ORGANIZATION OF COLLECTION

THE DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

The purpose of this lesson is to teach students about the fundamentals of the Dewey Decimal System to enable them to locate books in the library.   Many students are overwhelmed when entering the library because of the vast amounts of books on the shelves.  Learning the Dewey Decimal Classification System will guide the students to the books of their choice!

This system is a numerical scheme for the arrangement of subjects of nonfiction books, and it classifies books by dividing them into 10 main subject groups that are called categories. Each category is represented by figures beginning with 000 and going on to 999. In other words, it is a system of numbers used to mark and arrange mostly non fiction books.

TEN MAIN CLASS 000-099General References or

Works (encyclopedias, biographies, periodicals and journalism)

100-199Philosophy, psychology and logic.

200-299Religion (men’s faith)

300-399Social Sciences (how people live and work in society; law, government and institutions)

400-499Language (English, grammar and dictionaries)

500-599Natural Science (Mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, geology, paleontology, biology, zoology, and botany)

600-699Technology and Applied Science (medicine, engineering, agriculture, home economics, radio, TV, and aviation)

700-799Fine Arts and Recreation (architecture, sculpture, painting, music, photography and recreation)

800-899Literature (plays, poems, essays, literature in foreign languages)

900-999History and Biography (history, biography, geography and other related disciplines)

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

The Library of Congress Classification System (LC System) is used to organize books in many academic and university libraries throughout the United States and world.

The LC System organizes material in libraries according to twenty-one branches of knowledge. The 21 categories (labeled A-Z except I,O,W,X and Y) are further divided by adding one or two additional letters and a set of numbers.

MAIN CLASS A General Works

B Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion

C Auxiliary Sciences of History

D General and Old World History

E History of America

F History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America

G Geography, Anthropology, and Recreation

H Social Sciences

J Political Science

K Law

L education

M music

N Fine Arts

P Language and Literature

Q science

R Medicine

S agriculture

T technology

U Military Science

V Naval Science

Z Bibliography, Library Science, and General Information Resources

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Prepared by: Aizel Paquia