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Dewey Decimal System

000 - 099 General Works Encyclopedias Magazines newspapers almanacs

100 - 199 Philosophy Death & Dying Ethics Feelings Logic Making Friends Optical Illusions Superstitions The Unexplained

200 - 299 Religion Religions Bible Stories World Religions Denominations

300 - 399 Social Sciences Laws Governments Fairy Tales Folktales Customs 398.2 – Fairy Tales

400 - 499 Language Dictionaries Grammar Foreign Languages (Spanish, French, etc.)

500 - 599 Science Rocks Animals Insects Mathematics Solar System

600 - 699 Technology How things work Cooking Pet care How roads are made Farming

700 - 799 Fine Arts Painting Photography Arts and crafts Sports Music

800 - 899 Literature Poems Plays Short Stories

900 - 999 History and Geography History Travel Geography Atlases

Biography B Stories about people are in a separate section of our library. This section is the biography section. These books are placed in alphabetical order by the person’s last name.

Collective Biography 920 A Collective Biography is a book that contains stories about more than one person. For example, Top 10 NBA Basketball Players. These books are assigned the call number of 920.

Dewey Classification section each subject would be located. Determine which Dewey Classification section each subject would be located.

French Language Answer: 400 - 499

Basketball Answer: 700 - 799

History Answer: 900 - 999

UFO’s Answer: 100 - 199

Drawing Answer: 700 - 799

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