Dewey Decimal Classification System Pacific Avenue Elementary Ms

Dewey Decimal Classification System Pacific Avenue Elementary Ms. Cortes © 2010 Daisy Cortes Unless otherwise noted all pictures credited to Microsoft Word Clip. Art

What is the DDC? n n DDC- Dewey Decimal Classification System It’s the way we organize non-fiction books in a library School & public libraries use the DDC Libraries at universities use a different system called Library of Congress- LC Image from: http: //www. columbia. k 12. mo. us/dre/deweydirectory. html

Who invented the DDC? n n n Melville (Melvil) Dewey 1851 -1931 He was a librarian He wanted libraries to be free for everyone! He created a way to organize books.

The Dewey Decimal System n There are 10 main classes/categories (100 s, 200 s, 300 s…) n It is only for the non-fiction section

Generalities 000 -099 n Computers n Encyclopedias n Libraries

100 -199 Philosophy & Psychology n Thinking & Feelings n Friendship n Remember these are books about facts! – You won’t find stories about friendship here.

200 -299 Religion n Religious stories n Mythology

300 -399 Social Sciences n Social Sciences- these books are about how people live in the world n Government n Military n Holidays n Folk & Fairy Tales- WHAT? ? !!! Those are fiction books.

Fiction in Non-Fiction? n Some books in the non-fiction section are fiction books (made up stories) n Folk & Fairy Tales in the 300 s are fiction stories. Many times they tell us about legends or famous stories like Little Red Riding Hood

Fiction in Non-Fiction? n The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss n Fiction because most of the characters are not real people. n It is in the 900 s because the setting is World War II a big part of US History.

400 -499 Language n Different Languages n Sign Language n Dictionaries n We don’t have a lot of these books in our library. Visit your public library!

500 -599 Natural Sciences n Natural Science is how nature is found (unbothered by humans) n Planets & Stars n Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis n Dinosaurs n Botany= plants n Animals & Bugs

600 -699 Applied Science n Applied Science is how humans use nature or thought n Inventions n Health n Transportation n Pets n Cooking

500 s vs. 600 s What’s the difference? 500 s Natural Science n 600 s Applied Science n Trees are Natural Science n USING a tree to make it into paper or a Applied Science house makes it Applied Science n

500 s vs. 600 s n 500 s Natural Science n 600 s Applied Science n A coyote would be found in Natural Science. It is a wild animal. n A dog would be found in Applied Science. Humans took dogs and made them into pets.

Animals in 600 s n Domesticated Animals n Domesticated- to tame; animals that live closely with humans n Farm Animals & Pets – Horses, Cows, Chickens, Cats, Dogs, etc

700 -799 Arts & Recreation n Arts- drawing, music, painting etc n Recreation- things we do for fun, games – Sports – Magic

800 -899 Literature n Poetry n Jokes & Riddles

900 -999 History & Geography n Atlases & Maps n Country books n Ancient Civilizations n Wars n Presidents

What is a call number? n. A call number tells you where a book goes in the library. (It’s like an address) n It is located on the spine of a book Call Number

How are books organized? FICTION n Author’s last name n Ex n – Diary of a Wimpy Kid’s author is Jeff Kinney – The call number will look like this: FIC KIN NON-FICTION n DDC number and author’s last name n Ex n – Elephants by Roland Smith – The call number will look like this: 599. 67 SMI

How do we look for books on the shelf? LR TB Left to Right Top to Bottom