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Dewey Does the Decimals
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A review of how the Dewey Decimal System organizes library books
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How would these books be cataloged?
Storms 500 Weather 550 Earth Science 555
Storms 500 Earth Science 500 Weather 500
Earth Science 550 Weather 551 Storms 551.4
Weather 600 Storms 500 Earth Science 800
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Can you put these books in order?
yellow, blue, red, brown
brown, red, blue, yellow
yellow, brown, blue, red
red, brown, yellow, blue
3
What do the MAJOR subject categories represent?
only the topics used by Dewey himself
very specific topics
whatever topics the library has books about
broad categories of knowledge
4
Which TWO books would be in the SAME Dewey category?
blueberries and blue whales
Fenway and basketball
baseball and blueberries
BMW cars and Fenway
5
Every Dewey decimal number has ATLEAST this number of digits:
2
5
3
4
6
How would these books be cataloged?
US History 973 History World 900 Massachusetts 974.4
US History 973 History World 973 Massachusetts 973
US History 919.3 History World 932.65 Massachusetts 900
US History 700 History World 200 Massachusetts 900
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Can you catalog these books?
Universe 523.8 Solar System 523.88 Saturn 520 Planets 500
Universe 520 Solar System 521 Saturn 523.7 Planets 523
Universe 300 Solar System 200 Saturn 900 Planets 900
Universe 500 Solar System 500 Saturn 500 Planets 500
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How many MAJOR subject categories are used?
20
unlimited - as many as needed
10
100
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What library resources are cataloged using the Dewey Decimal system?
only non-fiction books
only books which can be checked out
non-fiction books and magazines
all library resources
10
Can you put these books in order?
turquoise (973.4), green, yellow, violet
yellow, purple, turquoise (973.4), green
purple, green, turquoise (973.4), yellow
turquoise (973.4), yellow, purple, green
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Can you put these books in order?
orange, green, violet, blue
green, orange, blue, violet
violet, green, orange, blue
orange, violet, green, blue
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What do the 3 letters on the second line stand for?
Beginning letters of author's last name
Beginning letters of publishing company
Random letters assigned to each book with no meaning
Beginning letters of author's first name
