Dewey

The good manners of searching the shelves A great deal of time is spent maintaining the good order of the library shelves. Users may help by knowing how the books are organised, as well as some basic library manners. Fiction texts [Levels 1 and 2] are organised alphabetically by the author’s surname . Within the author collection, they are the organised alphabetically by individual title or series title. A series is kept together and I order and many have helpful yellow series labels with the reading order designated. The books are aligned with the spine flush with the front of the shelf. This means that smaller books are not lost amongst the larger ones. Pushing the books to the back of the shelf only provides the shelving person with more work and makes each book more difficult to locate. If a book is taken from the shelf, it is good manners to push the bookend up so that no gaps are left and the books do not fall over or onto the floor. If a book is taken from the shelf but it is decided that it will not be read, it should be replaced in its precise place or put on the re-shelving trolley.

Thank you for your good manners.

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To locate non-fiction resources, you need to have knowledge of Basic Dewey information

Don’t forget to use the Dewey location handout.

GENERAL WORKS : The numbers up to 100 are used for bibliographies, books about books, and for books containing information on many subjects such as encyclopaedias and other reference books.

000s

100s Who am I?

PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY (Man thinks about himself.)

200s Who made me?

RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY (Man thinks about god/s and creation.)

300s Who is the man next to me? SOCIAL SCIENCE (Man thinks about other people.) 400s How can I make that man understand me? PHILOLOGY (Language)

(Man learns to communicate with others through words.)

500s How can I understand nature and the world about me? NATURAL SCIENCE

(Man learns to understand nature on the land, in the sea, and in the sky.)

How can I use what I know about nature? APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

600s

(Primitive man learned about fire and how to make weapons. Man through the ages learned about the wheel, about medicine, planting crops, cooking food, building bridges, and how to make all the things we use.)

How can I enjoy my leisure time? FINE ART AND RECREATION or (The Arts)

700s

(By this time, primitive man had more time to do the things he enjoyed. He learned how to paint pictures and to create music. He also learned how to dance and play games.)

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How can I give my children a record of man's heroic deeds? LITERATURE

800s

(Man became a storyteller. He creates sagas, fables, epic poetry, and plays about his ancestors and the people he knew. Later, man put these into writing for all people to read.) How can I leave a record for men of the future? GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY (Man began to write about events that had occurred everywhere, and about people who had participated in these events.)

900s

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