OBJECTIVE:

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OBJECTIVE
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM SO
STUDENTS CAN FIND MATERIALS ON LIBRARY SHELVES
FOR BOTH RESEARCH AND PLEASURE READING.
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THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM

• OR HOW TO FIND JUST WHAT YOU WANT IN THE LIBRARY

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BOOKS ADDRESS is like YOUR HOME ADDRESS -
CALLED THE CALL NUMBER

• Call number is a combination of 2 or 3 lines of
  letters or numbers letters
• Call number is found in two places
• Spine of Book
• Computer Catalog

MYTHOLOGY
TITLE
HAMILTON
AUTHOR
292 HAM
SPINE LABEL
CALL NUMBER
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OUR LIBRARY HAS FOUR GENERAL SECTIONS. WHAT ARE
THEY?

• FICTION
• SHORT STORY COLLECTION
• NONFICTION
• REFERENCE

2 ARE TRUE. WHICH?
REFERENCE NONFICTION
2 ARE MADE UP. WHICH?
FICTION SHORT STORY COLLECTION
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Now back to theBOOKS CALL NUMBER
HAS 2 OR 3 LINES 1st LINE TELLS GENERAL AREA
BOOK FOUND IN LIBRARY 2nd LINE USUALLY IS LAST
NAME OF AUTHOR
IF FIRST LINE SAYS FICTION or FIC, BOOK IS
FICTION OR MADE UP.
IF FIRST LINE IS A NUMBER, BOOK IS NONFICTION OR
TRUE INFORMATION.
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• WHAT IS THE NUMBER CALLED ON THE FIRST LINE OF A
  NONFICTION BOOK?
• CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
• SO??? WHAT IS A CLASSIFICATION NUMBER?
• LIKE THE GROCERY STORE -
• SIMILAR OBJECTS GROUPED TOGETHER ON SHELF

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WHERE DID THE CLASSIFICATION NUMBER COME FROM?

• MELVIL DEWEY CREATED SYSTEM IN 1876
• 10 MAIN CLASSES FOR ALL OF KNOWLEDGE IN WORLD
• GAVE 100 NUMBERS TO EACH CLASS OF KNOWLEDGE

What a mess!!!

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THE DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
000-099 Generalities 100-199 Philosophy
Related Disciplines 200-299 Religion 300-399
Social Sciences 400-499 Language 500-599 Pure
Sciences 600-699 Technology (Applied
Sciences) 700-799 The Arts 800-899
Literature 900-999 General Geography History
Within History is BIOGRAPHY 920 921
(a biography is the story of a persons life)
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F I N D A B O O K O N B A S E B A L L
(without looking in the catalog) sport book -
where to find

• 000-099 Generalities
• 100-199 Philosophy Related Disciplines
• 200-299 Religion
• 300-399 Social Sciences
• 400-499 Language
• 500-599 Pure Sciences
• 600-699 Technology (Applied Sciences)
• 700-799 The Arts
• 800-899 Literature
• 900-999 History General Geography

It is in the 700 category or THE ARTS
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THE 700 DIVISIONS

• 700 The General Arts
• 710 Civic landscape art
• 720 Architecture
• 730 Plastic arts, sculpture
• 740 Drawing, decorative minor arts
• 750 Painting paintings
• 760 Graphic art, prints
• 770 Photography photographs
• 780 Music
• 790 Recreational performing arts

IT IS 790 or the RECREATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS
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NOW WHICH CATEGORY WITHIN THE 790S(WITHOUT
USING THE CATALOG)

• 790 Recreation
• 791 Public Entertainment
• 792 Theater
• 793 Indoor Games and Amusement
• 794 Indoor Games of Skill
• 795 Indoor Games of Chance
• 796 Athletic and Outdoor Sports
• 797 Aquatic Sports
• 798 Equestrian and Racing
• 799 Fishing, Hunting, and Shooting

It is the 796 ATHLETIC and OUTDOOR SPORTS
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Past the decimal?? Neat!!!
Now we know it is in the 796s but we still need
to narrow it more.

• 796.1 Misc. Games
• 796.2 Active Games Requiring Equipment
• 796.3 Ball Games
• 796.4 Athletic Exercises and Gymnastics
• 796.5 Outdoor Life
• 796.6 Cycling
• 796.7 Driving Motor Vehicles as a Sport
• 796.8 Combat Sport
• 796.9 Ice and Snow Sports

It is 796.3 Ball Games
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IS THERE MORE?We have gone to 796.3 but must
narrow it more

• 796.31 Ball thrown or hit by hand
• 796.32 Inflated ball thrown or hit by hand
• 796.33 Inflated ball driven by foot
• 796.34 Racket games
• 796.35 Ball driven by club, mallet, bat

WELL, WHICH ONE OF THESE?
796.35 IS CORRECT. BUT WE STILL ARENT THERE.
JUST ONE MORE DECIMAL POINT!!

• 796.357 Baseball (including Softball)

• 796.352 Golf

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THAT TAKES CARE OF THE CLASSIFICATION NUMBER, BUT
THERE MUST BE LOTS OF BASEBALL BOOKS!! NOW WHAT
DO WE DO??

• Now you must look by the authors last name

796.357 JOHNSON
796.357 JOHNSTON

796.357 JONES
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NOW WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL OF THIS INFORMATION?

• CHOOSE A SUBJECT
• LOOK UP IN COMPUTER CATALOG
• WRITE DOWN COMPLETE CALL
• GO TO RIGHT SECTION (FIC, NON-FIC, ETC.)
• USE SHELF GUIDES FOR BROAD NUMBERS
• READ SPINE LABELS
• FIND CORRECT BOOK
• CHECK OUT AT CIRCULATION DESK
• READ! RESEARCH! READ!

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PRACTICE ISAT QUESTIONS FOR DEWEY DECIMAL
1. What answer gives the correct word for a
piece of writing that tells about the life of a
famous person? A. Bibliography B.
Biography C. Bible D. Personable
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2. What is the system that is used in most
school and public libraries for putting books on
the shelf in an organized way? A. The Melvil
Dewey Classification System B. The Library
Books System C. The Dewey Decimal System D.
None of the above
3. What has replaced the Card Catalog in most
school and public libraries in the United States
in recent years? A. The Dewey Decimal
System B. The Internet C. It has not been
replaced D. The Computer Catalog
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4. What is the meaning of the word
classification? A. Grouping like things
together by categories. B. Making all classes
in a school the same size. C. Making the people
in a group sophisticated and
polished. D. The act of explaining or making
something clear.
5. The call number of a book is A. The
number the Library of Congress issues to
each new book. B. A combination of
numbers and letters or just
letters given to a library book to put it with
other similar books. C. The
ranking given to a book as it may appear on
the Best Sellers List.. D. The year and place
the book is published.
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