How Do You Dewey? The Dewey Decimal System Created by Melvil Dewey!
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How Do You Dewey?
The Dewey Decimal SystemCreated by Melvil Dewey!
• Melvil Dewey was a librarian in the 1800’s.
• He taught classes to other librarians
• He made up the Dewey Decimal System that libraries use all over the world! Melvil Dewey photograph taken from: http://www.honco.net/japanese/06/caption/caption-2-04.html
Dewey Decimal System
Material is organized in to categories for easy identification:□ Non-Fiction
o Deals with factual informationo 10 main categories
□ biographies and reference usually separated out
□ Fictiono Made up stories
10 Categories of Non-Fiction?
000-099Curiosities/Generalitie
s
100-199Philosophy/Psycholog
y200-299
Religion/Mythology300-399
Our World/Social Sciences
400-499Languages
500-599Pure/Natural Sciences
600-699Technology/Applied
Sciences
700-799Arts/Crafts/Recreation
800-899Literature
900-999History, People,
Places/Geography
000-099Curiosities/Generalities
Aliens & UFO’sBigfoot
Loch Ness MonsterComputers and the Internet
100-199Feelings/Philosophy
Unexplained MysteriesEmotions
Psychology
200-299Religions
BuddismChristianity
IslamJudism
Mythology
300-399Our World/Social Science
MoneyLaws
GovernmentMilitary Science
Folk Tales/Fairy Tales from other lands
400-499Languages
DictionarySpanishGermanFrench
Sign Language
500-599Pure/Natural Sciences
ExperimentsOuter Space
DinosaursPlants
Animals
600-699Technology
How we use science!
InventionsPlanes, Trains, Cars, Space Shuttles
How the body worksPets
Buildings
700-799Arts & Crafts/Recreation
Art HistoryDrawingMusicSports
800-899Literature
PoetryJokes
RiddlesPlays
900-999History, People, and
Places/Geography
Biographies of famous peopleGeography of the world
WarsImportant History
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