1.  Zeeshan Ahmed Sheikh
 Librarian
 Sultan Mohamed Shah
 Aga Khan School

2. The Dewey Decimal
System is a tool used to
sort books into
Dewey Decimal Classification
System
groups or categories

3.  Melvil Dewey was born on December 10, 1851
 Melvil Dewey created the number order system
for library books when he was 21 years old.
 Melvil Dewey started the first school for
librarians.

4.  The world’s knowledge is divided
into 10 categories or groups.
 Each group has a main title and is
represented by three numbers.

5.  Generalities – 000
 Philosophy – 100
 Religion – 200
 Social Science – 300
 Language – 400
 Science & Math – 500
 Technology – 600
 The Arts – 700
 Literature – 800
 Geography & History - 900
Brings order to the massive
amount of world knowledge

6.  The Dewey Decimal
Classification call
number can be found
on the spine label.
 Why?
 When the book is
shelved, the Dewey
Decimal Classification
call number can be
easily seen.
500
Lee
200
Bya
000
Mea

7.  Encyclopedias
 Computers
 Library Science
 News media
 Fact Books
Encyclopedias, References
Books that fit in this group have
many different subjects in them.
Like:
This is also where books on
unexplained subjects
would be found-like The Loch
Ness Monster.

8.  Paranormal phenomena
 Psychology
 Logic
Man thinks
Books that fit in this group tell
about how we think and feel.

9.  Quran
 History of Islam
 Other Religions
About Allah
Books in this group tell about different
religions or stories from the Quran.

10.  Law
 Education
 Folklore
About man’s neighbors, holidays
and customs, government,
military
Books in this group tell about
how people live together.

11. Fairy tales and folk tales are
also placed in the 300s. Many
were written to teach a lesson about
behavior and..
That’s social studies.

12.  English
 Urdu
 Other Languages
Man talks with other men
Books in this group are about
different languages or grammar.
noun
verb
adjective

13.  Mathematics
 Earth sciences
 Plants
 Animals Man discovers
all that is
around him
Books in this group are
about things from nature.

14.  Medicine
 Agriculture
 Family living
Man makes useful
things
This group has books that
are about man-made
things.

15.  Drawing
 Music
 Recreational &
performing arts
Man makes
beautiful things
This group has books that
are about man-made things.

16.  American Literature
 Old English Literature
 Literatures of Other Languages
Man writes
Books in this group are
stories, plays, or poetry.
This is the group fiction books were put in
long ago when The Dewey Decimal System
was first invented.

17. Today we have too
many fiction books in
our libraries to organize
them in this way, so
fiction books have their
own way of being
organized. You know, in ABC
order, by author !
Books that are
make-believe,
imaginary, and
not true.

18.  Books that are true,
factual, and real –
life.
Nonfiction books
contain information
about different
subjects -- people,
places, or things. They
describe true facts
about the topic being
written about. All
Nonfiction books are
factual.

19.  Geography
 Biographies
 Ancient History
Man writes about
travel, people, and
events
Books in this group tell about
events of the past and countries
of the world.

20. Biography- 92
Don’t forget this group. It
contains books about famous
people’s lives.

21. Knowing these big
groups will help make it
easier to find the books
you want in the
nonfiction section.

22. Remember, nonfiction call
numbers are placed in
number order first, so that
means all of the books about
the same subject end up near
each other on the shelf.

23.  Encyclopedias
 Atlases
 Almanacs
 Dictionaries
 Year Book
 Indexes
 Hand Books
 Non Book Materials
 Directories

24.  Newspapers
 Magazines
 Digest
 Year Books

25. Parts of a Book

26. What is a Book?
A book is pages, pictures, and words
A book is animals, people, and birds;
A book is stories of queens and kings,
Poems, and songs - so many things!
Curled in a corner where I can hide,
With a book I can journey far and wide.
Though it's only paper from end to end,
A book is a very special friend.
By Lora Dunetz

27. Spine
The spine of a book holds it together. On the spine you
will find the title of the book, the author's name, the call
number, and the name of the publishing company.
Title
This is the name of the book.
Author
This is the name of the person who wrote the book.
Call Number
This number tells you where the book can be found in
the library.
Publishing Company
This is the company that makes the book after it has
been written and illustrated.

28. Title Page
The title page is the first page in the book.
It tells you the title of the book, who wrote it
(the author) and who drew the pictures (the
illustrator). It also tells you who published the
book.
Title
This is the name of the book.
Author
This is the person who wrote the book.
Illustrator
This is the person who drew the illustrations or pictures.
Publishing Company
This is the company that makes the book after it has
been written and illustrated.

29. Cover
The cover of the book protects its pages.
It also tells you the title of the book and the
name of the author.
Title
This is the name of the book.
Author
This is the name of the person who wrote the book.

30. Call Number
The call number is a group of
numbers or letters that tells
you where to find the book in
the library.
It may have numbers or letters.
It may even have both numbers
and letters.

31. Example : The Book of Seashells by Allen Shore
has a call number
597
Sh
(Section of the library or
Class Number)
(Author’s last name
Shore)
Call Number