Dewey Decimal Classification System
Sooner or later you will encounter a library which uses the Dewey Decimal Classification System (DDC). To assist you in retrieving books from such a library, the subjects of the DDC system are listed below:
000
GENERALITIES
100 PHILOSOPHY & RELATED DISCIPLINES
200 RELIGION
300 THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
400 LANGUAGE
500
PURE SCIENCE
600
TECHNOLOGY (APPLIED
SCIENCES)
700
THE ARTS
800 LITERATURE & BELLES-LETTRES
900 GENERAL GEOGRAPHY &
HISTORY
010
Bibliographies & Catalogs
020 Library & Information Sciences
030 General Encyclopedic Works
040
050 General Serial Publications
060 General Organizations & Museology
070 Journalism, Publishing, Newspapers
080 General Collections
090 Manuscripts
100
PHILOSOPHY & RELATED DISCIPLINES
110
Metaphysics
120 Knowledge, Cause, Purpose, Man
130 Popular - Parapsychology, Occultism
140 Specific Philosophical Viewpoints
150 Psychology
160 Logic
170 Ethics (Moral Philosophy)
180 Ancient, Medieval, Oriental
190 Modern Western Philosophy
210
Natural Religion
220 Bible
230 Christian Doctrinal Theology
240 Christian Moral & Devotional
250 Local Church & Religious Orders
260 Social & Ecclesiastical Theology
270 History & Geography of Church
280 Christian Denominations & Sects
290 Other Religions & Comparative
310
Statistics
320 Political Science
330 Economics
340 Law
350 Public Administration
360 Social Pathology & Services
370 Education
380 Commerce
390 Customs - Folklore
410
Linguistics
420 English & Anglo-Saxon Languages
430 Germanic Languages (German)
440 Romance Languages (French)
450 Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic
460 Spanish & Portuguese Languages
470 Italic Languages
480 Hellenic (Classical Greek)
490 Other Languages
510
Mathematics
520 Astronomy & Allied Sciences
530 Physics
540 Chemistry & Allied Sciences
550 Sciences of Earth & Other Worlds
560 Paleontology
580 Botanical Sciences
600 TECHNOLOGY (APPLIED SCIENCES)
610
Medical Sciences
620 Engineering - Allied Operations
630 Agriculture - Related
670 Manufactures
680 Miscellaneous Manufactures
690 Buildings
710
Civic & Landscape Art
720 Architecture
730 Plastic Arts Sculpture
750 Painting & Paintings
760 Graphic Arts Prints
770 Photography & Photographs
780 Music
790 Recreational & Performing Arts
800 LITERATURE & BELLES-LETTRES
810
American Literature in English
820 English & Anglo-Saxon Literatures
830 Literatures of Germanic Languages
860 Spanish & Portuguese Literatures
890 Literatures of Other Languages
900 GENERAL GEOGRAPHY & HISTORY
910
General Geography & Travel
920 General Biography & Genealogy
930 General History of Ancient World
940 General History of Europe
950 General History of Asia
960 General History of Africa
970 General History of North America
980 General History of South America
990 General History of Other Areas