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The Dewey Decimal System
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Libraries Books are grouped or organized in a special way so that we can easily find the books we need in a library. What would happen if books were placed just any where in a Media Center?
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Fiction Non-fiction Two Kinds of Books
Books in the library are organized into two groups: Ask students if they know what the 2 groups are called before revealing them. Fiction Non-fiction
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Fiction or Non-fiction?
Fiction books are books that are make-believe or not factual. Non-fiction books are books that are based on facts. Ask students to tell you if the following titles sound like they are fiction or non-fiction books (if you have copies of real books to show, hold them up for the students to see): Beauty and the Beast All About Landforms The Tale of Paul Bunyan Magnetic Magnets
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How Books are Organized in a Media Center or Library
Fiction Non-fiction 000s General Works 100s Philosophy and Psychology 200s Religion 300s Social Sciences 400s Language 500s Science 600s Technology 700s Arts and Recreation 800s Literature 900s History and Geography Upper Fiction (chapter books) Easy Fiction (picture books and easy chapter books) Genres Mystery Science Fiction Realistic Fiction Historical Fiction Adventure Comedy Sports Animals
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Fiction Books Fiction books are organized in ABC
order by the author’s last name. Ask students if all three of these books were on the same shelf, which book would come first, second, third? Click to put the books in alphabetical order. Click on any of the books to read a review of that title. FIC ADL FIC BRU FIC SHA
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Non-fiction Books Non-fiction books are organized by
subjects and grouped by call numbers. Call numbers come from something called the Dewey Decimal System. This system was invented by a man named Melvil Dewey. He was a librarian who lived long ago. Click on the books to go to a website that tells about Dewey from The Dewey Decimal System is a way to organize non-fiction books into groups or categories.
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The Dewey Decimal System
000s General Works 100s Philosophy and Psychology 200s Religion 300s Social Sciences 400s Language Mr. Dewey decided it would make it easier to find books if they were grouped by subject, so first he came up with 10 general groups to use for sorting all subjects. General means broad; lots of subjects will fit into each group. This seems like a lot to remember, but you’ll catch on quickly the more you use it. These are the first 5 groups.
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The Dewey Decimal System
500s Science 600s Technology 700s Arts and Recreation 800s Literature 900s History and Geography These are the last 5 groups. What do you notice about the number? How many groups of subjects are there?
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000s-General Works Books that fit in this group have many different subjects in them. Click on sound icon to hear a short song for this Dewey group. Encyclopedias, newspapers and magazines would fit into this category. This is also where books on unexplained subjects would be found-like books about Big Foot. Ask students why they would need to know where these types of books can be found. 001.9 Bar Cox 025.5 San
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000s can be grouped into even smaller categories within the 000s.
000 Computer Science Bibliographies 020 Library and Information Sciences 030 Encyclopedias and Books of Facts 050 Magazines 060 Associations, Organizations and Museums 070 Newspapers 080 General collections in different languages 090 Manuscripts and Rare Books
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100s-Philosophy and Psychology
Books in this group tell about how we think and feel. Click on sound icon to hear a short song for this Dewey group. 152.4 Tes 152.4 Joh
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100s Categories 100 Philosophy 110 Metaphysics (Space and Time)
120 Epistemology (What People Know) 130 Parapsychology (Ghosts) 140 Schools of Philosophy 150 Psychology 160 Logic (How People Think) 170 Ethics (Good vs. Bad) 180 Ancient, medieval, and Eastern Philosophy 190 Modern Western Philosophy
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200s-Religion Books in this group tell about different religions or stories from the Bible. Click on sound icon to hear a short song for this Dewey group. 200 BUL 292 Osb
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200s Categories 200 Religion 210 Natural Theology 220 Bible
230 Christianity 240 Christian Morals and Devotional Theology 250 Christian Activities (Preaching) 260 Christian and Social Theology 270 Christian Church History 280 Christian Denominations 290 Other Religions
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300s-Social Sciences Books in this group tell about how people live together. Click on sound icon to hear a short song for this Dewey group. Becoming a Citizen describes how a person who is born outside of the United States can become a citizen of the United States. How does this book fit into the 300 category? School Then and Now is a book about how school used to be and how it is today. Why does this book fit into the 300 category? 323.6 HAM 371 NEL
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Fairy tales, fables, tall tales and folk tales are also placed in the 300s.
Even thought these types of stories are made up, many fairy tales and folk takes were written to teach a lesson about behavior and that’s a kind of Social Science! Ask students why they might read these types of stories. 398.2 Osb 398.2 Bre
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300s Categories 300 Social Sciences Statistics of Different Continents 320 Political Science 330 Economics (Money) 340 Law 350 Government 360 Social Services (Police, Firemen) 370 Education 380 Commerce (Buying and Selling) 390 Customs, Etiquette, Folklore
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400s-Language Books in this group are about different languages or grammar. Click on sound icon to hear a short song for this Dewey group. Grammar deals with things like nouns, verbs, and adjectives and how to use them properly. Ask students why it would be important to know where to find these types of books in a Media Center. 419 FLO 428.1 Cle
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400s Categories Language 410 Linguistics (Writing and Phonics)
English (Grammar and Dictionaires) 430 German 440 French 450 Italian 460 Spanish 470 Latin 480 Greek 490 Other Languages
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500s-Science Books in this group are about things from nature.
Click on sound icon to hear a short song for this Dewey group. Ask students what kinds of science topics they could find in this group. 523.8 Jef Bro
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500s Categories 500 Science 510 Mathematics
520 Astronomy (Stars, Planets) 530 Physics 540 Chemistry 550 Earth Science 560 Paleontology (Dinosaurs) 570 Life Sciences 580 Plants 590 Zoology (Animals)
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600s-Technology This group has books that are about man-made things.
Click on sound icon to hear a short song for this Dewey group. Ask students if they can think of some inventions that could have books written about them placed here. Point out the pets are in this category. Other kinds of animals are in the 500s under Science. Poo 636.7 Eva
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600s Categories 600 Technology (The way things work) 610 Medicine
620 Engineering (Cars, trucks, ships) 630 Agriculture (gardening, farming, pets) 640 Home Economics and Family Living 650 Management (Working in an office) 660 Chemical Engineering (Foods and Drinks) 670 Manufacturing (Making products to sell) 680 Manufacturing for Specific Uses 690 Building (How buildings are made)
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700s-Arts and Recreation Books in this group are about things we do for fun. Click on sound icon to hear a short song for this Dewey group. Ask students what things they like to do for fun and if they could find books about those subjects in the 700s. 743 Ame 796.6 McC
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700s Categories 700 Arts 710 Landscape Art 720 Architecture
730 Sculpture 740 Drawing 750 Painting and Paintings 760 Graphic Arts 770 Photography and Photographs 780 Music 790 Recreational and Performing Arts
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800s-Literature Books in this group are stories, plays, poetry, or jokes. Click on sound icon to hear a short song for this Dewey group. This is the group fiction books were put in long ago when The Dewey Decimal System was first invented. Today we have too many fiction books in our libraries to organize them in this way, so fiction books have their own way of being organized. They are put in ABC order by author ! 811 APP 811 MOO
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Fiction books used to be put in the 800s because they are stories, but soon there were so many fiction books that they had to be separated into their own section.
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800s Categories 800 Literature American Literature (Poems, short stories, plays, jokes) 820 Old English Literature 830 German Literature 840 French Literature 850 Italian Literature 860 Spanish Literature 870 Latin Literature 880 Greek Literature 890 Literature of Other Languages
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900s-History and Geography
Books in this group tell about events of the past and places in the world. Click on sound icon to hear a short song for this Dewey group. Ask students what places they can think of that might have books that are placed in the 900s. 940.1 Hop 998.9 DON
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921-Biography Books in this group tell about real people and their lives. 921 Dis 921 Ear
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900s Categories 900 History 910 Geography and Travel (Atlases)
920 Biography 930 History of the Ancient World 940 History of Europe 950 History of Asia 960 History of Africa 970 History of North America 980 History of South America 990 General History of Other Areas
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The Dewey Decimal Groups
000s General Works 100s Philosophy and Psychology 200s Religion 300s Social Sciences 400s Language 500s Science 600s Technology 700s Arts and Recreation 800s Literature 900s History and Geography The Dewey Decimal System can be further broken down into smaller groups, but knowing these big groups will help make it easier to find the books you want in the nonfiction section. Remember, non-fiction call numbers are placed in number order first, so that means all of the books about the same subject end up near each other on the shelf. Ask students to use the Dewey Decimal groups listed to tell you in what Dewey section they would find the following: A book about magnets A book about how to be friends A book about Japan A poetry book Time for Kids magazine
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Use the signs on the walls and shelves to help you go to the correction area to find a non-fiction book.
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If you can’t find what you are looking for, you can always go to the computer and use Destiny to look up a subject.
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Use the signs and labels on the shelves to help you locate the section you need.
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Keep shelves neat!
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Leave only Green Light Shelves when you look for books.
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Any questions? Click Here
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Let’s review! What system do we use to
organize Non-fiction books in the Media Center? A. The Solar System Call on students to answer each question that follows. If a SmartBoard is available, have the student answering the question “click” on the board to see if (s)he was correct. B. The Digestive System C. The Dewey Decimal System
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Who invented the Dewey Decimal System? Herman Melville B. Melvil Dewey C. Huey, Dewey and Louie
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Numbers in the Dewey Decimal
system are known as _______. phone numbers B. prime numbers C. call numbers
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How many general groups are
there in the Dewey Decimal System? 10 B. 100’s C ’s
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In what Dewey Group would
you find a copy of the Times Herald, our city’s newspaper? 000’s General Works B. 300’s Social Sciences C. 900’s History and Geography
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Fantastic job! You’re a Dewey Decimal Dynamite Detective!
Now use what you know to find the books in the Media Center that you need and want to read.
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