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Dewey Decimal  System

The Dewey Decimal System is the classification scheme for nonfiction materials at Dallas Public Library. For more detailed information, see Dewey Decimal Classification at OCLC.

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000 - GENERALITIES
010 - Bibliographies & catalogs
020 - Library & information sciences
030 - General encyclopedic works
040 - This number has no use.
050 - General serial publications
060 - General organizations & museums
070 - Journalism, publishing, newspapers
080 - General collections
090 - Manuscripts & book rarities

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100 - PHILOSOPHY AND RELATED DISCIPLINES
110 - Metaphysics
120 - Knowledge, cause, purpose, man
130 - Popular & parapsychology, occultism
140 - Specific philosophical viewpoints
150 - Psychology
160 - Logic
170 - Ethics (Moral philosophy)
180 - Ancient, medieval, Oriental
190 - Modern Western philosophy

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200 - RELIGION
210 - Natural religion
220 - Bible
230 - Christian doctrinal theology
240 - Christian moral & devotional
250 - Local church and religious orders
260 - Social & ecclesiastical theology
270 - History & geography of church
280 - Christian denominations & sects
290 - Other religions and comparative

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300 - SOCIAL SCIENCES
310 - Statistics
320 - Political science
330 - Economics
340 - Law
350 - Public administration & military science
360 - Social problems & services; association
370 - Education
380 - Commerce, communications, transportation
390 - Customs, etiquette, folklore

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400 - LANGUAGE
410 - Linguistics
420 - English & Anglo-Saxon languages
430 - Germanic languages, German
440 - French, Provençal, Catalan
450 - Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic
460 - Spanish & Portuguese languages
470 - Italic languages, Latin
480 - Hellenic, Classical Greek
490 - Other languages

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500 - PURE SCIENCES
510 - Mathematics
520 - Astronomy & allied sciences
530 - Physics
540 - Chemistry & allied sciences
550 - Sciences of earth and other worlds
560 - Paleontology
570 - Life sciences
580 - Botanical sciences
590 - Zoological sciences

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600 - TECHNOLOGY (APPLIED SCIENCES)
610 - Medical sciences
620 - Engineering & allied operations
630 - Agriculture & related
640 - Home economics
650 - Managerial services
660 - Chemical & related technologies
670 - Manufactures
680 - Miscellaneous manufactures
690 - Buildings

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700 - ARTS
710 - Civic & landscape art
720 - Architecture
730 - Plastic arts, sculpture
740 - Drawing, decorative & minor arts
750 - Painting & paintings
760 - Graphic arts, prints
770 - Photography & photographs
780 - Music
790 - Recreational & performing arts

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800 - LITERATURE (BELLES-LETTRES)
810 - American literature in English
820 - English & Anglo-Saxon literatures
830 - Literatures of Germanic languages
840 - French, Provençal, Catalan
850 - Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic
860 - Spanish & Portuguese literatures
870 - Italic languages literatures, Latin
880 - Hellenic languages literatures
890 - Literatures of other languages

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900 - GENERAL GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
910 - General geography, travel
920 - Biography, genealogy, insignia
930 - General history of ancient world
940 - General history of Europe
950 - General history of Asia
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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