Help with coursework

[mjpzx2]

OK i'm doing some ICT coursework and I am making a database for my school library. I know they use a system to find and lookup books. I think it is called the duey system but I am not having any look with google. Can anyone confirm it is the duey system? Or if I am totally wrong maybe tell me the others which it could be. Also I think the format of the duey system (if it is that) is number number number dot number number. Can someone also confirm this too?

Thanks alot for any help, Michael.

 

[chop_chop]

I think you are after the dewey system - which may explain why you are not having any luck with google

 

[abecedarian]

It is also referred to as the Dewey Decimal System. Most public and school libraries use it, while colleges use the Library of Congress system.

 

[mjpzx2]

Ah thanks i'll look that up. Only reason I knew it was something like that was because I overheard the librarian talk about it to a year 7 class in the library.