LOCATING A NON-FICTION BOOK IN THE LIBRARY

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LOCATING A NON-FICTION BOOK IN THE LIBRARY Using the Dewey Decimal System 4/28/2019 Eva Galloway, White Hills Elementary School Librarian

What is a call number? Every book in the library is given a unique call number to serve as an address for locating the book on the shelf. 4/28/2019

The Dewey system has ten main classes 000 Generalities  100 Philosophy and Psychology 200 Religion 300 Social Science 400 Language 500 Natural Science and Mathematics 600 Technology (Applied Sciences) 700 Arts 800 Literature 900 Geography and History 4/28/2019

Let's see if we can catch a butterfly book. 4/28/2019 Eva Galloway, White Hills Elementary School Librarian

To find the classification number for butterflies we need to start with the class for Natural Science the 500's This means that the first number of the call number will be a 5. 4/28/2019 Eva Galloway, White Hills Elementary School Librarian

100 Philosophy and Psychology 200 Religion 300 Social Science 000 Generalities  100 Philosophy and Psychology 200 Religion 300 Social Science 400 Language 500 Natural Science and Mathematics 600 Technology (Applied Sciences) 700 Arts 800 Literature 900 Geography and History 500 Natural Science and Mathematics 4/28/2019

Let's look at the ten divisions of this 500 class. 510 Mathematics 520 Astronomy (planets and stars) 530 Physics (matter & energy) 540 Chemistry 550 Earth Sciences (the planet Earth) 560 Paleontology (dinosaurs) 570 Life Sciences (plants & animals) 580 Botanical Sciences (specifically plants) 590 Zoological Sciences (specifically animals) 4/28/2019

Butterflies will be classified under the Zoological Sciences 590 Now we know that the second number of the call number will be a 9   4/28/2019 Eva Galloway, White Hills Elementary School Librarian

520 Astronomy (planets and stars) 530 Physics (matter & energy) 510 Mathematics 520 Astronomy (planets and stars) 530 Physics (matter & energy) 540 Chemistry 550 Earth Sciences (the planet Earth) 560 Paleontology (dinosaurs) 570 Life Sciences (plants & animals) 580 Botanical Sciences (specifically plants) 590 Zoological Sciences (specifically animals) 4/28/2019

Let's see the divisions of the 590's to find the next number. 4/28/2019 Eva Galloway, White Hills Elementary School Librarian

The Zoological Sciences, the 590's, are also divided into ten divisions. 591 Zoology 592 Invertebrates (animals with no backbones) 593 Protozoa (single-celled organisms) 594 Mollusa (includes clams, slugs, octopus) 595 Other Invertebrates (worms and insects) 596 Vertebrates (animals with backbones) 597 Fishes 598 Reptiles and Birds  599 Mammals 4/28/2019

Insects, including butterflies would be under 595. 591 Zoology 592 Invertebrates (animals with no backbones) 593 Protozoa (single-celled organisms) 594 Mollusa (includes clams, slugs, octopus) 595 Other Invertebrates (worms and insects) 596 Vertebrates (animals with backbones) 597 Fishes 598 Reptiles and Birds  599 Mammals 595 Other Invertebrates (worms and insects) 4/28/2019

Now we have the first three numbers of the call number 595 The 595's are further divided by the use of decimals to specify what type of insects. 4/28/2019 Eva Galloway, White Hills Elementary School Librarian

Where will we find the butterfly book? 500 --Natural Science 590 --Zoological Sciences 595 --Other invertebrates     595.7 --Insects 595.78 --Lepidoptera (butterflies & moths) 595.789 --Butterflies       595.789 --Butterflies       4/28/2019

REMEMBER: The more numbers, the more specific. Note: When searching in a decimal system, search digit by digit --not by whole number. Adapted from University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. http://www.ucd.ie/access/dss_currentstudents_library_findabook_dewey.htm 4/28/2019 Eva Galloway, White Hills Elementary School Librarian