The Dewey Decimal System

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The Dewey Decimal System

What is the Dewey Decimal System ? The Dewey decimal system organizes information into 10 broad areas, which are broken into smaller and smaller topics. Different topics are assigned numbers, known as “call numbers.” The numbers are used for easy finding and organization.

000 General Knowledge Almanacs Encyclopedias Libraries Museums Newspapers…

100 Psychology and Philosophy Death and dying Ethics Feelings Logic Making friends Optical illusions Superstitions….

200 Religions And Mythology Amish Bible stories Buddhism Christianity Judaism Islam Quakers And other World Religions Greek, Roman and other Myths

300 Social Sciences and Folklore Careers Customs Environment Families Folktales Government Manners Money Recycling….

400 Languages and Grammar Chinese English French German Italian Japanese Sign language Spanish Includes dictionaries

500 math and science Animals Biology Chemistry Dinosaurs Fish Geology Insects Physics Planets Plants…

600 Medicine and Technology Computers Cookbooks Engineering Farming Health Human body Inventions Manufacturing Nutrition....

700 arts and recreation Architecture Crafts Drawing Games Jokes Music Puppets Songbooks Sports….

800 literature Children's literature Plays Poetry Shakespeare Writing…

900 Geography and History Biographies Countries Native Americans States Travel Wars

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