Do You Know Dewey What do those numbers

Do You Know Dewey?

What do those numbers mean? Each number in the Dewey section represents a subject. 599. 75 = Tigers 796. 33 = Football 741. 5 = Comics

What do those numbers mean? Did you ever notice that subjects are grouped together? All sports are together All art books are together All animal books are together All cookbooks are together All American History books are together

What makes up a CALL NUMBER in the Dewey section? When Tigers Attack Richard Gaines The top line is the number for the Subject The bottom line is the first three letters of the Author’s last name 599. 75 Gai

Who is this Handsome Guy? MELVIL DEWEY

The Dewey Decimal System Organizes books by Subjects or Classifications Uses 10 broad categories Beginning with 000 Ends with 999

KNOWLEDGE 900 History & Geography 10% 000 Generalities 10% 100 Philosiphy & Psychology 10% 800 Literature 10% 700 Arts & Recreation 10% 200 Religion 10% 300 Social Sciences 10% 600 Technology 10% 500 Science & Math 10% 400 Languages 10%

Dewey Classifications by 100 s 000: Generalities 500: Science & Mathematics 100: Philosophy & Psychology 200: Religion 300: Social Sciences 400: Language 600: Technology 700: Fine Arts & Recreation 800: Literature 900: History & Geography

000: Generalities 001. 9: Unexplained Mysteries Libraries 031: General Information

100: Philosophy & Psychology 133. 1: Ghosts 152: Optical Illusions Psychology

200: Religion 200 s: General Religion 220 s: The Bible 292: Greek Mythology

300: Social Sciences 327. 12: Spies 394 s: Holidays 332: Money 398. 2 Fairy 355: Military 385: Trains Tales 398. 2 Folklore 398. 2 Tall Tales

400: Language 419: Sign Language 420 s: English 493: Egyptian Hieroglyphs 430 s: German 495. 1: Chinese 440 s: French 495. 6: Japanese 450 s: Italian 496: African Languages 460 s: Spanish 491: Russian 497: Native American Languages

500: Science & Mathematics 507: Science 590 s: Zoology Experiments 510 s: Math 520 s: Astronomy 550 s: Earth Science 567: Dinosaurs 594: Mollusks 595: Spiders & Insects 597: Fish 597: Reptiles & Amphibians 598: Birds 599: Mammals

600: Technology 623 s: Military Engineering 629 s: Vehicles 636: Domestic Animals 641. 5: Cookbooks

700: Fine Arts & Recreation 700 s: Art 780 s: Music 730 s: Sculpture 792: Ballet 736: Origami 793. 8: Magic 740 s: Drawing 741. 5 Comic Books 794. 1: Chess 796 s: Sports

800: Literature 808: Short Story Collections 811: American Poetry 818: Jokes 822: Shakespeare

900: History & Geography 910 s: Geography & 950 s: History of Asia Travel 910. 4: Shipwrecks 921: Biography 930 s: Ancient History 940 s: History of Europe 960 s: History of Africa 970 s: History of North America 980 s: History of South America 990 s: History of Other Areas