The Dewey Decimal System

1. The Dewey Decimal System ByHeather

2. Left-to-right, Top-to-bottom Now, if you're having trouble finding your book on the shelf,remember this rule forhow the books are shelved: left-to-right, top-to-bottomThat means you start at the left on the top shelfand move to the rightuntil the shelf ends.

3. 001.9 Call Numbers To the right of the decimal, there is no limit on number.The more numbers you add to the right of the decimal,the more specificthe subject is.For example, the Dewey number for thecommercial processing of kidney beans is664.805652 !! 

4. Fiction Fiction - Books that are made up by  the author, or are not true,are fiction.

5. Non-fiction Nonfiction - is the opposite of fiction. Books that are nonfiction, or true,are about real things, people,events, and places.

6. Where do call numbers come from? The call numbers help the library user to find the books in the library.  The call numbers come from the Dewey Decimal System.

7. Who put theDeweyin the Dewey Decimal System? Melvil Dewey lived an extraordinary life! He was born in Adams Center, New York, on December 10, 1851,and died onDecember 26, 1931.  He was alibrarianwho invented adecimal classification systemfor library bookscalled theDewey Decimal System.

8. What are call numbers? Call numbers are the small, little numbers that tell you where the books go.

9. I hope you learned about the Dewey Decimal System. There is going to be a oral test afterwards!