1. Media Specialists “Dewey” it Better! The Basics of the Dewey Decimal System of Classifying Books! Kelly Moss

2. Did you know that the books are on the shelves in a certain order ???

3. NO!!! Not that kind of order!!!

4. The Dewey Decimal Classification Melvil Dewey developed a system of classifying books into ten major categories back in 1876. It’s known as the Dewey Decimal System. This system assigns numbers to nonfiction books in an attempt to group similar topics together on the shelves, making it easier to locate books within a library. The categories are as follows…

5. Dewey Decimal System 000 GENERALITIES 100 PHILOSOPHY and PSYCHOLOGY 200 RELIGION 300 SOCIAL SCIENCES 400 LANGUAGES 500 SCIENCE and MATH 600 TECHNOLOGY 700 ARTS and RECREATION 800 LITERATURE 900 GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, and BIOGRAPHY

6. How can the Dewey Decimal System help you??? We have TONS of great books in our media center available for you to check out!!! All you have to do is open the library catalog on any computer, and perform a search to find what you are interested in reading about.

7. How do I perform a search? You can do this by entering specific information such as keywords, the title or author of a book, subjects that interest you or the name of a series. Just type and then click!!!

8. Use the results to locate the books in our media center. For example… 1.Go to the 000 shelf and then find 031. 2.After finding 031 books, look for the letters that are listed with it. (for example, this book contains GUI). 1.Go to the 600 shelf and then find 629.222. 2.After finding 629.222 books, look for the letters that are listed with it. (for example, this book contains HOL).

9. Great! You just learned how to find books using the Dewey Decimal System! Take a look at Dewey’s classifications and and how they are divided into more specific areas within each numeric section. Keep in mind that each book you see pictured is available HERE at Northside!!!

10. COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION & GENERAL WORKS 000 Generalities 010 Bibliography 020 Library & information sciences 030 General encyclopedic works 040 Not assigned or no longer used 050 General serials & their indexes 060 Museums 070 News media, journalism, publishing 080 General collections 090 Manuscripts & rare books Dewey CategoryTypes of Interests 000

11. 100 Psychology & Philosophy 110 Metaphysics 120 Epistemology, causation, humankind 130 Paranormal phenomena 140 Specific philosophical schools 150 Psychology 160 Logic 170 Ethics 180 Ancient, medieval, Oriental philosophy 190 Modern Western philosophy Dewey CategoryTypes of Interests PSYCHOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY 100

12. RELIGION 200 200 Religion & Mythology 210 Natural theology 220 Bible 230 Christian theology 240 Christian moral & devotional theology 250 Christian orders & local church 260 Christian social theology 270 Christian church history 280 Christian denominations & sects 290 Other & comparative religions Dewey CategoryTypes of Interests

13. SOCIAL SCIENCES 300 300 Social Science & Education 310 General statistics 320 Political science 330 Economics 340 Law 350 Public administration 360 Social services; association 370 Education 380 Commerce, communications, transport 390 Customs, etiquette, folklore Dewey CategoryTypes of Interests

14. LANGUAGE 400 400 Languages 410 Linguistics 420 English & Old English 430 Germanic languages German 440 Romance languages French 450 Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romantic 460 Spanish & Portuguese languages 470 Italic Latin 480 Hellenic languages Classical Greek 490 Other languages Dewey CategoryTypes of Interests

15. SCIENCE and MATH 500 500 Natural sciences & mathematics 510 Mathematics 520 Astronomy & allied sciences 530 Physics 540 Chemistry & allied sciences 550 Earth sciences 560 Paleontology Paleozoology 570 Life sciences 580 Botanical sciences 590 Zoological sciences Dewey CategoryTypes of Interests

16. TECHNOLOGY 600 600 Technology (Applied sciences) 610 Medical sciences Medicine 620 Engineering & allied operations 630 Agriculture 640 Home economics & family living 650 Management & auxiliary services 660 Chemical engineering 670 Manufacturing 680 Manufacture for specific uses 690 Buildings Dewey CategoryTypes of Interests

17. ARTS and RECREATION 700 700 The arts 710 Civic & landscape art 720 Architecture 730 Plastic arts Sculpture 740 Drawing & decorative arts 750 Painting & paintings 760 Graphic arts Printmaking & prints 770 Photography & photographs 780 Music 790 Recreational & performing arts Dewey CategoryTypes of Interests

18. LITERATURE 800 800 Literature and Rhetoric 810 American Literature in English 820 English & Old English Literatures 830 Literatures of Germanic Languages 840 Literatures of Romance Languages 850 Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic 860 Spanish & Portuguese Literatures 870 Italic Literatures, Latin 880 Hellenic Literatures, Classical Greek 890 Literatures of other languages Dewey CategoryTypes of Interests

19. HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, & BIOGRAPHY 900 900 Geography & history 910 Geography & travel 920 Biography, genealogy, insignia 930 History of ancient world 940 General history of Europe 950 General history of Asia Far East 960 General history of Africa 970 General history of North America 980 General history of South America 990 General history of other areas Dewey CategoryTypes of Interests

20. So remember… “DO THE DEWEY!!” Melvil Dewey Rap Video (FUNNY and EDUCATIONAL) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJbZnt89xkI