Dewey Decimal Classification System
000 Generalities | 100 Philosophy & psychology |
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010 Bibliography 020 Library & information sciences 030 General encyclopedic works 040 Unassigned 050 General serials & their indexes 060 General organizations & museology 070 News media, journalism, publishing 080 General collections 090 Manuscripts & rare books | 110 Metaphysics 120 Epistemology, causation, humankind 130 Paranormal phenomena 140 Specific philosophical schools 150 Psychology 160 Logic 170 Ethics (moral philosophy) 180 Ancient, medieval, Oriental philosophy 190 Modern Western philosophy |
200 Religion | 300 Social sciences |
210 Natural theology 220 Bible 230 Christian theology 240 Christian moral & devotional theology 250 Christian orders & local church 260 Christian social theology 270 Christian church history 280 Christian denominations & sects 290 Other & comparative religions | 300 Sociology and anthropology 310 General statistics 320 Political science 330 Economics 340 Law 350 Public administration 360 Social services; associations 370 Education 380 Commerce, communications, transport 390 Customs, etiquette, folklore |
400 Language | 500 Natural sciences & mathematics |
410 Linguistics 420 English & Old English 430 Germanic languages German 440 Romance languages French 450 Italian, Romanian languages 460 Spanish & Portuguese languages 470 ltalic languages, Latin 480 Hellenic languages, Classical Greek 490 Other languages | 510 Mathematics 520 Astronomy & allied sciences 530 Physics 540 Chemistry & allied sciences 550 Earth sciences 560 Paleontology, paleozoology 570 Life sciences 580 Botanical sciences 590 Zoological sciences |
600 Technology (applied sciences) | 700 The Arts |
600 General technology 610 Medical sciences and medicine 620 Engineering & allied operations 630 Agriculture 640 Home economics & family living 650 Management & auxiliary services 660 Chemical engineering 670 Manufacturing 680 Manufacture for specific uses 690 Buildings | 710 Civic & landscape art 720 Architecture 730 Plastic arts, sculpture 740 Drawing & decorative arts 750 Painting & paintings (museums) 760 Graphic arts, printmaking & prints, postage stamps 770 Photography & photographs 780 Music 790 Recreational & performing arts |
800 Literature & rhetoric | 900 Geography & history |
810 American literature 820 English & Old English literatures 830 Literatures of Germanic languages 840 Literatures of Romance languages 850 Italian, Romanian literatures 860 Spanish & Portuguese literatures 870 Italic literatures, Latin 880 Hellenic literatures, Classical Greek 890 Literatures of other languages | 900 World History 910 Geography and travel 920 Biography, genealogy, insignia 930 History of the ancient world 940 General history of Europe 950 General history of Asia, Far East 960 General history of Africa 970 General history of North America 980 General history of South America 990 General history of other areas |
A+ Research & Writing for high school and college students was created by Kathryn L. Schwartz