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

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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.

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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.