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    1. OBJECTIVE:

    2. THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM OR HOW TO FIND JUST WHAT YOU WANT IN THE LIBRARY

    3. BOOK’S ADDRESS is like YOUR HOME ADDRESS - CALLED “THE CALL NUMBER” Call number is a combination of 2 or 3 lines of letters or numbers & letters Call number is found in two places: Spine of Book Computer Catalog

    4. OUR LIBRARY HAS FOUR GENERAL SECTIONS. WHAT ARE THEY? FICTION SHORT STORY COLLECTION NONFICTION REFERENCE

    5. Now back to the BOOK’S CALL NUMBER

    7. WHERE DID THE CLASSIFICATION NUMBER COME FROM? MELVIL DEWEY CREATED SYSTEM IN 1876 10 MAIN CLASSES FOR ALL OF KNOWLEDGE IN WORLD GAVE 100 NUMBERS TO EACH CLASS OF KNOWLEDGE

    9. F I N D A B O O K O N B A S E B A L L (without looking in the catalog) sport book - where to find 000-099 Generalities 100-199 Philosophy & Related Disciplines 200-299 Religion 300-399 Social Sciences 400-499 Language 500-599: Pure Sciences 600-699: Technology (Applied Sciences) 700-799: The Arts 800-899: Literature 900-999: History & General Geography

    10. THE 700 DIVISIONS 700 The General Arts 710 Civic & landscape art 720 Architecture 730 Plastic arts, sculpture 740 Drawing, decorative & minor arts 750 Painting & paintings 760 Graphic art, prints 770 Photography & photographs 780 Music 790 Recreational & performing arts

    11. NOW WHICH CATEGORY WITHIN THE 790’S (WITHOUT USING THE CATALOG) 790 Recreation 791 Public Entertainment 792 Theater 793 Indoor Games and Amusement 794 Indoor Games of Skill 795 Indoor Games of Chance 796 Athletic and Outdoor Sports 797 Aquatic Sports 798 Equestrian and Racing 799 Fishing, Hunting, and Shooting

    12. Past the decimal?? Neat!!! 796.1 Misc. Games 796.2 Active Games Requiring Equipment 796.3 Ball Games 796.4 Athletic Exercises and Gymnastics 796.5 Outdoor Life 796.6 Cycling 796.7 Driving Motor Vehicles as a Sport 796.8 Combat Sport 796.9 Ice and Snow Sports

    13. IS THERE MORE? We have gone to 796.3 but must narrow it more: 796.31 Ball thrown or hit by hand 796.32 Inflated ball thrown or hit by hand 796.33 Inflated ball driven by foot 796.34 Racket games 796.35 Ball driven by club, mallet, bat

    14. THAT TAKES CARE OF THE CLASSIFICATION NUMBER, BUT THERE MUST BE LOTS OF BASEBALL BOOKS!! NOW WHAT DO WE DO?? Now you must look by the authors’ last name

    15. NOW WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL OF THIS INFORMATION? CHOOSE A SUBJECT LOOK UP IN COMPUTER CATALOG WRITE DOWN COMPLETE CALL # GO TO RIGHT SECTION (FIC, NON-FIC, ETC.) USE SHELF GUIDES FOR BROAD NUMBERS READ SPINE LABELS FIND CORRECT BOOK CHECK OUT AT CIRCULATION DESK READ! RESEARCH! READ!

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