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Zeeshan Ahmed Sheikh
Librarian
Sultan Mohamed Shah
Aga Khan School
The Dewey Decimal System is a tool used to
sort books into
Dewey Decimal Classification System
groups or categories
Melvil Dewey was born on December 10, 1851
Melvil Dewey created the number order system for library books when he was 21 years old.
Melvil Dewey started the first school for librarians.
The world’s knowledge is divided into 10 categories or groups.
Each group has a main title and is represented by three numbers.
Generalities – 000
Philosophy – 100
Religion – 200
Social Science – 300
Language – 400
Science & Math – 500
Technology – 600
The Arts – 700
Literature – 800
Geography & History - 900
Brings order to the massive
amount of world knowledge
The Dewey Decimal Classification call number can be found on the spine label.
Why?
When the book is shelved, the Dewey Decimal Classification call number can be easily seen.
500Lee
200Bya
000Mea
Encyclopedias
Computers
Library Science
News media
Fact Books
Encyclopedias, References
Books that fit in this group have many different subjects in them. Like:
This is also where books on unexplained subjects would be found-like The Loch
Ness Monster.
Paranormal phenomena
Psychology
Logic
Man thinks
Books that fit in this group tell about how we think and feel.
Quran
History of Islam
Other Religions
About Allah
Books in this group tell about different religions or stories from the Quran.
Law
Education
Folklore
About man’s neighbors, holidays
and customs, government,
military
Books in this group tell about how people live together.
Fairy tales and folk tales are also placed in the 300s. Many
were written to teach a lesson about behavior and..
That’s social studies.
English
Urdu
Other Languages
Man talks with other men
Books in this group are about different languages or grammar.
noun
verb
adjective
Mathematics
Earth sciences
Plants
Animals Man discovers
all that is
around him
Books in this group are about things from nature.
Medicine
Agriculture
Family living
Man makes useful
things
This group has books that are about man-made things.
Drawing
Music
Recreational & performing arts
Man makes
beautiful things
This group has books that are about man-made things.
American Literature
Old English Literature
Literatures of Other Languages
Man writes
Books in this group are stories, plays, or poetry.
This is the group fiction books were put in long ago when The Dewey Decimal Systemwas first invented.
Today we have too many fiction books in our libraries to organize them in this way, so fiction books have their own way of being organized. You know, in ABC
order, by author !
Books that are make-believe, imaginary, and not true.
Books that are true, factual, and real –life.
Nonfiction books contain information
about different subjects -- people,
places, or things. They describe true facts
about the topic being written about. All
Nonfiction books are factual.
Geography
Biographies
Ancient History
Man writes about
travel, people, and
events
Books in this group tell about events of the past and countries of the world.
Biography- 92Don’t forget this group. It contains books about famous people’s lives.
Knowing these big groups will help make it easier to find the books you want in the nonfiction section.
Remember, nonfiction call numbers are placed in number order first, so that means all of the books about the same subject end up near each other on the shelf.
Encyclopedias Atlases Almanacs Dictionaries Year Book Indexes Hand Books Non Book Materials Directories
Newspapers
Magazines
Digest
Year Books
Parts of a Book
What is a Book?
A book is pages, pictures, and wordsA book is animals, people, and birds;
A book is stories of queens and kings,Poems, and songs - so many things!
Curled in a corner where I can hide,With a book I can journey far and wide.Though it's only paper from end to end,
A book is a very special friend.By Lora Dunetz
Spine
The spine of a book holds it together. On the spine you will find the title of the book, the author's name, the call
number, and the name of the publishing company.
TitleThis is the name of the book.
AuthorThis is the name of the person who wrote the book.
Call NumberThis number tells you where the book can be found in
the library.
Publishing CompanyThis is the company that makes the book after it has
been written and illustrated.
Title Page
The title page is the first page in the book.It tells you the title of the book, who wrote it (the author) and who drew the pictures (the
illustrator). It also tells you who published the book.
TitleThis is the name of the book.
AuthorThis is the person who wrote the book.
IllustratorThis is the person who drew the illustrations or pictures.
Publishing CompanyThis is the company that makes the book after it has
been written and illustrated.
Cover
The cover of the book protects its pages.It also tells you the title of the book and the
name of the author.
TitleThis is the name of the book.
AuthorThis is the name of the person who wrote the book.
Call Number
The call number is a group of numbers or letters that tells you where to find the book in
the library.
It may have numbers or letters. It may even have both numbers
and letters.
Example : The Book of Seashells by Allen Shore has a call number
597
Sh
(Section of the library or Class Number)
(Author’s last name Shore)
Call Number