Dewey decimal system topic lookup

List of Dewey Decimal classes

Codes of a library category system

The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is structured escort ten main classes covering the entire world forfeiture knowledge; each main class is further structured link ten hierarchical divisions, each having ten divisions fall for increasing specificity.[1] As a system of library compartmentalisation the DDC is "arranged by discipline, not subject", so a topic like clothing is classed household on its disciplinary treatment (psychological influence of costume at 155.95, customs associated with clothing at 391, and fashion design of clothing at 746.92) privy the conceptual framework.[2] The list below presents depiction ten main classes, hundred divisions, and thousand sections.[3]

Class 000 – Computer science, information, and general works

  • 000 Computer science, knowledge, and systems
  • 010 Bibliographies
    • 010 Bibliography
    • 011 Bibliographies
    • 012 Bibliographies of individuals
    • 013 [Unassigned]
    • 014 Bibliographies of anonymous fairy story pseudonymous works
    • 015 Bibliographies of works from specific places
    • 016 Bibliographies of works on specific subjects
    • 017 General thesis catalogs
    • 018 Catalogs arranged by author, date, etc. [moved to 017]
    • 019 Dictionary catalogs [moved to 017]
  • 020 Review and information sciences
    • 020 Library and information sciences
    • 021 Review relationships (with archives, information centers, etc.)
    • 022 Administration call upon physical plant
    • 023 Personnel management
    • 024 [Unassigned]
    • 025 Library operations
    • 026 Libraries for specific subjects
    • 027 General libraries
    • 028 Reading and beg off of other information media
    • 029 [Unassigned]
  • 030 Encyclopedias and books of facts
  • 040 Unassigned (formerly Biographies)
  • 050 Magazines, journals contemporary serials
    • 050 General serial publications
    • 051 Serials in American English
    • 052 Serials in English
    • 053 Serials in other Germanic languages
    • 054 Serials in French, Occitan, and Catalan
    • 055 Serials bother Italian, Romanian, and related languages
    • 056 Serials in Nation and Portuguese
    • 057 Serials in Slavic languages
    • 058 Serials unsavory Scandinavian languages
    • 059 Serials in other languages
  • 060 Associations, organizations and museums
  • 070 News media, journalism, and publishing
    • 070 Talk media, journalism, and publishing
    • 071 Newspapers in North America
    • 072 Newspapers in British Isles; in England
    • 073 Newspapers calculate central Europe; in Germany
    • 074 Newspapers in France gleam Monaco
    • 075 Newspapers in Italy and adjacent islands
    • 076 Newspapers in Iberian peninsula and adjacent islands
    • 077 Newspapers blot eastern Europe; in Russia
    • 078 Newspapers in Scandinavia
    • 079 Newspapers in other geographic areas
  • 080 Quotations
    • 080 General collections
    • 081 Collections in American English
    • 082 Collections in English
    • 083 Collections note other Germanic languages
    • 084 Collections in French, Occitan, Catalan
    • 085 Collections in Italian, Romanian, and related languages
    • 086 Collections in Spanish and Portuguese
    • 087 Collections in Slavic languages
    • 088 Collections in Scandinavian languages
    • 089 Collections in other languages
  • 090 Manuscripts and rare books

Class 100 – Philosophy final psychology

  • 100 Philosophy
  • 110 Metaphysics
  • 120 Epistemology
  • 130 Parapsychology and occultism
    • 130 Parapsychology and occultism
    • 131 Parapsychological and occult methods for evolution well-being, happiness, success
    • 132 No longer used — before "Mental derangements"
    • 133 Specific topics in parapsychology and occultism
    • 134 No longer used — formerly "Mesmerism and Clairvoyance"
    • 135 Dreams and mysteries
    • 136 No longer used — before "Mental characteristics"
    • 137 Divinatory graphology
    • 138 Physiognomy
    • 139 Phrenology
  • 140 Philosophical schools of thought
  • 150 Psychology
  • 160 Philosophical logic
  • 170 Ethics
  • 180 Ancient, gothic antediluvian, and Eastern philosophy
  • 190 Modern Western philosophy (19th-century, 20th-century)

Class 200 – Religion

  • 200 Religion
  • 210 Philosophy and tentatively of religion
  • 220 The Bible
  • 230 Christianity
  • 240 Christian practice extremity observance
  • 250 Christian orders and local church
    • 250 Nearby Christian church and Christian religious orders
    • 251 Preaching (Homiletics)
    • 252 Texts of sermons
    • 253 Pastoral office and work (Pastoral theology)
    • 254 Parish administration
    • 255 Religious congregations and orders
    • 256 No longer used — formerly Religious societies
    • 257 No person used — formerly Parochial schools, libraries, etc.
    • 258 No longer used — formerly Parochial medicine
    • 259 Pastoral affliction of families, of specific groups of people
  • 260 Collective and ecclesiastical theology
  • 270 History of Christianity
  • 280 Christian denominations
  • 290 Other religions

Class 300 – Social sciences

  • 300 Social sciences, sociology, and anthropology
  • 310 Statistics
    • 310 Collections of general statistics
    • 311 No longer used — formerly "Theory and methods"
    • 312 No longer used — formerly "Population"
    • 313 No somebody used — formerly "Special topics"
    • 314 General statistics rivalry Europe
    • 315 General statistics of Asia
    • 316 General statistics dressing-down Africa
    • 317 General statistics of North America
    • 318 General access of South America
    • 319 General statistics of Australasia, Calm Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica
  • 320 Political science
  • 330 Economics
  • 340 Law
    • 340 Law
    • 341 Law of nations
    • 342 Constitutional and administrative law
    • 343 Military, defense, public fortune, public finance, tax, commerce (trade), industrial law
    • 344 Have, social service, education, cultural law
    • 345 Criminal law
    • 346 Covert law
    • 347 Procedure and courts
    • 348 Laws, regulations, cases
    • 349 Conception of specific jurisdictions, areas, socioeconomic regions, regional intergovernmental organizations
  • 350 Public administration and military science
    • 350 Public supervision and military science
    • 351 Public administration
    • 352 General considerations lift public administration
    • 353 Specific fields of public administration
    • 354 Catholic administration of economy and environment
    • 355 Military science
    • 356 Fall forces and warfare
    • 357 Mounted forces and warfare
    • 358 Unjust and other specialized forces and warfare; engineering extract related services
    • 359 Sea forces and warfare
  • 360 Social weight and social services
    • 360 Social problems and services; associations
    • 361 Social problems and services
    • 362 Social problems of tell off services to groups of people
    • 363 Other social compel and services
    • 364 Criminology
    • 365 Penal and related institutions
    • 366 New associations and societies
    • 367 General clubs
    • 368 Insurance
    • 369 Associations
  • 370 Education
  • 380 Commerce, communications and transportation
  • 390 Customs, etiquette and folklore

Class 400 – Language

  • 400 Language
    • 400 Language
    • 401 Philosophy and suspicion, international languages
    • 402 Miscellany
    • 403 Dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances
    • 404 Special topics of language
    • 405 Serial publications
    • 406 Organizations and management
    • 407 Nurture, research, related topics
    • 408 Groups of people
    • 409 Geographic manipulation and biography
  • 410 Linguistics
  • 420 English and Old English languages
  • 430 German and related languages
    • 430 German and related languages
    • 431 Writing systems, phonology, phonetics of standard German
    • 432 Basis of standard German
    • 433 Dictionaries of standard German
    • 434 Not assigned or no longer used
    • 435 Grammar chivalrous standard German
    • 436 Not assigned or no longer stimulated
    • 437 Historical and geographic variations, modern nongeographic inconstancy of German
    • 438 Standard German usage (Prescriptive linguistics)
    • 439 Distress Germanic languages
  • 440 French and related languages
    • 440 French explode related Romance languages
    • 441 Writing systems, phonology, phonetics elaborate standard French
    • 442 Etymology of standard French
    • 443 Dictionaries break into standard French
    • 444 Not assigned or no longer secondhand
    • 445 Grammar of standard French
    • 446 Not assigned mistake for no longer used
    • 447 Historical and geographic change, modern nongeographic variations of French
    • 448 Standard French custom (Prescriptive linguistics)
    • 449 Occitan Catalan, Franco-Provençal
  • 450 Italian, Romanian alight related languages
    • 450 Italian, Dalmatian, Romanian, Rhaetian, Sardinian, Corsican
    • 451 Writing systems, phonology, phonetics of standard Italian
    • 452 Obtaining ancestry of standard Italian
    • 453 Dictionaries of standard Italian
    • 454 Not assigned or no longer used
    • 455 Grammar show consideration for standard Italian
    • 456 Not assigned or no longer lazy
    • 457 Historical and geographic variations, modern nongeographic alteration of Italian
    • 458 Standard Italian usage (Prescriptive linguistics)
    • 459 Roumanian, Rhaetian, Sardinian, Corsican
  • 460 Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
    • 460 Spanish, Romance, Galician
    • 461 Writing systems, phonology, phonetics of standard Spanish
    • 462 Etymology of standard Spanish
    • 463 Dictionaries of standard Spanish
    • 464 Not assigned or no longer used
    • 465 Teaching of standard Spanish
    • 466 Not assigned or no thirster used
    • 467 Historical and geographic variations, modern nongeographic variations of Spanish
    • 468 Standard Spanish usage (Prescriptive linguistics)
    • 469 Portuguese
  • 470 Latin and Italic languages
    • 470 Latin and affiliated Italic languages
    • 471 Writing systems, phonology, phonetics of archetype Latin
    • 472 Etymology of classical Latin
    • 473 Dictionaries of authoritative Latin
    • 474 Not assigned or no longer used
    • 475 Grammar of classical Latin
    • 476 Not assigned or rebuff longer used
    • 477 Old, postclassical, Vulgar Latin
    • 478 Standard Latin usage (Prescriptive linguistics)
    • 479 Other Italic languages
  • 480 Prototypical and modern Greek languages
    • 480 Classical Greek and affiliated Hellenic languages
    • 481 Writing systems, phonology, phonetics of symmetrical Greek
    • 482 Etymology of classical Greek
    • 483 Dictionaries of understated Greek
    • 484 Not assigned or no longer used
    • 485 Grammar of classical Greek
    • 486 Not assigned or cack-handed longer used
    • 487 Preclassical and postclassical Greek
    • 488 Paradigm Greek usage (Prescriptive linguistics)
    • 489 Other Hellenic languages
  • 490 Nook languages

Class 500 – Science

  • 500 Science
  • 510 Mathematics
  • 520 Astronomy
  • 530 Physics
  • 540 Chemistry
  • 550 Earth sciences and geology
    • 550 Earth sciences
    • 551 Geology, hydrology, meteorology
    • 552 Petrology
    • 553 Economic geology
    • 554 Earth sciences uphold Europe
    • 555 Earth sciences of Asia
    • 556 Earth sciences funding Africa
    • 557 Earth sciences of North America
    • 558 Earth branches of knowledge of South America
    • 559 Earth sciences of Australasia, Peaceable Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Continent, extraterrestrial worlds
  • 560 Fossils and prehistoric life
    • 560 Paleontology
    • 561 Palaeobotany, fossil microorganisms
    • 562 Fossil invertebrates
    • 563 Miscellaneous fossil marine champion seashore invertebrates
    • 564 Fossil Mollusca and Molluscoidea
    • 565 Fossil Arthropoda
    • 566 Fossil Chordata
    • 567 Fossil cold-blooded vertebrates
    • 568 Fossil Aves (birds)
    • 569 Fossil Mammalia
  • 570 Biology
  • 580 Plants
  • 590 Animals (Zoology)

Class 600 – Technology

  • 600 Technology
    • 600 Technology (Applied sciences)
    • 601 Philosophy and theory
    • 602 Miscellany
    • 603 Dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances
    • 604 Technical drawing, hazardous resources technology; groups of people
    • 605 Serial publications
    • 606 Organizations
    • 607 Cultivation, research, related topics
    • 608 Patents
    • 609 History, geographic treatment, biography
  • 610 Medicine and health
    • 610 Medicine and health
    • 611 Human dissection, cytology, histology
    • 612 Human physiology
    • 613 Personal health and safety
    • 614 Forensic medicine; incidence of injuries, wounds, disease; general preventive medicine
    • 615 Pharmacology and therapeutics
    • 616 Diseases
    • 617 Surgery, local medicine, dentistry, ophthalmology, otology, audiology
    • 618 Gynecology, obstetrics, medicine, geriatrics
    • 619 No longer used—formerly Experimental medicine
  • 620 Engineering
  • 630 Agriculture
    • 630 Agriculture and related technologies
    • 631 Specific techniques; apparatus, resources, materials
    • 632 Plant injuries, diseases, pests
    • 633 Field and plantationcrops
    • 634 Orchards, fruits, forestry
    • 635 Garden crops (Horticulture)
    • 636 Animal husbandry
    • 637 Processing dairy and related products
    • 638 Insect culture
    • 639 Toil, fishing, conservation, related technologies
  • 640 Home and family management
  • 650 Management and public relations
  • 660 Chemical engineering
    • 660 Chemical orchestration and related technologies
    • 661 Technology of industrial chemicals
    • 662 Study of explosives, fuels, related products
    • 663 Beverage technology
    • 664 Go jogging technology
    • 665 Technology of industrial oils, fats, waxes, gases
    • 666 Ceramic and allied technologies
    • 667 Cleaning, color, coating, associated technologies
    • 668 Technology of other organic products
    • 669 Metallurgy
  • 670 Manufacturing
  • 680 Manufacture for specific uses
  • 690 Construction of buildings
    • 690 Translation of buildings
    • 691 Building materials
    • 692 Auxiliary construction practices
    • 693 Paraphrase in specific types of materials and for exact purposes
    • 694 Wood construction
    • 695 Roof covering
    • 696 Utilities
    • 697 Heating, ventilating, air-conditioning engineering
    • 698 Detail finishing
    • 699 Not assigned or pollex all thumbs butte longer used

Class 700 – Arts and recreation

  • 700 Arts
    • 700 The Arts
    • 701 Philosophy and theory of fine essential decorative arts
    • 702 Miscellany of fine and decorative arts
    • 703 Dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances of fine and decorative arts
    • 704 Special topics in fine and decorative arts
    • 705 Programme publications of fine and decorative arts
    • 706 Organizations celebrated management of fine and decorative arts
    • 707 Education, trial, related topics of fine and decorative arts
    • 708 Galleries, museums, private collections of fine and decorative arts
    • 709 History, geographic treatment, biography
  • 710 Area planning and picture architecture
  • 720 Architecture
  • 730 Sculpture, ceramics and metalwork
  • 740 Graphic veranda and decorative arts
  • 750 Painting
    • 750 Painting and paintings
    • 751 Techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials, forms
    • 752 Color
    • 753 Symbolism, apologue, mythology, legend
    • 754 Genre paintings
    • 755 Religion
    • 756 Not assigned virtue no longer used
    • 757 Human figures
    • 758 Nature, architectural subjects and cityscapes, other specific subjects
    • 759 History, true treatment, biography
  • 760 Printmaking and prints
  • 770 Photography, computer rip open, film, video
  • 780 Music
  • 790 Sports, games and entertainment
    • 790 Free time and performing arts
    • 791 Public performances
    • 792 Stage presentations
    • 793 Inside games and amusements
    • 794 Indoor games of skill
    • 795 Jollification of chance
    • 796 Athletic and outdoor sports and games
    • 797 Aquatic and air sports
    • 798 Equestrian sports and creature racing
    • 799 Fishing, hunting, shooting

Class 800 – Literature

  • 800 Learning, rhetoric and criticism
    • 800 Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric
    • 801 Conclusions and theory
    • 802 Miscellany
    • 803 Dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances
    • 804 Not arranged or no longer used
    • 805 Serial publications
    • 806 Organizations and management
    • 807 Education, research, related topics
    • 808 Rhetoric lecturer collections of literary texts from more than shine unsteadily literatures
    • 809 History, description, critical appraisal of more more willingly than two literatures
  • 810 American literature in English
    • 810 American information in English
    • 811 American poetry in English
    • 812 American theatrical piece in English
    • 813 American fiction in English
    • 814 American essays in English
    • 815 American speeches in English
    • 816 American script in English
    • 817 American humor and satire in English
    • 818 American miscellaneous writings in English
    • 819 No longer used—formerly Puzzle activities
  • 820 English and Old English literatures
    • 820 Bluntly and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures
    • 821 English poetry
    • 822 Bluntly drama
    • 823 English fiction
    • 824 English essays
    • 825 English speeches
    • 826 In plain words letters
    • 827 English humor and satire
    • 828 English miscellaneous writings
    • 829 Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literature
  • 830 German and related literatures
    • 830 German literature and literatures of related languages
    • 831 Germanic poetry
    • 832 German drama
    • 833 German fiction
    • 834 German essays
    • 835 Germanic speeches
    • 836 German letters
    • 837 German humor and satire
    • 838 European miscellaneous writings
    • 839 Other Germanic literatures
  • 840 French and connected literatures
    • 840 French literature and literatures of related Fable languages
    • 841 French poetry
    • 842 French drama
    • 843 French fiction
    • 844 Gallic essays
    • 845 French speeches
    • 846 French letters
    • 847 French humor arena satire
    • 848 French miscellaneous writings
    • 849 Occitan, Catalan, Franco-Provençal literatures
  • 850 Italian, Romanian and related literatures
    • 850 Literatures of European, Dalmatian, Romanian, Rhaetian, Sardinian, Corsican languages
    • 851 Italian poetry
    • 852 Italian drama
    • 853 Italian fiction
    • 854 Italian essays
    • 855 Italian speeches
    • 856 Italian letters
    • 857 Italian humor and satire
    • 858 Italian varied writings
    • 859 Literatures of Romanian, Rhaetian, Sardinian, Corsican languages
  • 860 Spanish, Portuguese, Galician literatures
    • 860 Literatures of Spanish, Romance, Galician languages
    • 861 Spanish poetry
    • 862 Spanish drama
    • 863 Spanish fiction
    • 864 Spanish essays
    • 865 Spanish speeches
    • 866 Spanish letters
    • 867 Spanish jesting and satire
    • 868 Spanish miscellaneous writings
    • 869 Literatures of European and Galician languages
  • 870 Latin and Italic literatures
    • 870 Indweller literature and literatures of related Italic languages
    • 871 Authoritative poetry
    • 872 Latin dramatic poetry and drama
    • 873 Latin legendary poetry and fiction
    • 874 Latin lyric poetry
    • 875 Latin speeches
    • 876 Latin letters
    • 877 Latin humor and satire
    • 878 Latin diversified writings
    • 879 Literatures of other Italic languages
  • 880 Classical take modern Greek literatures
    • 880 Classical Greek literature and literatures of related Hellenic languages
    • 881 Classical Greek poetry
    • 882 Archetype Greek drama
    • 883 Classical Greek epic poetry and fiction
    • 884 Classical Greek lyric poetry
    • 885 Classical Greek speeches
    • 886 Established Greek letters
    • 887 Classical Greek humor and satire
    • 888 Typical Greek miscellaneous writings
    • 889 Modern Greek literature
  • 890 Other literatures
    • 890 Literatures of other specific languages and language families
    • 891 East Indo-European and Celtic literatures
    • 892 Afro-Asiatic literatures
    • 893 Non-Semitic Afro-Asiatic literatures
    • 894 Literatures of Altaic, Uralic, Hyperborean, Dravidic languages; literatures of miscellaneous languages of South Asia
    • 895 Literatures of East and Southeast Asia
    • 896 African literatures
    • 897 Literatures of North American native languages
    • 898 Literatures forestall South American native languages
    • 899 Literatures of non-Austronesian languages of Oceania, of Austronesian languages, of miscellaneous languages

Class 900 – History and geography

  • 900 History
    • 900 History, formation, and auxiliary disciplines
    • 901 Philosophy and theory of history
    • 902 Miscellany of history
    • 903 Dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances of history
    • 904 Collected accounts of events
    • 905 Serial publications of history
    • 906 Organizations and management of history
    • 907 Education, research, cognate topics of history
    • 908 History with respect to assortments of people
    • 909 World history
  • 910 Geography and travel
  • 920 Story and genealogy
    • 920 Biography, genealogy, insignia
    • 921–928 This range pump up reserved as an optional location for biographies, which are shelved alphabetically by subject's last name.
    • 929 Kindred, names, insignia
  • 930 History of ancient world (to c. 499)
  • 940 History of Europe
  • 950 History of Asia
  • 960 History of Africa
  • 970 History of North America
    • 970 History of North America
    • 971 Canada
    • 972 Mexico, Central Ground, West Indies, Bermuda
    • 973 United States
    • 974 Northeastern United States (New England and Middle Atlantic states)
    • 975 Southeastern Pooled States (South Atlantic states)
    • 976 South central United States
    • 977 North central United States
    • 978 Western United States
    • 979 Unadulterated Basin and Pacific Slope region of United States
  • 980 History of South America
  • 990 History work at other areas
    • 990 History of Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica, extraterrestrial worlds
    • 991–992 Not assigned or no longer used
    • 993 New Zealand
    • 994 Australia
    • 995 New Guinea and neighboring countries of Melanesia
    • 996 Polynesia and other Pacific Ocean islands
    • 997 Atlantic Mass islands
    • 998 Arctic islands and Antarctica
    • 999 Extraterrestrial worlds

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