E-SHEET ON THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM
You will be using web-sites to find the dewey decimal numbers to classify the various types of books.
1. Click here to find your answer. What category number would a book about Indian tigers have as the Dewey Decimal number?
2. Use this source to
find your next answer. You want to find a book that will show you
how to landscape your front yard. What is the Dewey Decimal number
of this book?
3. Click here
for your next answer. You are looking for a Bible. What will
the specific Dewey Decimal number be?
4. Use this source
for the answer to the next question. If you want to find a book about
dinosaurs why would you use the 500's as your Dewey Decimal number?
5. Click
here for your next answer. You need a book about baking a cake
where would you look? Why would you use this number instead of 500's?
6. Use this source
to find the exact Dewey Decimal number for a Spanish dictionary.
7. Click
here to discover how the Dewey Decimal system was named. How
was it named?