How To Find a Book in the Library

By Christy LightholderMEDT 6463

Dewey Decimal System of Library Classification

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What if……?you had only 5 minutes to go into your library and find a book onspiders?

First…you must search through 10,000 – 20,000 books.

Could you do it in just 5 minutes?

Sure you could!With a little help from Dewey…..

but you are thinking --“Who is this strange man and how can he help me find a book on spiders?”

Objectives:

• Who was Melvil Dewey?

• What do these terms mean? The 3 C’s: Class, Call number and Catalog

• What are the 10 subject areas of classification?

Melvil Dewey

•Was born in 1851.

•Was a librarian who loved math.

• Developed the classification system used today in the library.

• Grouped books together, so you can browse by subject.

The Three C’sClass Dewey made ten main classes or subject areas.

Books are grouped on shelves together by their subject for easy browsing.

The Three C’s

Call numberBooks have a number on their spine that is similar to other books in their class so that you can easily find them. This is located over the letters from the author’s last name.

What is the call number on this book?

The Three C’s

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The Three C’sCatalog

Is a list of the books that can be found in the library. The catalog is usually located on the computers in the library. What is the name of our school catalog?

The 10 Main Classes

Generalities – 000Philosophy – 100Religion – 200Social Science –

300Language – 400

Science & Math – 500Technology – 600The Arts – 700Literature – 800Geography & History - 900

Here we go!

100’s Philosophy

Books about us.

200’s Religion

Who made me?

300’s Social Science

Who is my neighbor?

400’s Language

How do I communicate with my neighbors?

500’s Science and Math

What will I talk about? (natural sciences)

600’s Technology

What will I do with science? (applied sciences)

700’s The Arts

Time for a break! What will I do for FUN?

800’s LiteratureTime to get serious again: Authors

and books that make me who I am.

900’s Geography & History

Who, what, where, when, why? How did

everything happen?

000’s Generalities

We didn’t forget this one! This is for everything else with room to grow.

What about Fiction Books?

There are so many fiction books that most of them are classified together alphabetically by the author’s last name.

Celebrate Learning!

•  Visit the Dewey Decimal Glog for a video and printable handout

http://lightholdercj.glogster.com/false-473/

• Order in the Library Online Gamehttp://users.ece.utexas.edu/~valmstrum/s2s/utopia/library4/src/library4.html

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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Melvil-Dewey • (2011). Georgia Performance Standards. Retrieved from https://www.georgiastandards.org • Adamson, H. (2010). The Best of ProSoccer. Mankato, MN: Capstone Press• Alstrum, V. (n.d.). Order in the Library Game. Retrieved from http://users.ece.utexas.edu/~

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breitlinks.com/deweychallenge• Dicker, K. & De Silva, N. (2010). I Belong to the Buddhist Faith. New York, NY: Rosen Publishing

Group• Donovan, S. (2010). Bob the Alien Discovers the Dewey Decimal System. Retrieved from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hIQwfDY5xY

References

• Hayes, S. (2008). Dewey Decimal Rap Video. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHiUQb5xg7A

• Jakubiak, D. (2010). A Smart Kid’s Guide to Doing Internet Research. New York, NY: Rosen Publishing Group

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