WHAT DO THOSE NUMBERS MEAN AND WHAT DOES

WHAT DO THOSE NUMBERS MEAN AND WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH DEWEY?

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: Who is Dewey? Microsoft Clipart 2010 What do those numbers mean on the book? Microsoft Clipart 2010

WHO IS DEWEY? Melville Dewey was born on December 10, 1851 in New York. He designed a system on how to organize books and martials in a library or media center. This system is called the Dewey Decimal Classification System. Before this system, each library shelved the books differently and only the librarian knew how it worked. How confusing? !? ! Thank Goodness for Dewey!

HOW DOES THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM WORK? Each book has a group of numbers. � These numbers are given based on what the book is about. � Books about the same thing are put together. Then these books are put in number order. Simple, right? Yes, but let look closer at these numbers. 252 811 730. 01

WHERE ARE THESE NUMBERS? First, where are these numbers located? On the spine of the book! Right here! Why in our media center some of the numbers white and some are yellow? Because yellow means it is an AR book and white means it is not. It doesn't have anything to do with the number.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATIONS Next, let’s look at the hundreds. Each hundred means a different subject. 000 s – Generalities 100 s – Philosophy and psychology 200 s – Religion 300 s – Social sciences 400 s – Language 500 s – Science 600 s – Technology 700 s – Arts and recreation 800 s – Literature 900 s – History and geography

000 S - GENERALITIES What’s here? � Almanacs � Encyclopedias � Information about computers � Also, a place to put new subjects 031 PAS 004. 67 PEL

100 S – PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY What does that mean? � This section is about the mind and how people think. What’s here? � Books feel about what different groups of people think and 155. 4 Kid 153 POW

200 S - RELIGION 200 Books about different religions are in the 200 s. Books about mythology and ancient religions are here. 296. 4 KUS MER 291. 1 Phi

300 S – SOCIAL SCIENCES What’s in the 300 s? Information about people who are on this earth � Information about how different people live � Information about different holidays and customs � 394. 26 FRO 398. 2 HON

400 S - LANGUAGE In the 400 s, information about different languages are put here. � Dictionaries � Sign language books � Information about punctuation in different languages 428. 2 DOU 428. 2 TRU

500 S - SCIENCE 523 TUR All types of science information is placed in the 500 s. � Information Space Math The earth Plants Animals about 513. 2 KOO

600 - TECHNOLOGY What is in the 600 s? � Books about medicine, parts of our body, agriculture, dentistry, mining, and foods are here. 631. 5 SAU 612 ALI 637 GIB

700 S – ARTS AND RECREATION Books about arts are here. � Sculpture 780. 23 DUB � Drawing � Painting � Photography � Music Books about recreation are here. � Watching � Games � Sports television 796. 91 SUE

800 S - LITERATURE In the 800 s, different types of literature are grouped together. � Poetry 808. 81 DER � Fiction books � Speeches � Letters 811 SEA

900 S – HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY What is history and geography? � History is like social studies and what happened in the past. � Geography is the study of the land. 970. 1 STU What’s in the 900 s? � Travel information � Land features in different countries � History of different countries 944 DON 912 BRE

NOW CAN YOU MATCH THE NUMBERS TO THE BOOK TITLES? 004 179. 9 221 398. 2 428. 2 567. 9 639. 9 741. 2 973. 04

REMEMBER THERE IS AN ORDER TO THE MEDIA CENTER Remember books about the same thing are put together on the shelf. If you pull a book and you don’t remember where you got it from, please give it to the media specialist. It’s important that the books are in the right order so they are easy to find. Remember this is all because of a smart man named Melville Dewey.

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