.7
Working dogs
636.73
Working dogs that
are German
Shepherds
Dewey
Numbers
because
they now
mean
something.
Specific
Specific
636.737
636.7375
Even
more
Specific
636.73756
German Shepherds
born in the U.S.
German Shepherds
born in Minnesota
German Shepherds
born in Minnesota
that were born in
Anoka County
Remember that stuff about
Call Numbers?
Think of them
now as
Dewey
Numbers!
The Dewey (call) number is
found on the spine label.
Why???
When the book is shelved, it
can be easily seen.
Practice Makes Perfect
 Builder Ted
 Library Skills Game
 "Do We" Really Know Dewey?
 Adventure 1 and 2
 Eugene School District Information Literacy Skills