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2 Do you know Dewey like I know Dewey?  Or how do I use the Dewey Decimal System to find books and materials on the shelf…

3 Melvil Dewey  Lived 1851-1931  Created Dewey Decimal System in 1876  Organized all knowledge into ten sections  Still being used today

4 000 - 099 Generalities UFO’s & aliens Big FootOdd facts Computers & programming languages PDA’s

5 100 – 199 Philosophy & Psychology Sigmund Freud “The Thinker” By Rodin

6 200 - 299 Religion Christianity Buddhism Hinduism Judaism ShintoismMuslims

7 300 – 399 Social Sciences government Education Law Drug abuse FolkloreCrimes

8 400 - 499 Languages

9 500 - 599 Science Physics Chemistry Paleontology Biology

10 600 - 699 Technology Medical Sciences Family living Manufacturing Engineering Agriculture

11 700 – 799 Arts & Entertainment Music Painting Sculpture Photography Architecture

12 800 - 899 Literature Plays Poetry Shakespeare Emily Dickenson Virgil

13 900 – 999 Geography & History American History Geography World Wars Global war On terror Where in The world?

14 B & 920 Biography and Collective Biography George W. Bush Martin Luther King Jr. Amelia Earhart George Washington David Ortiz

15 Sources used  www.alltheweb.com www.alltheweb.com  www.wavplanet.com www.wavplanet.com  www.biography.com www.biography.com  http://En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvil_ Dewey  http://www.anthus.com/CyberDewe y/CyberDewey.html


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