.ISU LIBRARY BASICS: Dewey Decimal

The Dewey Decimal Classification System is used to organize and shelve books in public and school libraries.

The ISU Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification System to shelve books in the Teaching Materials (TMMM) section. TMMM is located on the Second Floor in the southwest corner of the ISU Library.

The ISU Library shares its library catalog with the Rose Hulman Institute of Technology and Saint Mary of the Woods College. The Rose Hulman Library uses the Dewey Decimal sytem.

The major Dewey Decimal divisions are:

000       Computers, information, & general reference
100       Philosophy & psychology
200       Religion
300       Social sciences
400       Language
500      Science
600      Technology
700      Arts & recreation
800      Literature
900      History & geography

Library classification sytems are used to organize and shelve books. Some librarians get a little fanatical about it...