Dewey Basics
This is the first and last name of the librarian who created the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
Who is Melville Dewey?
If I were looking for a book about Sweden, I would look in this category.
What are the 900s?
If I were looking for a book about the sinking of the Titanic, I would look in this section.
What are the 900s?
This is where you will find the call number on a book.
What is the spine?
Order the fiction call numbers
Ale
Aba
Ama
Aba
Ale
Ama
The Dewey Decimal System was invented to organize these particular kinds of books.
What are nonfiction books?
If I were looking for a book on mathematics, I would look in this section
What are the 500s?
Books in this category include books about anatomy and cookbooks.
What are the 600s?
The three letters in nonfiction call numbers stand for this.
What are the first three letters of the author's last name?
The way in which fiction books are organized.
What is alphabetically by author's last name?
The number of Dewey Decimal categories found in our Library
What is 10?
I'd like to learn more about the science of airplane flight before I take a plane to visit my cousins in Oregon. I will look for a book in this section.
What are the 600s?
I have an English test and have to learn about classic literature. Where would I look for a book so I can study?
What are the 800s?
In our Library, the 800s and the 900s include these two topics related to our culture. (Name them both.)
What are Puerto Rican literature and Puerto Rican history?
This sections includes books on airplanes as well as space travel.
This is sorting items into the correct categories.
What is classifying or categorizing?
If I were looking for a book about drawing Greek Gods and Goddesses, I would look in this section.
What is the 700s?
Just got new rollerblades and want to learn how to roller skate! I will look for a book in this section....
What are the 700s?
If I were looking for a book about any part of the U.S. government, I would go to this section.
What are the 300s?
Books in this category contain information and thoughts about groups of people.
What are the 300s?
The Dewey Decimal Classification System serves this purpose.
What is to organize nonfiction books by related subjects?
If I were looking for a poetry book, I would look in this section.
What are the 800s?
If I were looking for a book for inspiration for Science Fair projects and experiments, I would look in this category.
What are the 500s?
There are 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?
This is a book containing the meanings of words.
What is a dictionary?