How Do You Dewey?

The Dewey Decimal SystemCreated by Melvil Dewey!

• Melvil Dewey was a librarian in the 1800’s.

• He taught classes to other librarians

• He made up the Dewey Decimal System that libraries use all over the world! Melvil Dewey photograph taken from: http://www.honco.net/japanese/06/caption/caption-2-04.html

Dewey Decimal System

Material is organized in to categories for easy identification:□ Non-Fiction

o Deals with factual informationo 10 main categories

□ biographies and reference usually separated out

□ Fictiono Made up stories

10 Categories of Non-Fiction?

000-099Curiosities/Generalitie

s

100-199Philosophy/Psycholog

y200-299

Religion/Mythology300-399

Our World/Social Sciences

400-499Languages

500-599Pure/Natural Sciences

600-699Technology/Applied

Sciences

700-799Arts/Crafts/Recreation

800-899Literature

900-999History, People,

Places/Geography

000-099Curiosities/Generalities

Aliens & UFO’sBigfoot

Loch Ness MonsterComputers and the Internet

100-199Feelings/Philosophy

Unexplained MysteriesEmotions

Psychology

200-299Religions

BuddismChristianity

IslamJudism

Mythology

300-399Our World/Social Science

MoneyLaws

GovernmentMilitary Science

Folk Tales/Fairy Tales from other lands

400-499Languages

DictionarySpanishGermanFrench

Sign Language

500-599Pure/Natural Sciences

ExperimentsOuter Space

DinosaursPlants

Animals

600-699Technology

How we use science!

InventionsPlanes, Trains, Cars, Space Shuttles

How the body worksPets

Buildings

700-799Arts & Crafts/Recreation

Art HistoryDrawingMusicSports

800-899Literature

PoetryJokes

RiddlesPlays

900-999History, People, and

Places/Geography

Biographies of famous peopleGeography of the world

WarsImportant History