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The Dewey Decimal System

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In the video below, we will find out how The Dewey Decimal System is like a "Keyword" search in Google, and like a Boolean Operator - expanding or narrowing our search for books.


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Play the "Order in the Library" Game by clicking the image below

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A More Detailed Dewey Breakdown



000          GENERALITIES

     000              Computers, Loch Ness, Bigfoot, UFOs, Aliens

     020              Libraries

     030              Encyclopedias & World Record Books

     060              Museums

     070              Newspapers 

 100          PHILOSOPHY            

     130             Ghosts, Witches & the Supernatural

     150             Optical Illusions, Feelings

     170              Emotions, Values, Animal Rights 

 200          RELIGION

     220             Bible Stories

     290             Mythology, World Religions 

 300          SOCIAL SCIENCES

     300              Social Issues - immigration, racism, World Cultures

     310              Almanacs

     320              Government

     330              Money, Working

     340              Court System, Famous Trials

     350              Armed Forces – Army, Navy, Air Force, etc.

     360              Drugs, Environmental Issues, Titanic, Police, Firefighters

     370              Schools

     380              Transportation,

     390              Holidays, Folktales, Fairy Tales   

 400          LANGUAGES

     410              Sign Language

     420              Dictionaries, Grammar

     430              German Language

     440              French Language

     450              Italian Language

     460              Spanish Language

     490              Hieroglyphics, Japanese Language 

 500          SCIENCE AND MATH

     500              Science Experiments, Science Sets,

     510              Mathematics

     520              Stars, planets, astronomy, space

     530              Physical Science - force & motion, electricity,

                         magnetism, light

    540               Chemistry, Atoms & Molecules, Rocks and Minerals

    550               Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Weather, Hurricanes, Tornadoes

    560               Dinosaurs, Prehistoric Animals, Fossils

    570               Forests, Rain Forests, Deserts, Mountains, Oceans, Evolution

    580               Plants, Flowers & Trees

    590               Animals & Insects

                        591

                        592            Worms, Invertebrates

                        593            Corals, Sea Invertebrates

                        594            Seashells, Snails, Octopus

                        595            Insects, Spiders

                        597            Fish, Frogs, Toads, Reptiles, Amphibians, Snakes

                        598            Birds

                        599            Mammals of the Land and Ocean, Whales

 600          PEOPLE USING SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

    600               Inventions

    610               Human body, Health

    620               Rockets, Trains, Cars, Trucks

    630               Farming, Farm Animals, Cats, Dogs, Pets, Horses

    640               Cookbooks, Sewing

    650               Secret Codes

    660               How Food is made

    670               Paper Making

    680               Woodworking

    690               Building 

 700          ARTS and RECREATION

    710               Art Appreciation, History of Art

    720               Houses, Buildings

    730               Origami, Paper Crafts

    740               Drawing, Crafts,

    750               Painting

    760               Printing

    770               Photography

    780               Music

    790               Sports, Games, Magic, I Spy, Camping, Fishing, Racing, Hunting 

 800          LITERATURE

    810               Poetry, Plays, Jokes & Riddles

    820               Shakespeare

    860               Poetry in Spanish

    890               Japanese Poetry, Haiku

 900          GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

    910               Explorers, Atlases

    920               Flags, People (Biography)

    930               Archeology, Ancient Civilizations

    940               Knights, Castles, World War I & II, European Countries

    950               Asian & Middle Eastern Countries

    960               African Countries

    970               North & Central American Countries, Native American Tribes, American History, States

    980               South American Countries

    990               Pacific Islands, Australia, Hawaii, Arctic, Antarctica


References
Centurylink.com. (n.d.). Web Search Strategies in Plain English [Video file]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/B_rFFosTEMc

Library news and notes from the St. Joseph School District. (2012, August 8). DITCHING DEWEY? THE BOOKSTORE MODEL FOR LIBRARY COLLECTIONS [Web log post]. Retrieved from www.sjsdblogs.com/sjsdlibraries/2012/08/08/ditching-dewey-the-bookstore-model-for-library-collections/

RGU Library. (2013, January 15). Introduction to the Dewey Decimal Classification System [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?


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