About the DDC
The Dewey Decimal System was invented to organize a particular kind of books.
What is nonfiction?
A book that tells an imagined story.
What is fiction?
The category for mathematics and science.
What is the 500s?
The category for books about religious holidays.
What is the 200s?
A call number for a nonfiction book is made of two things.
What is the Dewey Decimal category number and the first three letters of the author's family name?
The Dewey Decimal Classification System is divided into ten _________.
What is categories?
A book written about facts and true information.
What is nonfiction?
This Dewey Decimal category has books where humans think about themselves, emotions, thinking, and good/evil.
What is the 100s? Philosophy and Psychology
The 600s category contains technology books. Name two topics you could find in this section.
What is medicine, engineering, agriculture, factories, building construction, vehicles, etc?
A label on the spine of the book.
What is the call number label?
This man created the Dewey Decimal Classification System. You must tell me his first name and his last name.
Who is Melvil Dewey?
A book containing the meanings of words.
What is a dictionary?
Check this category in order to learn about a language.
What is the 400s?
The Dewey Decimal number for biographies and autobiographies.
What is 920?
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The Dewey Decimal Classification System serves this purpose.
What is to organize nonfiction books by subject?
A book written about someone's life.
What is a biography or an autobiography?
Books in this category contain information and thoughts about groups of people.
What is the 300s?
The Dewey Decimal number for the history of China.
What is 951?
What do you know about a book with the call number 420 LOW?
What is it is a language book and the author's last name starts with LOW?
The year the Dewey Decimal System was created.
What is 1876 or about 145 years ago?
Three types of books that are not nonfiction are included in the Dewey Decimal System. Name one.
What are fairy tales (folklore), poetry, and literature?
The 900s section of the library contains three topics. What are two of these?
What is geography, history, and biographies?
The 700s category includes things humans do for fun and creative expression. Name three.
What is painting, drawing, dance, music, drama, theatre, opera, sports, gymnastics, fishing, video games, etc.
The call number for a science book written by John Wexco.
What is 500 WEX?