Introduction to the Dewey Decimal Classification System Tammy Wright MEDT 6463 Fall Microsoft Office Clipart

This presentation is for middle school students 6 th through 8 th grades. The purpose of this presentation is to educate students about the Dewey Decimal Classification system.

Who was Melvil Dewey? Melvil Dewey lived from 1851 to He was a librarian and a teacher, and he developed the Dewey Decimal Classification system. He designed this system to help us classify books. Image taken from

Why do I need to know about the Dewey Decimal Classification System? Middle school students should be able to locate books independently when working on assignments. You need to know how and where to look for non-fiction books that are of interest to you. Microsoft Office Clipart

Fiction books are made up; meaning they are not true. Nonfiction is the opposite of fiction; those books are true. First – what’s the difference between fiction and nonfiction? Microsoft Office Clipart

How Fiction and Nonfiction are placed on the shelf: Fiction books are put on the shelf in alphabetical order by the author’s last name. Nonfiction books are shelved by their subject’s category Cal Microsoft Office Clipart

The Dewey Decimal Classification System allows books to be grouped together based on the subject of the book. There are 10 major classifications in the DDCS. Microsoft Office Clipart

000-Computer science, information & general works (includes topics like library and computer science, bibliographies, news, and rare books) Microsoft Office Clipart Image taken from Microsoft Office Clipart

100-Philosophy and psychology (including paranormal phenomena, logic, ethics, values, and animal rights) Image taken from Microsoft Office Clipart

200-Religion (including Old and New Testament Bible stories, mythology, and other world religions) Image taken from Microsoft Office Clipart

300-Social Sciences (including economics, law, government, education, environmental issues, and folklore) Image taken from Microsoft Office Clipart Click to read book summary

400-Language (You would find foreign language dictionaries here, as well as, books about sign language and grammar) Image from Microsoft Office Clipart

500-Science (Books about astronomy, biology, earth science, mathematics, plants, and animals can be found here) Image taken from Microsoft Office Clipart Click to read book summary

600-Technology (Including medical science & medicenes, human body, disease, pets, cook books, agriculture, and home economics). Image taken from Microsoft Office Clipart Click to read book summary

700-Arts & Recreation (books about architecture, drawing, paintings, graphic arts, music, and photography are found here). Image taken from Microsoft Office Clipart

800-Literature (including poetry, drama, speeches,Shakespeare, essays, plays, etc.) Image taken from Microsoft Office Clipart

900-Geography and history (History of the ancient world, geography, and travel are topics that can be found here) Image taken from Microsoft Office Clipart

References Baker, Rosalie F. (2003). In a word : 750 words and their fascinating stories and origins. Cobblestone Publisher. Retrieved October 9, 2010 from Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir (2004). The adventures and the memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Sterling Publisher. Retrieved October 10, 2010 from Fradin, Judith Bloom (2006). 5,000 miles to freedom : Ellen and William Craft's flight from slavery. National Geographic. Retrieved October 8, 2010 from Georgia Department of Education (2008) 6 th grade Language Arts Standard ELA6W3. Retrieved, October 10, 2010 from A A99AF44F1BBC8F9E6207F0CE1673D&Type=D A A99AF44F1BBC8F9E6207F0CE1673D&Type=D Georgia Department of Education (2008) 6 th grade Language Arts Standard ELA6RC1. Retrieved October 10, 2010 from A A99AF44F1BBC8F9E6207F0CE1673D&Type=D A A99AF44F1BBC8F9E6207F0CE1673D&Type=D Gardner, Robert (2010). Ace your animal science project : great science fair ideas. Enslow Publishers. Retrieved October 10, 2010 from Grimes, Nikki (2005). At Jerusalem's gate : poems of Easter. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. Retrieved October 8, 2010 from Langley, Andrew (2009). Are girls smarter than boys? Heinemann Library. Retrieved October 7, 2010 from

References Continued Gardner, Robert (2010). Ace your animal science project : great science fair ideas. Enslow Publishers. Retrieved October 10, 2010 from Grimes, Nikki (2005). At Jerusalem's gate : poems of Easter. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. Retrieved October 8, 2010 from Langley, Andrew (2009). Are girls smarter than boys? Heinemann Library. Retrieved October 7, 2010 from Nettleton Intermediate Center. (n.d.). Do We Really Know Dewey? Retrieved October 10,2010 from Rowling, J.K. (2007). Harry Potter and the deathly hallows. A.A. Levine. Retrieved October 10, 2010 from Romanek, Trudee (2003). Achoo! : the most interesting book you'll ever read about germs. Kids Can Press. Retrieved October 9,2010 from Woog, Adam (2009). Mark Zuckerberg : Facebook creator. KidHaven Press. Retrieved October 9, 2010 from

References Continued Graphics Sources All book cover pictures were taken from Follett Library Resources unless otherwise stated Book Covers (n.d.). Retrieved on October 7-11, from Dewey Picture. (n.d.). Retrieved on October 10, 2008 from All Clipart were taken from Microsoft Office unless otherwise stated Clipart. (2010). Retrieved on October 7-11, 2010 from