Dewey Decimal System 2
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- Computers, information & general reference
- 000
- Philosophy &psychology
- 100
- Religion
- 200
- Social sciences
- 300
- Language
- 400
- Science
- 500
- Technology
- 600
- Arts & recreation
- 700
- Literature
- 800
- History & geography
- 900
- Class 000
- The most general class, and is used for works not limited to any one specific discipline, e.g., encyclopedias, newspapers, general periodicals.
- Class 100
- Covers philosophy, paranormal phenomena, and psychology.
- Class 200
- Devoted to religion. Both philosophy and religion deal with the ultimate nature of existence and relationships, but religion treats these topics within the context of revelation, deity, and worship.
- Class 300
- Social Sciences which includes sociology, anthropology, statistics, political science, economics, law, public administration, social problems and services, education, commerce, communications, transportation, and customs. Folk literature is classified as customs.
- Class 400
- Comprises language, linguistics, and specific languages. Literature, which is arranged by language, is found in 800.
- Class 500
- Devoted to the natural sciences and mathematics.
- Class 600
- Technology which consists of utilizing the sciences to harness the natural world and its resources for the benefits of humankind.
- Class 700
- Covers the arts: art in general, fine and decorative arts, music, and the performing arts. Recreation also includes sports and games.
- Class 800
- Covers literature, and includes rhetoric, prose, poetry, drama, etc.
- Class 900
- Devoted to history and geography. When a work is a story of events that have transpired or an account of existing conditions in a particular place or region.