Dewey Decimal System
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Dewey Decimal | This is the system most libraries use to classify books. |
| Call number | A number used in libraries to classify books and periodicals and to indicate where they can be found on the shelves |
| categories | a collection of things (such as books) sharing a common attribute |
| 000 | Generalities (and Computers) |
| 100 | Philosophy and Psychology |
| 200 | Religion |
| 300 | Social Sciences |
| 400 | Language |
| 500 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
| 600 | Technology (Applied Sciences) |
| 700 | The Arts |
| 800 | Literature and Rhetoric |
| 900 | Geography and History |
| Iron and Steel | Classified in the 600 category |
| Needlework | Classified in the 700 category |
| Ancient Egypt | Classified in the 900 category |
| Subcategories | In the Dewey system, the ten main categories are divided into these. |
| 570 | Life Sciences subcategory |
| 510 | Mathematics subcategory |
| 590 | Zoological Sciences subcategory |
| Light | Classified in the 530 Physics subcategory |
| Volcanoes | Classified in the 550 Earth Sciences subcategory |
| Ancient World | Classified in the 913 subcategory |
| North America | Classified in the 917 subcategory |
| Kenya | Classified in the 916 subcategory |
| China | Classified in the 914 subcategory |
| Spine of the book | The location of the call number. |
| Melvil Dewey | United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931) |
| Library | a building that houses a collection of books and other materials |
| Decimal | Divided by tens or hundreds |
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