Organizing Nonfiction by Dewey Decimal

The Dewey Decimal system is used to organize what kind of books?

• books that aren't true

• nonfiction books

• science fiction books

• fiction books

Nonfiction books can be organized in two systems. Check both those systems.

• Dewey Decimal

• Library of Congress

• New York

• Chicago Manual Style

The main difference between the Library of Congress and the Dewey Decimal Systems is that

• both organize fiction by genres

• The first uses the letters of the alphabet and the second a triple digit number

• Only one is used in the United States

• The Library of Congress invented the Dewey Decimal

Inventions would be found in which Dewey Decimal Category?

• Natural Science

• Applied Science

• Mathematics

• Generalities

The call number for the first book is ____ which is between 938p and 938s.

Both books with the call number 938r still have an order on the shelves. How is the order determined?

The order is determined by the ______

In what order do the Dewey Decimal numbers go on the shelves.

• Top to bottom and then left to right, stack by stack

• Bottom to top and then left to right, stack by stack

• Top to bottom and then right to left, stack by stack

• Bottom to top and then right to left, stack by stack

The book comes before 641.7 and before 641.8 K because...

• 8 is bigger than 7 and D comes before K

• 641 is bigger than 642

• It doesn't go there

• 8 is bigger than 7 and K is before D

When looking at Dewey Decimal numbers, the one with the longer number after the decimal point is

• smaller

• bigger