The Dewey Decimal System

Books are grouped or organized in a special way so that we can easily find the books we need in a library. Libraries

Two Kinds of Books Books in the library are organized into two groups: FictionNon-fiction

Fiction or Non-fiction? Fiction books are books that are make-believe or not factual. Non-fiction books are books that are based on facts.

FictionNon-fiction Genres Mystery Science Fiction Realistic Fiction Historical Fiction Adventure Comedy Sports Animals Upper Fiction (chapter books) Easy Fiction (picture books and easy chapter books) 000s General Works 100s Philosophy and Psychology 200s Religion 300s Social Sciences 400s Language 500s Science 600s Technology 700s Arts and Recreation 800s Literature 900s History and Geography How Books are Organized in a Media Center or Library

Fiction Books Fiction books are organized in ABC order by the author’s last name. FIC SHA FIC BRUFIC ADL

Non-fiction Books Non-fiction books are organized by subjects and grouped by call numbers. Call numbers come from something called the Dewey Decimal System.

000s General Works 100s Philosophy and Psychology 200s Religion 300s Social Sciences 400s Language The Dewey Decimal System

500s Science 600s Technology 700s Arts and Recreation 800s Literature 900s History and Geography

000s-General Works Books that fit in this group have many different subjects in them Cox San001.9 Bar

000s can be grouped into even smaller categories within the 000s. 000 Computer Science 010 Bibliographies 020 Library and Information Sciences 030 Encyclopedias and Books of Facts 050 Magazines 060 Associations, Organizations and Museums 070 Newspapers 080 General collections in different languages 090 Manuscripts and Rare Books

100s-Philosophy and Psychology Books in this group tell about how we think and feel Joh Tes

100s Categories 100 Philosophy 110 Metaphysics (Space and Time) 120 Epistemology (What People Know) 130 Parapsychology (Ghosts) 140 Schools of Philosophy 150 Psychology 160 Logic (How People Think) 170 Ethics (Good vs. Bad) 180 Ancient, medieval, and Eastern Philosophy 190 Modern Western Philosophy

200s-Religion Books in this group tell about different religions or stories from the Bible. 200 BUL292 Osb

200s Categories 200 Religion 210 Natural Theology 220 Bible 230 Christianity 240 Christian Morals and Devotional Theology 250 Christian Activities (Preaching) 260 Christian and Social Theology 270 Christian Church History 280 Christian Denominations 290 Other Religions

300s-Social Sciences Books in this group tell about how people live together. 371 NEL323.6 HAM

Fairy tales, fables, tall tales and folk tales are also placed in the 300s Osb Bre

300s Categories 300 Social Sciences 310 Statistics of Different Continents 320 Political Science 330 Economics (Money) 340 Law 350 Government 360 Social Services (Police, Firemen) 370 Education 380 Commerce (Buying and Selling) 390 Customs, Etiquette, Folklore

400s-Language Books in this group are about different languages or grammar. 419 FLO428.1 Cle

400s Categories 400 Language 410 Linguistics (Writing and Phonics) 420 English (Grammar and Dictionaires) 430 German 440 French 450 Italian 460 Spanish 470 Latin 480 Greek 490 Other Languages

500s-Science Books in this group are about things from nature Bro Jef

500s Categories 500 Science 510 Mathematics 520 Astronomy (Stars, Planets) 530 Physics 540 Chemistry 550 Earth Science 560 Paleontology (Dinosaurs) 570 Life Sciences 580 Plants 590 Zoology (Animals)

600s-Technology This group has books that are about man-made things Poo Eva

600s Categories 600 Technology (The way things work) 610 Medicine 620 Engineering (Cars, trucks, ships) 630 Agriculture (gardening, farming, pets) 640 Home Economics and Family Living 650 Management (Working in an office) 660 Chemical Engineering (Foods and Drinks) 670 Manufacturing (Making products to sell) 680 Manufacturing for Specific Uses 690 Building (How buildings are made)

700s-Arts and Recreation Books in this group are about things we do for fun McC 743 Ame

700s Categories 700 Arts 710 Landscape Art 720 Architecture 730 Sculpture 740 Drawing 750 Painting and Paintings 760 Graphic Arts 770 Photography and Photographs 780 Music 790 Recreational and Performing Arts

800s-Literature Books in this group are stories, plays, poetry, or jokes. 811 MOO 811 APP

Fiction books used to be put in the 800s because they are stories, but soon there were so many fiction books that they had to be separated into their own section.

800s Categories 800 Literature 810 American Literature (Poems, short stories, plays, jokes) 820 Old English Literature 830 German Literature 840 French Literature 850 Italian Literature 860 Spanish Literature 870 Latin Literature 880 Greek Literature 890 Literature of Other Languages

900s-History and Geography Books in this group tell about events of the past and places in the world Hop DON

921-Biography Books in this group tell about real people and their lives. 921 Dis 921 Ear

900s Categories 900 History 910 Geography and Travel (Atlases) 920 Biography 930 History of the Ancient World 940 History of Europe 950 History of Asia 960 History of Africa 970 History of North America 980 History of South America 990 General History of Other Areas

The Dewey Decimal Groups 000s General Works 100s Philosophy and Psychology 200s Religion 300s Social Sciences 400s Language 500s Science 600s Technology 700s Arts and Recreation 800s Literature 900s History and Geography

Use the signs on the walls and shelves to help you go to the correction area to find a non-fiction book.

If you can’t find what you are looking for, you can always go to the computer and use Destiny to look up a subject.

Use the signs and labels on the shelves to help you locate the section you need.

Keep shelves neat!

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Let’s review! What system do we use to organize Non-fiction books in the Media Center? C. The Dewey Decimal System B. The Digestive System A. The Solar System

Who invented the Dewey Decimal System? A. Herman Melville B. Melvil Dewey C. Huey, Dewey and Louie

Numbers in the Dewey Decimal system are known as _______. A. phone numbers B. prime numbers C. call numbers

How many general groups are there in the Dewey Decimal System? A. 10 B. 100’s C. 1000’s

In what Dewey Group would you find a copy of the Times Herald, our city’s newspaper? A. 000’s General Works B. 300’s Social Sciences C. 900’s History and Geography

Fantastic job! You’re a Dewey Decimal Dynamite Detective! Now use what you know to find the books in the Media Center that you need and want to read.

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