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The Dewey Decimal System

The Dewey Decimal System. Britney Keith MEDT 6463 Spring 2011. What are we learning?. This presentation is for upper elementary students (grades 3 – 5).

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The Dewey Decimal System

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  1. The Dewey Decimal System Britney Keith MEDT 6463 Spring 2011

  2. What are we learning? This presentation is for upper elementary students (grades 3 – 5). The purpose of this presentation is to inform students of Dewey Decimal Classification, its purpose, and how to use it in order to locate books in the media center.

  3. What is the Dewey Decimal System?Why do I need to know about it?

  4. 10 Main Dewey Categories 000 Computer Science, information & general works 100 Philosophy & psychology 200 Religion 300 Social Sciences 400 Language 500 Science 600 Technology 700 Arts & Recreation 800 Literature 900 History & geography

  5. 000 Computer Science, Information & General Works REF 031 DKF Image: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/DK-First-Encyclopedia-Mary-Ling/dp/078948580X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300326745&sr=1-2

  6. 100 Philosophy & psychology 152.4 ALI Images: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/Feelings-Reading-Rainbow-Book-Aliki/dp/068806518X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300326785&sr=1-1

  7. 200 Religion 291 OSB 200 ROT Image: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/One-World-Many-Religions-Worship/dp/0679839305/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300327568&sr=1-1#_ Image; amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/Many-Ways-Families-Religions-Childhood/dp/0761365311/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300327415&sr=1-1#_

  8. 300 Social Sciences 331.7 LOY 395 ALI Image: amazon.com Review: http://btsb.com/search/SearchResults.php?SearchType=KN&cmbSearchField=title&txtSearchString=occupation Image: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/Manners-Aliki/dp/0688045790/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b#_

  9. 400 Language 463 KUD 419 HEL Image: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/Spanish-Books-Bilingual-Picture-Dictionaries/dp/1429638524/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300328452&sr=1-2 Image: amazon.com Review: http://btsb.com/search/SearchResults.php?SearchType=KN&cmbSearchField=title&txtSearchString=language

  10. 500 Science 581.4 FOW 551.46 MAL Image: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/Seed-Plant-Rookie-Read-About-Science/dp/0516273078/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300328887&sr=1-3 Image: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Beneath-Sea-Underwater-Science/dp/1590786076/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300328726&sr=1-1

  11. 600 Technology 637 ALI 613.7 MIL Image: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/Milk-Carton-Lets-Read---Find-Out-Book/dp/0064451119/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300329289&sr=1-1 Image: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Health-Book-Healthy-Monsters/dp/0823421392/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300326308&sr=1-1

  12. 700 Arts & Recreation 780 DKP 741.5 BAR Image: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/1-2-3-Draw-Cartoon-Animals-Steve/dp/0939217481/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300329627&sr=1-2 Image: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/Childrens-Book-Music-DK-Publishing/dp/0756667348/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300329795&sr=1-1#_

  13. 800 Literature 818 GIR 811 PRE Image: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/Pizza-Pigs-Poetry-Write-Poem/dp/0061434485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300330384&sr=1-1 Image: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/Baseball-Jokes-Laughing-Matters-Rosenberg/dp/1592967051/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300330224&sr=1-4

  14. 900 History & Geography 959.704 CAP 919.8 HOO Image: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/10-000-Days-Thunder-History/dp/0689862318/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300330742&sr=1-1 Image: amazon.com Review: http://www.amazon.com/Readers-Antarctic-Adventure-Exploring-Proficient/dp/0789466848/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300330615&sr=1-1-spell

  15. More about Dewey numbers and labels Each number tells more about the book (category, subject, type of book, etc) Dewey numbers can be found on the spine of a book. 919.8 HOO 919.8 HOO

  16. Check what you’ve learned about Dewey Dewey Games

  17. Bibliography Dewey Decimal Classification. (March 1, 2011). Retrieved on March 2, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification. Dewey, M. (2004). Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index, 4th Ed. In M. Dewey. Dublin, Ohio: Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 177.

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