The Dewey Decimal System

Books are grouped or organized in a special way so that we can easily find the books we need in a library.

Libraries

Two Kinds of Books

Books in the library are organized into two groups:

Fiction Non-fiction

Fiction or Non-fiction?

Fiction books are books that are make-believe or not factual.

Non-fiction books are books that

are based on facts.

Fiction Non-fiction

Genres• Mystery• Science Fiction• Realistic Fiction• Historical Fiction• Adventure• Comedy• Sports• Animals

Upper Fiction(chapter books)

Easy Fiction(picture books and easy chapter books)

000s General Works

100s Philosophy and Psychology

200s Religion

300s Social Sciences

400s Language

500s Science

600s Technology

700s Arts and Recreation

800s Literature

900s History and Geography

How Books are Organized in a Media Center or Library

Fiction BooksFiction books are organized in ABC

order by the author’s last name.

FIC SHAFIC BRUFIC ADL

Non-fiction Books

Non-fiction books are organized by

subjects and grouped by call numbers.

Call numbers come from something

called the Dewey Decimal System.

• 000s General Works

• 100s Philosophy and Psychology

• 200s Religion

• 300s Social Sciences

• 400s Language

The Dewey Decimal System

The Dewey Decimal System

• 500s Science

• 600s Technology

• 700s Arts and Recreation

• 800s Literature

• 900s History and Geography

000s-General WorksBooks that fit in this group have many different subjects in them.

001.944 Cox 025.5 San001.9 Bar

000s can be grouped into even smaller categories within the 000s.

000 Computer Science010 Bibliographies020 Library and Information Sciences030 Encyclopedias and Books of Facts050 Magazines060 Associations, Organizations and Museums070 Newspapers080 General collections in different languages090 Manuscripts and Rare Books

100s-Philosophy and Psychology

Books in this group tell about how we think and feel.

152.4 Joh 152.4 Tes

100s Categories

100 Philosophy110 Metaphysics (Space and Time)120 Epistemology (What People Know)130 Parapsychology (Ghosts)140 Schools of Philosophy150 Psychology160 Logic (How People Think)170 Ethics (Good vs. Bad)180 Ancient, medieval, and Eastern Philosophy190 Modern Western Philosophy

200s-ReligionBooks in this group tell about different religions or stories from the Bible.

200 BUL 292 Osb

200s Categories200 Religion210 Natural Theology220 Bible230 Christianity240 Christian Morals and Devotional Theology250 Christian Activities (Preaching)260 Christian and Social Theology270 Christian Church History280 Christian Denominations 290 Other Religions

300s-Social SciencesBooks in this group tell about how people live together.

371 NEL323.6 HAM

Fairy tales, fables, tall tales and folk tales are also placed in the 300s.

398.2 Osb398.2 Bre

300s Categories300 Social Sciences310 Statistics of Different Continents320 Political Science330 Economics (Money)340 Law350 Government360 Social Services (Police, Firemen)370 Education380 Commerce (Buying and Selling)390 Customs, Etiquette, Folklore

400s-LanguageBooks in this group are about different languages or grammar.

419 FLO 428.1 Cle

400s Categories

400 Language 410 Linguistics (Writing and Phonics)420 English (Grammar and Dictionaires)430 German440 French450 Italian460 Spanish 470 Latin480 Greek490 Other Languages

500s-ScienceBooks in this group are about things from nature.

597.96 Bro523.8 Jef

500s Categories500 Science510 Mathematics520 Astronomy (Stars, Planets)530 Physics540 Chemistry550 Earth Science560 Paleontology (Dinosaurs)570 Life Sciences580 Plants590 Zoology (Animals)

600s-Technology

This group has books that are about man-made things.

629.224 Poo 636.7 Eva

600s Categories

600 Technology (The way things work)610 Medicine620 Engineering (Cars, trucks, ships)630 Agriculture (gardening, farming, pets)640 Home Economics and Family Living650 Management (Working in an office)660 Chemical Engineering (Foods and Drinks)670 Manufacturing (Making products to sell)680 Manufacturing for Specific Uses690 Building (How buildings are made)

700s-Arts and Recreation

Books in this group are about things we do for fun.

796.6 McC743 Ame

700s Categories

700 Arts710 Landscape Art720 Architecture 730 Sculpture740 Drawing750 Painting and Paintings760 Graphic Arts770 Photography and Photographs780 Music790 Recreational and Performing Arts

800s-LiteratureBooks in this group are stories, plays, poetry, or jokes.

811 MOO811 APP

Fiction books used to be put in the 800s because they are stories, but soon there were so many fiction books that they had

to be separated into their own section.

800s Categories800 Literature810 American Literature (Poems, short stories, plays, jokes)820 Old English Literature830 German Literature840 French Literature850 Italian Literature860 Spanish Literature870 Latin Literature880 Greek Literature890 Literature of Other Languages

900s-History and Geography

Books in this group tell about events of the past and places in the world.

940.1 Hop 998.9 DON

921-Biography

Books in this group tell about real people and their lives.

921 Dis 921 Ear

900s Categories

900 History910 Geography and Travel (Atlases)920 Biography930 History of the Ancient World940 History of Europe950 History of Asia960 History of Africa970 History of North America980 History of South America990 General History of Other Areas

The Dewey Decimal Groups000s General Works

100s Philosophy and Psychology

200s Religion

300s Social Sciences

400s Language

500s Science

600s Technology

700s Arts and Recreation

800s Literature

900s History and Geography

Use the signs on the walls and shelves to help you go to the correction area to

find a non-fiction book.

If you can’t find what you are

looking for, you can always go to

the computer and use Destiny

to look up a subject.

Use the signs and labels on the shelves to

help you locate the

section you need.

Keep shelves neat!

Leave only Green Light Shelves when you look for books.

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Let’s review!What system do we use to

organize Non-fiction books in the

Media Center?

C. The Dewey Decimal System

B. The Digestive System

A. The Solar System

Who invented the Dewey

Decimal System?

A. Herman Melville

B. Melvil Dewey

C. Huey, Dewey and Louie

Numbers in the Dewey Decimal

system are known as _______.

A. phone numbers

B. prime numbers

C. call numbers

How many general groups are

there in the Dewey Decimal System?

A. 10

B. 100’s

C. 1000’s

In what Dewey Group would

you find a copy of the Times

Herald, our city’s newspaper?

A. 000’s General Works

B. 300’s Social Sciences

C. 900’s History and Geography

Fantastic job!

You’re a Dewey Decimal

Dynamite Detective!

Now use what you know to find the books in the Media Center that you need and want to read.

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