The System
Who figured out a way to organize libraries with the idea known as the Dewy Decimal System?
Melvil Dewey
Which of these topics do not belong in the Philosophy section/class?
A. Emotions
B. Customs
C. Psychology
B. Customs
Books 200-299 are part of which class?
Religion
What are fiction books?
Books that are made up
What are non-fiction books
Books that give true information
What are the 2 main categories that the books are divided into?
Fiction and Non-Fiction
What is the 6th class?
Pure Science
Books in Literature have what call numbers?
800 - 899
Give an example of a fiction book
a fairytale, myths, legends, novels...etc.
anything made up
T/F: Non-fiction books are put on the shelf in ABC order using the author’s last name.
False
Who came up with the idea to create a library?
Ben Franklin
Name 3 topics that you might find in Social Sciences
Any of these: Communities, cultures, customs, laws, money, government, Education, careers, folktales, organizations...etc.
Subject of a book you might find with a call number 600-699
Any of these: Human body, medicine, nutrition/ health, vehicles, machines, Cooking, gardening, Pets, technology, tools
T/F: If the author wrote more than one book, the books by that author are put in ABC order by the title.
True
Why are there numbers with nonfiction?
Dewey thought that if he assigned each subject a number then libraries couldn’t help but be in order.
What are "General Works"?
books that you usually wouldn’t read from cover to cover
Social Science is man thinking of what?
man thinking about other groups of man
T/F: Books with call numbers of 900 - 999 are in the Literature Class.
False.
900 - 999 is History, Geography, Biography
Why did Melvil decide to organize fiction books like he did?
people who wanted to read fiction usually liked a certain author’s style or characters
(so it was better to keep books by the same person together.)
T/F: Dewey randomly picked numbers to organize each subject.
False
How did Dewey chose the order that the classes are organized in?
Melvil Dewey thought about man from the beginning of time to help him create the ten classes.
Name all the classes in order
000 - 099 General Works
100 - 199 Philosophy
200 - 299 Religion
300 - 399 Social Science
400 - 499 Language
500 - 599 Pure Science
600 - 699 Applied Science
700 -799 The Arts
800 - 899 Literature
900 - 999 History, Geography, Biography
The Arts class has books with the call numbers of_?
700-799
T/F: You might find fiction books in the religion class?
False.
would a biography be considered nonfiction?
Yes. its a true story