NonFiction

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Non-Fiction
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Review - What is Fiction?

• Made-up stories
• Stories that are not real
• Most have call number starting with F (for
  Fiction)
• Some fiction is located in the 398 and 811
  sections of the Dewey Decimal System

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What is Non-Fiction?

• Books that tell you about real things
• Books that give facts
• Information about different subjects such as
  plants, space, dolphins

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What is Non-Fiction?

• Folktales, fairy tales and poetry are considered
  non-fiction even though they arent true
• Subject of book determines what its call number
  is

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Meet Melvil Dewey

• Born in 1851
• Father taught him to make shoes and boots by hand
• Very good at math (could solve problems in his
  head)

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Meet Melvil Dewey

• Started working on the system at 21 as a library
  clerk in college
• Helped start the American Library Association in
  1876
• Died in 1931

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Dewey Decimal System

• Created by Melvil Dewey in 1872
• Most widely used system in the world
• System for putting books together by subject
• 10 different divisions (or sections)

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Dewey Decimal System

• Arranged from lowest number (000) to highest
  number (999)
• 150.2
• 200.5
• 250.72
• Arranged alphabetically if call number is the
  same
• 150 Arb
• 150 Bre
• 150 Thu

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Philosophy 100-199

• Books on feelings, thoughts and ideas
• Books on how to study and self-improvement

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Religion 200-299

• All the ideas of religion
• What different religions believe

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Social Sciences 300-399

• Books about laws and government
• Customs of different countries
• Books about the holidays
• Folk Tales and Fairy Tales

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Languages 400-499

• Books about foreign languages such as Spanish,
  French, German, etc.
• English Grammar
• Thesauruses
• Dictionaries

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Sciences 500-599

• Mathematics
• Astronomy (study of space, stars, and planets)
• Birds
• Plants
• Wild animals (including dinosaurs)

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Technology 600-699

• Satellites, Space ships, Cars, Motorcycles
• Making Electronic Gadgets
• How things work
• Care of pets
• Medicine
• Cookbooks

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Arts 700-799

• Sports
• Music
• Arts and Crafts
• Painting and Drawing

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Literature 800-899

• Short Stories
• Plays
• Poems
• Riddle Joke Books

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Geography History 900-999

• History (wars, countries, groups of people)
• Travel
• Geography (atlases)

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Biographies

• True Story about the life of a person (written by
  someone else)
• Some libraries use B as a call number
• Dewey Number for biographies is 921
• Autobiography person writes the story of his
  own life

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Generalities 000-099

• Books with many subjects all in one
• Encyclopedias, Book of Knowledge, etc
• Books on the newspaper and reporting

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Reference

• Can cover all Dewey areas
• For books that are not to be loaned out overnight
• Usually expensive sets or one of a kind

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Dewey Decimal System

• 000-099 General Works
• 100-199 Philosophy Psychology
• 200-299 Religion
• 300-399 Social Sciences
• 400-499 Languages
• 500-599 Pure Sciences
• 600-699 Technology
• 700-799 Fine Arts and Sports
• 800-899 Literature
• 900-999 History Geography