the dewey decimal system
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The Dewey Decimal System. Britney Keith MEDT 6463 Spring 2011. What are we learning?. This presentation is for upper elementary students (grades 3 – 5). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM
Britney Keith
MEDT 6463
Spring 2011
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WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?
This presentation is for upper elementary students (grades 3 – 5).
The purpose of this presentation is to inform students of Dewey Decimal Classification, its purpose, and how to use it in order to locate
books in the media center.
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WHAT IS THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM?
WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT?
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10 MAIN DEWEY CATEGORIES
000 Computer Science, information & general works
100 Philosophy & psychology200 Religion
300 Social Sciences400 Language500 Science
600 Technology700 Arts & Recreation
800 Literature900 History & geography
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000 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION & GENERAL WORKS
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REF031DKF
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100 PHILOSOPHY & PSYCHOLOGY
152.4ALI
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200 RELIGION
200ROT
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291OSB
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300 SOCIAL SCIENCES
395ALI
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331.7
LOY
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400 LANGUAGE
419HEL
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463KUD
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500 SCIENCE
551.46MAL
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581.4FOW
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600 TECHNOLOGY
613.7
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637ALI
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700 ARTS & RECREATION
741.5
BAR
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780DKP
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800 LITERATURE818GIR
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811PRE
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900 HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY
919.8HOO
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959.704
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MORE ABOUT DEWEY NUMBERS AND LABELS
Each number tells more about the book (category, subject, type of book, etc)
Dewey numbers can be found on the spine of a book.
919.8HOO
919.8HOO
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CHECK WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED ABOUT DEWEY
Dewey Games
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dewey Decimal Classification. (March 1, 2011). Retrieved on March 2, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification.
Dewey, M. (2004). Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index, 4th Ed. In M. Dewey. Dublin, Ohio: Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 177.