Melvil Dewey

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Melvil Dewey

• Was the librarian who invented the decimal
  classification system for library books in 1876.

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ReferenceEverybodyFictionNon-Fiction
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How are the books shelved?
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000 Generalities100 Philosophy200
Religion300 Social Sciences400
Languages500 Science600 Applied science
(Technology)700 Arts800 Literature900
History
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000 Generalities100 Philosophy200
Religion300 Social Sciences400
Languages500 Science600 Applied science
(Technology)700 Arts800 Literature900
History
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Science500 Natural sciences510
Mathematics520 Astronomy530 Physics540
Chemistry550 Earth sciences560
Paleontology570 Life sciences580
Botany590 Zoology
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Science500 Natural sciences510
Mathematics520 Astronomy530 Physics540
Chemistry550 Earth sciences560
Paleontology570 Life sciences580
Botany590 Zoology
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Physics530 Physics531 Solid mechanics532
Fluid mechanics533 Gas mechanics534
Sound535 Light536 Heat537
Electricity538 Magnetism539 Modern physics
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Physics530 Physics531 Solid mechanics532
Fluid mechanics533 Gas mechanics534
Sound535 Light536 Heat537
Electricity538 Magnetism539 Modern physics
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Electricity537.5      Electronics537.534   
        Radio waves537.5342         Long
waves537.5343 Short waves
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• 000 Generalities100 Philosophy200
  Religion300 Social Sciences400
  Languages500 Science
• 500 Natural sciences 510
  Mathematics 520 Astronomy
  530 Physics
• 530 Physics 531 Solid mechanics 532
  Fluid mechanics 533 Gas mechanics 534
  Sound 535 Light 536 Heat 537 Electricity
• 537.5   Electronics
  537.534     Radio waves 537.5342  
  Long waves 537.5343 Short waves
  538 Magnetism 539 Modern physics
  540 Chemistry 550 Earth
  sciences 560 Paleontology
  570 Life sciences 580 Botany
  590 Zoology 600 Applied science
  (Technology)700 Arts800 Literature
• 900 History

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So Non-Fiction is real, but what about fairytales?
They are in the Non-Fiction Section.
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300 Social sciences 310 General
statistics 320 Political science 330 Economics
340 Law 350 Public administration360 Social
services 370 Education 380 Commerce,
communications390 Customs, Folklore
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What about the jokes, poems, and plays?
Does it mean they are all true?
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800 Literature 810 American literature in
English820 English Old English
literature830 Germanic literature 840 French
literature 850 Italian literature860 Spanish
Portuguese literatures870 Latin
literature 880 Classical Greek
literature890 Literatures of other languages
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Where would I find a book on drawing?
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Where would I find a book on drawing?
Drawing is an Art
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700 The Arts 710 Civic landscape
art 720 Architecture 730 Sculpture 740 Drawing
750 Painting 760 Graphic arts 770 Photography
780 Music790 Performing arts Sports
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Where would I find a book on how to speak Spanish?
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Where would I find a book on how to speak Spanish?
Spanish is a Language
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400 Languages 410 Linguistics420 English
Old English 430 Germanic languages 440 French
450 Italian 460 Spanish 470 Latin 480 Clas
sical Greek 490 Other languages
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Where would I find a book on the State of
Washington?
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Where would I find a book on the State of
Washington?
The State of Washington is part of the History of
North America
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900 Geography History 910 Geography
travel 920 Genealogy 930 Ancient
history 940 History of Europe 950 History of
Asia 960 History of Africa 970 History of
North America 980 History of South
America990 History of other areas
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Where would I find a biography about George
Washington?
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Where would I find a biography about George
Washington?
A biography tells about someones life
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900 Geography History 910 Geography
travel 920 Genealogy 930 Ancient
history 940 History of Europe 950 History of
Asia 960 History of Africa 970 History of
North America 980 History of South
America990 History of other areas
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• Biography An account of a persons life
  written by another
• Genealogy A recorded history of the ancestry
  of a person.

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900 Geography History 910 Geography
travel 920 Genealogy 930 Ancient
history 940 History of Europe 950 History of
Asia 960 History of Africa 970 History of
North America 980 History of South
America990 History of other areas
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ReferenceEverybodyFictionNon-Fiction
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000 Generalities100 Philosophy200
Religion300 Social Sciences400
Languages500 Science600 Applied science
(Technology)700 Arts800 Literature900
History
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000 Generalities100 Philosophy200
Religion300 Social Sciences400
Languages500 Science600 Applied science
(Technology)700 Arts800 Literature900
History
Dewey Decimal System