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The Dewey Decimal System
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Books are grouped or organized in a special way so that we can easily find the books we need in a library.
Libraries
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Fiction or Non-fiction?
Fiction books are books that are make-believe or not factual.
Non-fiction books are books that
are based on facts.
Books in the library are organized into two groups:
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Non-fiction Books
Non-fiction books are organized by
subjects and grouped by call numbers.
Call numbers come from something
called the Dewey Decimal System.
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The Dewey Decimal Groups000s General Works
100s Philosophy and Psychology
200s Religion
300s Social Sciences
400s Language
500s Science
600s Technology
700s Arts and Recreation
800s Literature
900s History and Geography
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000s-General WorksBooks that fit in this group have many different subjects in them.
031.02 RIP 032.3 GUI001.9 Bar
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100s-Philosophy and Psychology
Books in this group tell about how we think and feel.
152.4 JOH 155.5 OWE
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200s-ReligionBooks in this group tell about different religions.
200 BUL 291.1 SHE
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300s-Social SciencesBooks in this group tell about society & human relationships. This includes economics & politics.
332.024 HAR 333.72 COL
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356 SHE 362.29 HYD
You can also find books about many different social issues in the 300s.
323.119 ADA
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Fairy tales, tall tales and folk tales are also placed in the 300s.
398.2 OSB398.2 BRE
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400s-LanguageBooks in this group are about different languages or grammar.
419 FLO 428.1 CLE 463 LIP
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500s-Science & MathBooks in this group are about things from all types of sciences.
597.96 BRO523.8 JEF 551.2 SEN
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600s-Technology
This group has books that are about man-made things (including pets & health).
629.224 Poo 636.7 Eva
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700s-Arts and Recreation
Books in this group are about things we do for fun.
743 AME 796.332 BOO
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800s-LiteratureBooks in this group are stories, plays, poetry, or jokes.
811 PRE 812 GIF
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Fiction books used to be put in the 800s because they are stories, but soon there were so many fiction books that they had
to be separated into their own section.
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900s-History and Geography
Books in this group tell about events of the past and places in the world.
940.1 HOP 998.9 DON
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921-Biography
Books in this group tell about real people and their lives.
921 DISNEY 921 YOUSAFZAI
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GPS and QCC ResourcesGeorgia Department of Education: Georgia Standards. (2006).
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