i am so glad melville dewey thought of this!
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FINDING NONFICTION IN YOUR LIBRARY. I am so glad Melville Dewey thought of this!. Melville Dewey was a librarian who was born in 1851. That’s probably why you think my name sounds funny!. He invented a way to shelve books in a library so they would be easy to find!. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
INFORMATIONMelvil Dewey
understood that all information
needs to be organized so we
can find, understand, and
use it.
Divide the other nonfiction books
into TEN big subjects.
2
Put biography books in their own section.
1
Give each book a
number to be a code for its’
subject.3
Shelve books in number order so
books of the same subject stay together.
4
MELVILHAD A GREAT IDEA!
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This is what the numbers mean!
EncyclopediasGuiness BooksMonstersUFOInternet
000-099
100-199
200-299
300-399
400-499
900-999
500-599
800-899
700-799
600-699
GhostsFeelingWitchesOptical Illusions
ReligionsBible StoriesMyths
MathAnimalsRocksWeatherPlantsPlanetsDinosaurs
PetsHuman BodyCarsTrainsCookingFarms
SportsGamesDrawingMusicArts
PlaysJokes and RiddlesPoetryShakespeare
WarsCountriesFlagsKnightsMummiesStates
HolidaysCustomsGovernment MilitaryFolklore.
LanguagesSign LanguageHieroglyphicsGrammar
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
ART & RECREATION
LITERATUREHISTORY &GEOGRAPHY
GENERAL WORKS RELIGION
PHILOSOPHY &PSYCHOLOGY
SOCIAL SCIENCE
LANGUAGE
Subject of book
First three letters of the
authors last name.
The numbers were put on the spine of a book so it
would be easy to see. The author’s last name was
added too. This is called a
CALL NUMBER!
Melvil’s idea is called… DeweyDecimalClassification
Named after Melvil!
We say what kind of book it
is!
Call numbers use a decimal point that looks just like a period.
796.332
796.332NEL
NONFICTION CALL NUMBERS
796 = SPORTS
DECIMAL POINT
332 = FOOTBALL
ARTS & RECREATION700-799
NONFICTION books are shelved by number order by the call number.
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796.2ITA
796.962WAL
796.7ITA
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1. Look at the first three numbers.2. If the first three numbers are the same, look to the right of the
decimal point.3. If the numbers are exactly the same, look at the letters of the
author’s last name, and use ABC order.
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NOW YOU CAN “DO THE DEWEY”
…AND FIND A BOOK TO READ!CLICK HERE FOR THE DEWEY DECIMAL RAP
THIS IS NOT MELVIL DEWEY!