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Dewey Breakdown

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Dewey Decimal System

The Dewey Decimal System has ten major subject groupings. Within each subject group, there are classification numbers that lead to more specific topics:

Overview

000 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
100 PHILOSOPHY & PSYCHOLOGY
200 RELIGION
300 SOCIAL SCIENCES
400 LANGUAGES
500 SCIENCE
600 TECHNOLOGY
700 ARTS & RECREATION
800 LITERATURE
900 HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY

Call Numbers at MLK Jr Library

0-499 located on

2nd floor of the library

500-999 located on

3rd floor of the library

000   Computers, Information & General Reference

010   Bibliographies & catalogs

020   Library & information sciences

030   General encyclopedic works

050   General serials & their indexes

060   General organizations & museums

070   News media, journalism, publishing

080   General collections

090   Manuscripts & rare books

500   Natural Sciences & Mathematics

·    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

100   Philosophy & Psychology

·     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

600   Technology (Applied Sciences)

·    610   Medical sciences

·    620   Engineering & allied sciences

·    630   Agriculture

·    640   Home economics & family living

·    650   Management & auxiliary services

·    660   Chemical engineering

·    670   Manufacturing

·    680   Manufacture for specific uses

·    690   Buildings

200   Religion

·     210   Natural theology

·     220   Bible

·     230   Christian Theology

·     240   Christian moral & devotional theology

·     250   Christian orders & local churches

·     260   Christian social theology

·     270   Christian church history

·     280   Christian denominations & sects

·     290   Other and comparative religions

700   The Arts

·    710   Civic & landscape art

·    720   Architecture

·    730   Plastic arts

·    78 Music Scores

·    740   Drawing & decorative arts

·    750   Painting & paintings

·    760   Graphic arts

·    770   Photography & photographs

·    780   Music

·    790   Recreational & performing arts

300   Social Sciences

·     310   General statistics

·     320   Political science

·     330   Economics

·     340   Law

·     350   Public administration

·     360   Social welfare

·     370   Education

·     380   Commerce, communications, transport

·     390   Customs, etiquette, folklore

800   Literature & Rhetoric

·    810   American literature in English

·    820   English and Old English literature

·    830   Literatures of Germanic languages

·    840   Literatures of Romance languages

·    850   Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic

·    860   Spanish & Portuguese literatures

·    870   Italic literatures, i.e., Latin

·    880   Hellenic literatures, i.e., Classical Greek

·    890   Literatures of other languages

400   Language

·     410   Linguistics

·     420   English & Old English

·     430   Germanic languages, i.e., German

·     440   Romance languages, i.e., French

·     450   Italian, Romanian languages

·     460   Spanish & Portuguese languages

·     470   Italic languages, i.e., Latin

·     480   Hellenic languages, i.e., Classical Greek

·     490   Other languages

900   History & Geography

·    910   Geography & travel

·    920   Biography, genealogy, insignias

·    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

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