General Dewey
Who created the Dewey Decimal Classification System? What was his occupation?
Librarian Melvil Dewey
Where would you find a book about careers?
300 Social Sciences (331.7)
How many categories are in the Dewey Decimal System?
10
What subjects can be found in the 300's?
Government, politics, law, culture, community, society
What books come from the imagination of an author?
Fiction
Why was the Dewey Decimal Classification System?
A way to organize books
Where would find a book about feelings?
100 General (152.4)
What do the three letters under the number on the spine of a nonfiction book stand for?
Author's Last name
What subject(s) can be found in the 700's?
Sports, Art, Games
What is a a book that is about a real things, people, events, and places called?
Nonfiction
In what section of the library do we find the Dewey Decimal System?
Nonfiction
A kind of book that can be found in nonfiction, but is not really true is
300 Social Sciences
Fairytales (398.2)
Where is the call number located on a book?
Spine
What subject(s) can be found in the 200's?
Religion and Mythology
How are fiction books shelved?
Alphabetically by author's last name.
What numbers are used to organize books in the Dewey Decimal System?
000-999
What does OPAC stand for in a library?
Online, Public, Access, Catalogue.
When Dewey created the Dewey Decimal System he included all books. What books do we put in a different section of the library today?
Fiction
Poetry and literature
What subject(s) can be found in the 800's?
How are nonfiction books shelved?
By subject.
The nonfiction Dewey Decimal system is all over the world? True or False
True
I want to read the Bible, where would I look for this book?
200 Religion
What subject(s) are in the category of 590?
Animals (500 Science and Math)
What subject(s) can be found in the 100s?
Computers, Weird Stuff
What is a libraries main purpose to you and the public?
Books, research, resumes, news, how to use the library OPAC and computers.