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What is it?
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-a systematic and logical way of classifying non-fiction and referance section books in school and public libraries
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Who invented it?
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-Melvin Dewey in 19th century, an eccentric gentlemen
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How it works?
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-books dividied into 10 basic sections
-further subdivided by tens, and even further using decimals
-longer the decimal, the more specific the subject
e.g. .03 dict./encl. so 610.3 is dict. med. terms
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Call number?
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-all numbers on the book spine-before the dec. & after dec. and...the letters following the numbers (1st 3 letters of author's surname)
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Where is it used?
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-used in the majority of the world's school & public libraries, but not in post-seconondary
-post-sec. libraries use the Library of Congress System
-614.5 SPU
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Cutter number
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-numbers & letters after the decimal (six or seven decimal places)
-808.8'038
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General categories
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-000...generalities
-100...philosophy
-200...religion
-300...sociology
-400...languages
-500...science
-600...technology
-700...arts (includes sports)/ fine arts & recreation
-800...Literature
-900...Geography, Biography, and History
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