Dewey Decimal Classification

(noun)

A system that sorts and organizes all of a library's physical materials. The most common categorization system in American public libraries.

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Examples of Dewey Decimal Classification in the following topics:

  • Finding Materials in a Library

    • To make things easier, libraries have adopted classification systems.
    • The main systems of classification are the Dewey Decimal Classification, the Library of Congress Classification, and the Colon Classification.
    • Though most public libraries use the Dewey Decimal Classification, all of the systems work in essentially the same way.

  • Evaluating Sources

    • Libraries are organized according to standard systems of library classification.
    • Classification systems can be divided into three types depending on how they are used:
    • Examples include Dewey Decimal Classification, Universal Decimal Classification and Library of Congress Classification
    • Specific classification schemes for particular subjects or types of materials.
    • Examples include Iconclass, British Catalogue of Music Classification, and Dickinson classification, or the NLM Classification for medicine.

  • The Eight Intelligences

    • Some real life examples people who are gifted with this intelligence are Albert Einstein, Niehls Bohr, and John Dewey.
    • Teachers can best foster this intelligence by using relationships among systems of species, and classification activities.