Muktangan Libraries

organizes information into 10 main subject areas.

Dewey organized the entire world of knowledge into;

10 main classes

[000, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 ]

The Dewey Decimal Classification System

The system is made up of ten main classes

000 : General

Works

   

 

001     General Knowledge

   001.64 Computers,

020     Libraries

   030     Encyclopedias & World Record Books

   060 Museums

   070     Newspapers 

 

100 : Philosophy and Psychology

130 Ghosts & the Supernatural

150     Psychology, Feelings etc.

170     Emotions, Values, Animal

Rights

180 Philosophy

200    :   RELIGION

220 Bible Stories

290 Mythology, World Religions 

294 Religions of Indic origin 294.5 Hinduism 294.59 Sources of Hinduism 294.5922 Ramayana 294.5923 Mahabharat

300  :  SOCIAL SCIENCES

 Social Issues - immigration, racism, World Cultures   

310 Almanacs & Year Books

   320    Government & Politics

   330    Money, Working

   340    Law- Court System, Famous Trials

   350   Armed Forces – Army, Navy, Air Force, etc.

   360   Social Problems & Services (eg. Drugs, Environmental Issues, Police etc. )

   

370 Education

371 Teachers & Teaching 372 Primary Education (Schools, Curriculum including Text books )

378 Higher Education ( Universities)

   380 Commerce, Communication

Transportation,

   390    Customs, Etiquette & Folklore

394 General Customs eg. Holidays, Festivals

etc.

398.2 Folk literature Folktales, Fairy Tales  

400   :    LANGUAGES

   420    Dictionaries, Grammar

423 English Dictionaries

   490     Other languages 491 East Indo-European Language 491.4 Indian Languages 491.43 Hindi 491.46 Marathi 

500 : Pure science

500    Science Experiments

   510     Mathematics

   520    Stars, Planets, Astronomy

   530    Physical Science-Force & Motion, Electricity, Magnetism, Light

   540    Chemistry, Atoms & Molecules,

Rocks and Minerals

  

   550 Science of the Earth (eg. Geology, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Weather)

551 Geology, Meteorology & General Hydrology 551.46 Oceanography

560     Dinosaurs, Prehistoric Animals, Fossils

   570     Forests, Deserts, Mountains, Evolution

   580     Plants, Flowers & Trees

   590    Animals & Insects

   591 Zoology                                     

   599     Mammals of the Land and Ocean, Whales 599.6 Paenungulata 599.61 Elephants

  600   :   PEOPLE USING SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

   600 Inventions  

   610      Human body, Health

   620     Rockets, Trains, Cars, Trucks

   630     Farming, Farm Animals, Cats, Dogs, Pets.

   640     Cookbooks, Sewing

   660     How Food is made

   670     Paper Making

   690     Building 

700 : ARTS and RECREATION

710 Art Appreciation, History of Art

   720   Architecture- Houses,

   730   Origami, Paper Crafts

   740   Drawing, Crafts,

   750   Painting

   760   Printing

   770   Photography

   780   Music

   790   Sports, Games, Magic, Racing,

Hunting etc.

800   :    LITERATURE

   810      Poetry, Plays, Jokes & Riddles

   820     English Literature

821 English Poetry

822 Drama

822.33 Shakespeare

823 English Fiction

   890        Other Literature 891 East Indo- European Literature 891.4 Modern Indian Literature 891.46 Marathi Literature

900 : History, Geography, and Biography

   910     Geography & Explorers

912 Atlases

   920     Flags, People (Biography)

   930     Archeology, Ancient Civilizations

   940     European Countries ( World War etc. )

   950     Asian & Middle Eastern Countries

954 Indian History

   970     North & Central American Countries,

   980     South American Countries   

What is a CATALOGUE ?A Catalogue is a complete list of items in any Collection arranged in a specific manner. for eg. A collection of designer dresses in a shop / boutique - Even a menu card in a restaurant

How will you find books in the library easily?Simple – Just use our LIBRARY CATALOGUE

A Library Catalogue therefore is a list of Books and all other Library materials like Story Books, Picture Books, Charts, and even AV items like Cds, DVDs etc.

A typical library catalogue is one arranged in an alphabetical Order by AUTHOR, TITLE and by CALL NO.

– The catalog forms the basis for access to the library’s collection

– A library catalog (or library catalogue) is a register of all bibliographic items found in a library or group of libraries

– Bibliography means DESCRIPTIPON of the items found in a library

– Bibliographic Items include ALL TYPES OF BOOKS, PERIODICALS, CHARTS, MAPS etc,

Description of Books --- How will you describe a BOOK? The following characteristics or fields are very necessary to describe a BOOK I ) Author , ii) Title, iii) Publisher, iv) Place of Publication v) Year of Publ. vi) Total Page nos. vii) CALL NO. of the Book, viii ) Keywords or Subject headings ix ) Useful Pictures in the Book

Why do we need catalogs?

• For retrieval– Most collections are too large for someone to remember

every item in the collection• For inventory and Access

– Catalogs serve as a record of what is owned and as a reminder of what has been acquired, lost, replaced, etc.

– A Library Catalogue helps you access (find) Books and all other types of documents in a Library in the least amount of time

– A Catalogue also helps you find Books easily without having to go through all the shelves.

– A Catalogue helps you access BOOKS through any characteristic i.e. Author, Title, Publisher, Subject / Keyword etc.

How will you locate books and find information in your Library?Through Call Numbers by which all books are arranged on the shelves.

WHAT IS A CALL NUMBER?It is a 3 digit Class number given to books according their subjects, using the DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification System) along with the Author mark. (Eg. 001.9 a book on Controversial knowledge)

What is an Author mark ?It indicates the first three letters of the surname of the book’s Author(Eg. Dup for John Dupont)

How does the Call no. look on the cover of the book? Like this !

A Library Catalogue can be MANUAL or COMPUTERISED

Manual – made in Card format

Computerized – in an ONLINE Database

Muktangan Library Catalogue is an Online Database of all books and other materials available in the libraryThe Catalogue is created on a simple Database on an application called MICROSOFT ACCESS ( which is very similar to EXCEL)

You can search books by author, title, subject or Keyword and even publisher

All that you have to do is follow some simple steps given below to get any book or whatever you want

Click on Sayani Library Catalogue on the Desktop of

your computer (It is a Microsoft Access file)

Click on ‘Reference Books’ in the Table that you see

Now you will be able to see the entire Catalogue

All you have to do is to ‘Right Click’ on any of the

columns Author, Title, Subject, Publisher etc. and type

out your query in the ‘Filter Space’ provided

Now you‘ll see only those books which you may want

Just note down the ‘CALL NO.’ of whatever

book you want to read and find it on the shelves

(Hope you remember Books are shelved according to

Call Nos.)

Now you are ready to use the Library !!!

How the books are shelved: left-to-right, top-to-bottom

That means you start at the left on the top shelf and move to the right until the shelf ends.