Your Guide to Dewey Decimal

[Pages:26]Your Guide to

Dewey Decimal

Numbers @ Your Library

Smithfield Library

The aim of this guide is to assist you in your search for knowedge and information at Cairns Libraries. The guide may be used as you browse our library shelves for your chosen topic or to assist you once you have searched the library catalogue and are ready to look for items on the shelves.

Non-fiction items in Cairns Libraries are organised using the Dewey Classification Decimal (DDC) System, which categorises books according to the subject matter, so that similar topics are shelved close together.

The DDC, which was introduced in 1876, divides books into ten main subject classes, each represented by Dewey call numbers:

000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900

General works, Encyclopaedias, Bibliographies, Library Science, Computer Science, Journalism Philosophy, Logic Religion, Bible, Theology, World Religions Social Sciences, Politics, Economics, Law, Education, Customs Language, Linguistics, English, Foreign Languages Pure Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Zoology, Astronomy, Geology Technology, Medical Sciences, Building, Engineering, Home Economics, Business, Agriculture, Aviation Arts, Landscaping, Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Music, Photography, Recreation Literature, Prose, Poetry, Drama History, Travel,Geography, Biography, Ancient and Modern History

Broad topic areas have a short call number which generally

comprises of 3 digits. There are always 3 numbers before the

decimal point. The numbers before the decimal point tell you

the main subject area or class and indicate where to start

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looking for the item on the shelf.

Each main class is further divided into ten divisions and each division into ten sections.

The numbers after the decimal point give you more details about the subject of the item and its location on the shelf. Longer numbers indicate a more specific subject.

For example - the number for Natural Sciences is 500. This is a main subject topic.

Animals are found on the shelves at 591. Animals living in Australia are 591.994, and more specifically Animals in Far North Queensland are at 598.99436.

Birds are found on the shelves at 598, however Birds of Prey are at 598.9 and Birds of Prey living in Australia are at 598.90994.

As well as a Dewey Number each item is assigned three letters to be placed after the Dewey Number. These letters indicate either the first three letters of the author's surname or the title of the item.

Once items have been assigned a call number they are then placed in order on the shelves according to that number. This guide contains a listing of some of the more commonly requested topics and their Dewey Decimal Numbers.

Points of interest in this guide will be highlighted by the following:

LOCAL/REGIONAL TOPICS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE

TEN MAIN SUBJECT AREAS CAPITALISED, AND HIGHLIGHTED

IN ORANGE.

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Aborigines 306.08 Aborigines - Art 709.011 Aborigines - History 994.0049915 Aborigines - Social Conditions 305.89915 Aborigines, Australian ? QLD ? Cairns Region ? History 994.0049915 Abortion363.46 Accounting 657 Addiction362.29 Adolescence305.235 Adoption362.734 Adult Education 374 Advertising 659 Aircraft 629.133 Aging571.878 Agriculture 630 AIDS (disease)362.196 Alcoholism 362.292 Allergies 616.97 Alzheimer Disease362.196 Alternative Medicines 615.5 America, North 917 America, South 918 Anatomy571.3 Ancient History 930 Animal Husbandry636 3 Animal Behavior 591.5

Animals 590 Animals - Australia 591.994 Animals ? Endangered 591.68 Animals ? Queensland, Northern 591.99436 Antarctica 998 Antiques 745.1 Anxiety 616.8522 Aptitude Tests 153.9 Architecture 720 Architecture, Domestic 728 Art 709 Art, Australia 709.94 ARTS700 Asia 915 Asia - History 950 Asthma 616.238 Astrology 133.5 Astronomy 520 Atlases 912 Australia - Description & Travel 919.4 Australia - Discovery & Exploration 994.02 Autobiography & Biography 920 Aquariums 639 Architecture 720 Australia - Economic Conditions 330.994 Australia - History 994 Australia - Politics & Government 320.994 Australia - Social Life & Customs 994.04 Australian Literature 823.3 Australian Poetry 821.821

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B

Baby names929.44 Beauty (Personal) 646.7 Bible 220 Biodiversity333.95 Biography & Autobiography 920 Biology 570 Bisexuality 306.765 Biotechnology 660.6 Birds 598 Birth573.67 Birth Defects 616.043 Boats 623.8 Bodybuilding 613.713 Books002 Botany 581 Brain573.86 Breast Cancer (Medicine)616.994 Britain 914.1 Britain - History 941 Buddhism 294.3 Building 690 Bushwalking - Cairns Region 919.436 Bushrangers - Australia 364.155 Business ? Technology 650 Business Management 658

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Cabinetmaking684.104 Cairns - Description &Travel 919.436 Cairns - Economic Conditions 338.99436 Cairns - History 994.36 Cairns - Planning 711.5 Cairns Region - Statistics 338.99436 Cairns - Road Maps 912.94 Cake Decorating 641.864 Calligraphy745.61 Cancer 616.99 Cape York Peninsula - Travel 919.438 Cape York Peninsula - History 994.38 Card Games 795.4 Cardiovascular Diseases573.139 Careers 331 Carpentry 694 Cars 629.222 Catholic Church282 Cats 636.8 Cells (Biology)571.6 Censorship363.31 Ceramics 738 Chemistry 540 Chess 794.1 Child Abuse 613.6

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Childbirth618.24 Child Care 649.1 Child Development 649.1 Child Psychology 155.4 Child Rearing 649.1 Child Health 618.82 China 915.1 China - History 951 Computers 001 Chinese - Language495.1 Christianity 230 Civil Rights 323.4 Civilisation909 Climate (Weather) 551.5 Coins 737.4 Comics/Cartoons 741.5 Communications 384 Commerce 380 Computers 001 Conservation 639.9 Cooking 641.5 Costumes 391 Craft 745 Creative Writing808 Cricket 796.358 Criminology 364 Culture 306 Cults209 Customs 392 Cyclones - Queensland, North 363.3492

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