Photo via Printablee Here's a useful tip: Once you know the Dewey number for your desired subject, you can find all nonfiction materials on that subject anywhere in the library - and in any library that uses DDC! For example, 641 is the number for cookbooks, and kids' cookbooks, and nonfiction DVDs about cooking, too! How about fiction? This is such a large collection that we take it out of its Dewey numbers (the 800s) and file it by author's last name in its own section. We do the same thing with children's picture books and chapter books, as well as DVDs. Need more help finding something? Ask at the Information Desk! Our library staff are here to help you! Bonus fact! Melvil Dewey was also a proponent of spelling reform, which is why he spelled his name like that! |