2.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms Dewey Numbers

3.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms Call Numbers Nonfiction books are grouped by: Numbers (for the subject) first three letters of the author’s last name

4.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms Dewey Numbers Groups subjects Keeps similar books together Let’s you “browse” the shelves

5.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms Melvil Dewey. Invented system Lived long ago We still use system today

6.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms 10 General Group Broad Groups Lots of subjects fit into each group Groups keep books together on shelves

7.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms Dewey Groupings 000’s General Works 100’s Religion 200’s Language 300’s Technology 400’s Literature 500’s Philosophy 600’s Social Studies 700’s Science 800’s Art & Leisure 900’s History & Geology

8.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms 000s-General Works Books that fit in this group have many different subjects in them. Like: Encyclopedias or The Guinness Book of Records Books on unexplained subjects, like The Loch Ness Monster.

9.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms 100s-Philosophy Books that fit in this group tell about how we think and feel.

10.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms 200s-Religion Books in this group tell about different religions or stories from the bible.

11.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms 300s-Social Studies Books in this group tell about how people live together Holidays and customs Government, military

12.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms Fairy & Folk Tales Placed in the 300s Written to teach a lessons That’s social Studies

13.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms 400s-Language Books in this group are about different languages or grammar. writing nouns verbs adjectives

14.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms 500s-Science Books in this group are about things from nature.

15.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms 600s-Technology This group has books that are about man-made things.

16.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms 700s-Arts & Leisure Books in this group are about things we do for fun.

17.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms 800s-Literature Books in this group are stories, plays, or poetry. Originally for fiction Now too many fiction books Fiction is arranged ABC order by author

18.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms 900s-History/Geography Books in this group tell about events of the past and countries of the world.

19.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms Biography- 92 Don’t forget this group. It contains books about famous people’s lives.

20.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms Nonfiction call numbers are placed in number order Books about the same subject end up near each other on the shelf Remember

21.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms Purpose of Dewey Call numbers help us find the books we want to read!!!

22.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms What is the recipe for a nonfiction call number? Answer: (1) Numbers for the subject, (2) First three letters in the author’s last name. Ex. 629 WIL Review Question 1

23.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms What system tells us what numbers go with each subject? Answer: Dewey Decimal System Review Question 2

24.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms Who is responsible for inventing the Dewey Decimal System? Answer: Melvil Dewey Review Question 3

25.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms Mr. Dewey matched a number with each (multiple choice). a) author b) subject c) title Review Question 4

26.  2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms Most school libraries use the Dewey Decimal System (T/F). a) false b) true Review Question 5