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Transcript of 2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. Dewey Numbers.
2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms
Dewey Numbers
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
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
2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms
Melvil Dewey. •Invented system
•Lived long ago
•We still use system today
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
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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
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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.
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.
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.
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
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
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400s-Language
Books in this group are about different languages or grammar.writing
nouns
verbs
adjectives
2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms
500s-Science
Books in this group are about things from nature.
2007, William P. Breitsprecher & BreitLinks. All rights reserved. www.breitlinks.coms
600s-Technology
This group has books that are about man-made things.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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!!!
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
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
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
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
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