1. Do You Know Dewey?

2. What do those numbers mean?
Each number in the Dewey section represents a subject. = = =
Tigers
Football
Comics

3. What do those numbers mean?
Did you ever notice that subjects are grouped together?
All sports are together
All art books are together
All animal books are together
All cookbooks are together
All American History books are together

4. What makes up a CALL NUMBER in the Dewey section?
When Tigers Attack
Richard Gaines
599.75
Gai
The top line is the number for the Subject
The bottom line is the first three letters
of the Author’s last name

5. Who is this Handsome Guy?
MELVIL DEWEY

6. The Dewey Decimal System
Organizes books by Subjects or Classifications
Uses 10 broad categories
Beginning with 000
Ends with 999

8. Dewey Classifications by 100s
000: Generalities
100: Philosophy & Psychology
200: Religion
300: Social Sciences
400: Language
500: Science & Mathematics
600: Technology
700: Fine Arts & Recreation
800: Literature
900: History & Geography

9. 001.9: Unexplained Mysteries Libraries 031: General Information
000: Generalities
001.9: Unexplained Mysteries
Libraries
031: General Information

10. 100: Philosophy & Psychology
133.1: Ghosts
152: Optical Illusions
Phychology

11. 200s: General Religion 220s: The Bible 292: Greek Mythology

12. 327.12: Spies 332: Money 355: Military 385: Trains 394s: Holidays
300: Social Sciences
327.12: Spies
332: Money
355: Military
385: Trains
394s: Holidays
398.2 Fairy Tales
398.2 Folklore
398.2 Tall Tales

13. 400: Language 419: Sign Language 420s: English 430s: German
440s: French
450s: Italian
460s: Spanish
491: Russian
493: Egyptian Hieroglyphs
495.1: Chinese
495.6: Japanese
496: African Languages
497: Native American Languages

14. 500: Science & Mathematics
507: Science Experiments
510s: Math
520s: Astronomy
550s: Earth Science
567: Dinosaurs
590s: Zoology
594: Mollusks
595: Spiders & Insects
597: Fish
597: Reptiles & Amphibians
598: Birds
599: Mammals

15. 636: Domestic Animals 641.5: Cookbooks 623s: Military Engineering
600: Technology
623s: Military Engineering
629s: Vehicles
636: Domestic Animals
641.5: Cookbooks

16. 700: Fine Arts & Recreation
700s: Art
730s: Sculpture
736: Origami
740s: Drawing
Comic Books
780s: Music
792: Ballet
793.8: Magic
794.1: Chess
796s: Sports

17. 808: Short Story Collections 811: American Poetry 818: Jokes
800: Literature
808: Short Story Collections
811: American Poetry
818: Jokes
822: Shakespeare

18. 900: History & Geography 910s: Geography & Travel 910.4: Shipwrecks
921: Biography
930s: Ancient History
940s: History of Europe
950s: History of Asia
960s: History of Africa
970s: History of North America
980s: History of South America
990s: History of Other Areas