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THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM
Britney Keith
MEDT 6463
Spring 2011
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?
This presentation is for upper elementary students (grades 3 – 5).
The purpose of this presentation is to inform students of Dewey Decimal Classification, its purpose, and how to use it in order to locate
books in the media center.
WHAT IS THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM?
WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT?
10 MAIN DEWEY CATEGORIES
000 Computer Science, information & general works
100 Philosophy & psychology200 Religion
300 Social Sciences400 Language500 Science
600 Technology700 Arts & Recreation
800 Literature900 History & geography
000 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION & GENERAL WORKS
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REF031DKF
100 PHILOSOPHY & PSYCHOLOGY
152.4ALI
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200 RELIGION
200ROT
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291OSB
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300 SOCIAL SCIENCES
395ALI
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331.7
LOY
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400 LANGUAGE
419HEL
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463KUD
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500 SCIENCE
551.46MAL
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581.4FOW
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600 TECHNOLOGY
613.7
MILImage: amazon.comReview: http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Health-Book-Healthy-Monsters/dp/0823421392/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300326308&sr=1-1
637ALI
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700 ARTS & RECREATION
741.5
BAR
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780DKP
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800 LITERATURE818GIR
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811PRE
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900 HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY
919.8HOO
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959.704
CAP
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MORE ABOUT DEWEY NUMBERS AND LABELS
Each number tells more about the book (category, subject, type of book, etc)
Dewey numbers can be found on the spine of a book.
919.8HOO
919.8HOO
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dewey Decimal Classification. (March 1, 2011). Retrieved on March 2, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification.
Dewey, M. (2004). Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index, 4th Ed. In M. Dewey. Dublin, Ohio: Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 177.