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Meet Dewey:
The Library’s Secret Organizer
Meet Dewey:
The Library’s Secret Organizer
In our fiction section, we sort by the author's last name, but that would be too confusing in nonfiction.
Instead, every nonfiction book has an address called a call number. That number tells you what the book is about and where it lives on the shelf.
Knowing Dewey = Finding Books Faster
Knowing Dewey = Finding Books Faster
The 10 Dewey "Neighborhoods"
The 10 Dewey "Neighborhoods"
000 – Computer Science & General Works
🖥️ encyclopedias, coding, facts
100 – Philosophy & Psychology
🧠 feelings, thinking, behavior
200 – Religion & Mythology
⛪ belief systems, myths
300 – Social Sciences
🌍 government, culture, law
400 – Language
🗣️ dictionaries, languages
500 – Science
🔬 animals, space, experiments
600 – Technology
🛠️ cooking, medicine, sports
700 – Arts & Recreation
🎨 music, art, crafts, sports
800 – Literature
📖 poetry, plays, essays
900 – History & Geography
🗺️ ancient civilizations, countries
The heirarchy of the Dewey Decimal System
The heirarchy of the Dewey Decimal System
Once a book is sorted into the range, it can then be further classified down to 3 or decimal points.
Let's look at how to classify books about World War 2:
900 - History & Geography
940 - History of Europe
940.5 - Years 1918 to now
940.53 - World War 2 in Europe
900 - History & Geography
950 - History of Asia
950.4 - Years 1905 to now
950.41 - World War 2 in Asia
See how the 940s are more about the European battles while the 950s are on the Pacific front? Stop by to browse the shelves next time you're in the library.
LibraryThing is an interactive website that librarians use to understand the classification of a book when it arrives and we need to put a call number on it.
Click on the colored square to classify your books!
You'll need to be logged into WakeID, but it will record your answers.
You'll need to be logged into WakeID, but it will record your answers.
Check your email to find out how you did, and to have your name on our bulletin board as a Dewey Champ at the end of February!
Check your email to find out how you did, and to have your name on our bulletin board as a Dewey Champ at the end of February!
Master the decimals. Master the library.
Master the decimals. Master the library.
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