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The Dewey Decimal Classification System Informational books in the library are organized according to a system invented by Melvil Dewey in 1876. A lover of math and sorting and organizing, Mr. Dewey, at the young age of 21, developed the method of organizing books that is still used in libraries around the world today. Before his invention, books in libraries were likely to be sorted in buckets according to how much they cost so that the more expensive books could be saved first in case of a fire. This method, however, made it hard to find a book by a particular subject. Dewey’s system made it much easier to find a book you were looking for in the library. Dewey identified books as belonging to one of ten major subjects listed below. Each of those 10 major topics was grouped by 100s. 000-099
General
Works
Everything Else – Room to Grow!
Lots of information in one book or set of
books.
General reference works,
computers, codes, world records
& oddities.
100-199
Philosophy
and
Psychology
Who am I? Books about us.
What and how do we think?
Optical illusions, brain research,
question and answer books.
200-299
Religion and Who made me?
Mythology
Who is the creator?
Bible stories, religions of the
world, Greek myths.
300-399
Social
Science
Who is my neighbor?
How do people live and get along?
400-499
Language
How do I communicate with my neighbor?
What language do you speak?
How people live, the things we
do, and folklore.
Laws, crime, fashion…
Languages, how we write, and
grammar.
500-599
Natural
Science
What will I talk about?
What is in this world around us?
Science, math, and dinosaurs.
Books on specific animals are
also found here.
600-699
Applied
Science
What will I do with Science?
How do we make nature work for us?
How we use science in medicine
and technology. Transportation,
space travel, health, cookbooks
and domesticated animals such
as cats, dogs, and horses.
700-799
Arts &
Recreation
Time for a break!
What will I do for fun and creativity??
Art, artists,
how-to-draw books, crafts,
origami, music, joke and riddle
books, graphic novels and
sports.
800-899
Literature
Authors and books that make me who I am.
We act and read poetry.
Poetry, plays and classic
literature.
900-999
Geography
& History
Who, What, Where, When, Why? How did
everything happen? Where do you live?
History, geography and travel,
explorers,
and multiple biographies (920)
*Information from mikids.com and breitlinks.com 12. Dewey’s age when he invented his decimal system. 12. A book on religion would be found in the ____ hundreds.