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Title: Introduction to the Dewey Decimal System


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Introduction to the Dewey Decimal System
  • Prepared by Patti Henderson,
  • Media Specialist
  • Sanford Middle School

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Melvin Dewey Created the Dewey Decimal System
  • Melvin Dewey was born in 1851.
  • He worked in the library while attending Amherst
    College in 1870.
  • At age 26, he created and published the first
    edition of the Dewey Decimal System, anonymously.
    It was titled Classification and Subject Index
    for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and
    Pamphlets of a Library.

3
Dewey Decimal Classifications
  • 000- Computers, Information
  • and General Reference
  • 100 Philosophy and
  • Psychology
  • 200 - Religion
  • 300 Social Sciences
  • 400 - Language
  • 500 - Science
  • 600 - Technology
  • 700 Arts Recreation
  • 800 - Literature
  • 900 History Geography

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000-099- Generalities
  • The Generalities classification includes
    encyclopedias, almanacs, bibliographies,
    periodicals and journalism books.
  • We often refer to some of these materials as
    reference books.

5
100-199 Philosophy
  • Philosophy is the study of thinking. Examples of
    some books in our library in this section are
  • - Psychology in Action 150
  • -Mysterious Detectives
  • Psychics 133
  • - The Left-Handed Book -152

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200-299 Religion
  • The Bible was one of the first books to be
    printed on the printing press.
  • This classification includes books about all
    religions.
  • Fact The Bible was one of the first books
    printed on the printing press, invented by
    Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century.

7
300-300 Social Sciences
  • This category includes materials related to laws,
    politics, and customs.
  • Some topics in this section are
  • Education
  • Military Science
  • Economics and
  • Law

8
400-499 Language
  • The Language category includes books about all
    languages, not just ours.
  • A few examples from our media center are
  • -In Other Words 428
  • -Mad as a Wet Hen -428
  • -The Magic and Mystery of
  • Words -422

9
500-599 - Science
  • The Science classification includes books from
    all areas of science.
  • You might be surprised to see books about
    mathematics, plants, and animals in this section,
    as well as books on chemistry, and physics.

10
600-699 Technology
  • In this category we place books about medicine,
    machines, vehicles, farming, and pets.
  • - Traditional American Farming
  • - Organic Farming
  • - Dog Training
  • - Car Care for Dummies
  • These are a few examples of books that might be
    found in the Technology section.

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700-799 Arts Recreation
  • Information on famous painters such as Van Gogh,
    Picasso, El Greco, and Raphael are housed in this
    section.
  • Additional topics would be landscaping,
    sculpture, photography, music, football, soccer,
    and ballet.

12
800-899 Literature
  • Literature means writing that have permanent
    value.
  • Includes nursery rhymes, riddles, and joke books,
    as well as works by Shakespeare.

13
900-999 Geography History
  • In this section you could find books to answer
    questions like these
  • What countries fought in the Korean War?
  • What is the smallest continent on earth?
  • Why was the Draft started in the United States?

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What Did We Learn?
  • Who invented the DDS?
  • How Many Main Categories are there in the DDS?
  • Thinking Question -
  • Is it possible for a topic to be shelved in more
    than one section?

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Bibliographic Information
  • Dewey Decimal Collection Tour http//www.oclc.org/
    dewey/about/ddctour/index.htm
  • Some book titles were pulled from
  • www.Amazon.com
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