A Guide to the Dewey Decimal System


 
A

Abnormal psychology 616.89
Abortion, ethics 179.76
Abortion, law 344.04192
Abortion, medical 618
Abortion, social issues 363.46
Accounting 657 
Advertising 659
Aerobics 613.71
African history 960
African literature 896
African travel 916
Agriculture 630
AIDS, medical issues 616.97
AIDS, social issues 362.19
Air conditioning 697
Air pollution 363.739
Air transportation 387.7
Air warfare 358.4
Airplanes 629.1
Alcohol abuse 362.29
Algebra 512
All-terrain vehicles 629.22
Almanacs 317.3
American history 973
American Indians 970
American literature 810
Anatomy 611 & 612
Ancient history 930
Ancient philosophy 182
Animal dissection 591.4
Animal rights 179.3
Animals as pets 636
Antiques 745.1
Aptitude tests 153.94
Aquariums 639.34
Archeology 930.1
Archery 799.32
Architecture 720
Arithmetic 513
Armed forces examination 355.0076
Art history 709
Arthritis 616.722
Arts 700
Asian history 950
Asian travel 915.04
Astrology 133.5
Astronautics 629.4
Astronomy 520
ASVAB 355.0076
Atlases 912
Automobile racing 796.72
Automobile repair 629.287
Automobiles 629.222

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B

Baby names 929.4
Baby showers 793.2
Backache 617.375
Bankruptcy 346.078 
Baseball 796.357
Baseball cards 769.49796
Basement remodeling 643.5
Basketball 796.323
Bathroom remodeling 643.3
Bed and breakfasts 647.94 
Bed-wetting 618.928
Bible 220
Bibliography 010
Biking 796.6
Bioethics 174.2
Biography 921
Biology 574
Bird watching 598.07234
Birds. 598
Black holes 523.8
Black magic 133.4
Boatbuilding 623.8 
Boating 797.1
Boats 623.82
Bodybuilding 646.75
Books 002
Botany 581
British history 941
Buddhism 294.3
Budgeting 640.42
Building 690
Business 650
Business enterprises 338.7
Business in the home 658.1141
Business letters 808.06
Business plans 658.1522

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C

Cameras 771.3
Campground directories 917.304
Camping 796.5
Canadian travel 917.104
Cancer 616.994 
Canoeing 797.122
Car repair 629.287
Card games 795.4
Carpentry 694
Cats 636.8
Celebrations 394.2
Census 317.3
Ceramic arts 738
Chemistry 540
Chess 794.1
Child abuse 362.76
Child psychology 155.4
Child rearing 649.1
Childbirth 618.4
Children's parties 793.21
Chinese history 951 
Chinese literature. 895
Christian devotions 242 
Christian life 248.4
Christian liturgy 264
Christian missions 266
Christian sacraments 265
Christian theology 261
Christianity 230/280 
Christmas 394.268
Church buildings 726.5
 Church history 270
City government 352
Civil law 347
Civil rights 323
Civil war 973.7
Clothing care 646.6 
Cocaine abuse 362.298
Codependency 362.29
Coins 737.4
College directories 378.73
Commerce 380
Communication 302.2
.Composting 631.875
Computer games 794.8
Computer programming 005
Computers 004
Conservation 333.7 
Constitutional law 342 
Construction 690
Consumer information 640.73 
Cookbooks 641.5
Costume 391
Costume making 646.478
Crafts 745.5
Crime 364
Criminal law 345 
Criminals 364.3
Crocheting 746.434

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D

 

Dance 793.3
Data processing 650.0285
Death 155.937
Decks 643.55
Decorative arts 745 
Denominations and Sects 280 
Depression 616.8527 
Depression glass 748.2075
Desert Storm 956.7043
Desktop publishing 070.5028
Developmental psychology 155 
Dictionaries, English. 423
Diets 613.2
Dinosaurs 567.91
Diseases 616 
Disneyworld 917.5924
Divorce 306.89
Dog racing 798.8
Dogs 636.7
Dolls 745.59 
Drama collections 808.82
Drama, American 812
Drama, British 822
Drawing 741
Dreams 135.3
Dried flowers 745.92
Drug abuse 362.29
Drugs (pharmacology) 615 
Drunk driving 363.1251
Dungeons & Dragons 793.73

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E

 

Earth science 550
Ecology 574.5 
Economics 330 
Education 370 
Elections 324
Electrical code 621.31924
Electrical wiring 621.31924
Electricity. 612.3
Electronics 621.38
Elementary education 372
Emotions 152.4 
Encyclopedias 031 
Engineering 620
English language 420
English literature 820 
Entrepreneurs 658.42
Environment 333 
Environmental problems 363.7
Essays, American 814
Essays, British 824
Ethics 170
Etiquette 395
European history 940
European travel 914.04
Euthanasia 179.7
 Evangelism. 269.2
Evolution 575
Examination guides 378.1664 
Exercise 613.7 
Export marketing 658.848

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F

 

Families 306.85
Family living 646.78 
Family relationships 306.874
Farming 630
Fashion 391
Fashion design 746.92
Federal government 353
Feelings 152.4
Festivals 394.2
Fiction collections 808.83
Finance, personal 332.024
Finance, public 336 
Firearms 623.4
Fireplace building. 697.1 
Fish 597 
Fishing 799 
Flags 929.9
Flower arranging 745.92
Flower gardening 635.9
Folklore 398
Food supply 363.8
Football. 796.332
Foreign policy 327.7
Frank, Anne 940.53492
French history 944
French language 440 
French literature 840
Fruit trees 634
Funerals 393
Furniture and accessories 749
Furniture refinishing 684.1043

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G

 

Galleries 708
Garden furniture 645.8
Gardening 635
Gay rights 306.766
GED test guides 373.1264
Genealogy 929.1
Geography 910
Geology 551
Geometry 516
German history 943
German language 430
Germanic literature 830
Go-carts 796.72
God (Christianity) 231
Golf 796.352
Government 320
Government systems 321
Graphic arts 760
GRE guides 378.1664 
Greek language 480
Greenhouse effect 551.6
Grooming, personal 646.7
Ground transportation 388
Guitar music 787.61
Gun control 363.33
Guns 683.4
Gynecology 618.1

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H

 

Hair styles 646.724 
Handicrafts 745.5
Handwriting analysis 155.282 
Hazardous materials 363.17
Headache 616.047
Health 613
Heart disease 616.12
Heating 697
Higher education 378
Hinduism 294.5
Holidays 394
Home decoration 747
Home economics 640
Home health care 649.8
Home repair 643.7
Homicide 364.152
Horses 636.1
Hotels 647
House buying 643
House cleaning 648
House painting 698
House plans 728.37 
House plants 635.965 
Household appliances 643.6
Houses 728
Housing 363.5
Humanism 144
Humor 817
Hunting 799.2

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I

 

Income tax 336.24
Indoor games 793/794
Infant care 649.122
Infant health 613.0432
Insects 595.7 
Insurance 368
Interior decorating 747
International business 338.88
International economics 337
International relations 327
Interpersonal relations 158.2
Inventions 608
Investing 332.6
Iran-Iraq War 955.054
Iraq-Kuwait crisis 956.7
Islam 297
Italian history 945
Italian language 450

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J-K

 

Japanese art 709.52 
Japanese literature 895.6
Jesus Christ 232
Jokes 808.882
Journalism 070
Judaism 296
Judiciary 347.7
Karate 796.815
Kitchen remodeling 643.3 
Kites 629.133 
Knitting 746.43
Korean War 951.9

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L

 

Labor 331
Land Economics 333
Land warfare 356
Landlord and tenants 346.0434
Landscape architecture 712
Languages (other) 490
Large appliance repair 683.88
Latin language 470
Law 340
Lawn mower repair 631.35 
Lawns 635.964
Legislative process 328
Letters, American 816
Library and Inf. Sciences 020
Librettos, musical 782.14
Librettos, opera 782.10268
Lighting 621.32
Literary criticism 809
Literature, English 820
Literature, French 840.9 
Literature, Italian 850
Literature, Spanish 860
Living wills 344.04197
Log homes 690.87 
Logic 160

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M

 

Mammals 599
Management 658
Manufacturing 670
Maps 912
Marijuana abuse 362.295
Marketing 658.8
Marriage 306.8
Martial arts 796.815
Mathematics 510
Medical care 362.1 
Medical ethics 174.2
Medicine 610
Medicine, diseases 616
Medicine, drugs 615
Medicine, social issues 362.1
Meditations 242
Memory 153.1
Mental illness 362.2
Metalwork 739
Middle Eastern history 956
Military science 355
Motion pictures 791.43
Motorcycle repair. 629.287
Multiple personality 616.85236
Museums 708
Music 780
Music history 780.9
Musical instruments 786/788
Mythology, Greek and Roman 292

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N-O

 

Names 929.4
National parks 917.3
Native American literature 897
Natural religion 210
Naval warfare 359
Needlework 746.4
New Testament. 225
News media 070
Nintendo 794.82
North American travel. 917.304 
Notary public 347.7316
Obstetrics 618.2
Occultism and supernatural 133
Old Testament 221
Opera music 782.1
Organizations 060
Oriental philosophy 181
Origami 736.98

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P

 

Painting and paintings 750
Paleontology 560
Paper crafts 745.54
Paper manufacturing 676
Paper money 769.55 
Parapsychology 133
Parenting 649.1
Parrakeets 636.686
Parrots 636.686 
Parties 793.2 
Patents 608
Patio building 643.55
Patio design 721.84
Persian Gulf crisis 956.7043
Personal grooming 646.7
Personnel 658.3 
Pets 636.08
Pharmacology 615
Philosophy 100
Photography 779
Physical fitness 613.7
Physics 530
Piano 786.2
Piano music 786.2026
Piano purchasing 786.21
Planets 523.4
Plays, American 812
Plays, British 822
Plumbing 696.1
Poetry 808.1 
Poetry collections 808.81
Poetry, American 811
Poetry, English 821
Police 363.2
Political campaigns 324.6 
Political Parties 324
Politics 320
Pollution 363.73
Population 304.6
Porches 643.55
Portuguese language 460
Postage stamps 383
Poultry (raising) 636.5
Prayers 242
Pregnancy 618
Preschool education 372.21
Prescription drugs 615.1
Preserves, jam 641.852
Prisons 365
Probate 346.052
Production 338
Prophecies 133.3 
Psychiatric disorders 616.8 
Psychology 150
Psychology, adult 155.6
Psychology, child 155.4
Psychology, individual 155.2
Psychology, sex 155.3
Psychology, young Adult 155.5
Public administration 351/354
Public safety 363.1
Publishing 070

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Q-R

 

Quotations 808.88
Rabbits (raising) 636.932
Racial, ethnic groups 305.8 
Radio (ham) 621.38416
Radio broadcasting 791.44 
Railroads 385
Rape 364.153
Rape victims 362.883 
Rare books 090
Real estate 333.33
Real estate law 346.0437 
Recycling 363.7282333
Religion, Christian 201/289
Religion, non-Christian 290
Reptiles 597.9 
Resumes 650.14
Retirement 646.79
Revolutionary war 973.3
Royalty 305.522
Russian history 947
Russian literature 891.7

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S

 

Sailing 797.124
Saints 282.092
Sales 658.8
Satanism 133.422 
Satire 817
School Children 305.234
School management 371
Science and religion 215
 Science experiments 507.8
Scores (musical) 782.14026 
Sculpture 730
Seashells 594.047
Secondary education 373
Self help 158.1
Septic systems. 628.114 
Sewing 646.2 
Sex education 649.65
Sex psychology 155.3 
Sex roles 305.3
Sexual institutions 306.7
Shakespeare 822.33
Shipbuilding 623.82 
Ships 387.2 
Shrubs 635.976 
Skiing 796.93
Skin diving 797.23
Slavery 326
Small appliance repair 643.6
Small business 658.022
Small engine repair 621.434 
Smoking 613.85
Smoking addiction 362.296
Soccer 796.334
Social problems & services 360
Sociology 301
Solar system 523.2 
Songbooks 782.42
South American history 980
South American travel 918.04
Space travel 629.4
Spanish language 460
Special education 371.9
Spies 327.1
Sports 796
Sports medicine 617.1027
Stamp collecting 769.56
Statistics 310
Steroids 615.77 
Storytelling 027.6251
Stress 155.9042
Style manuals 808.02
Subconscious 154
Substance abuse 362.29 
Suicide 362.28
Summer homes. 728.7
Surgery 617
Swimming and diving 797.2

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T

 

Tax law 343.04 
Taxation 336.2
Teenage pregnancy 304.63
Television 791.4
Tenants' rights 346.0434
Tennis 796.342
Terrorism 303.625
Textile arts 746
Thanksgiving 394.268 
Theater 792
Theology 230
Thesauri 423.1 
Thread count 746.44
Tie dyeing 746.6 
Time 115
Toasts 808.5
Toilet training 649.62
Track 796.42
Transportation 380
Travel African 916.04
Travel, Asian 915.04
Travel, European 914.04
Travel, North American 917
Travel, South American 918
Travel, U.S 917.3 
Trees 634
Trivia 031.02
Truck repair 629.287
Tuberculosis 616.995
Typing 652.3

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U-V

 

UFO'S 001.942
United Nations 341.23
Vegetable gardening 635
Veterans 362.86
Veterinary medicine 636.089
Vietnam War 959.704
Vocal Music 782
Voodoo 133.4

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W-Z

 

Walt Disney World 917.5924
Water pollution 363.739
Water sking 797.35
Water supply 363.61
Water wells 628.11
Weather forecasting 551.63
Wedding customs 392.5
Wedding music 781.587 
Wedding plans 395
Wedding showers 793.2
Weight lifting 613.713
Welfare 362.5
Wildflower growing 635.967
Wildflower identification 582.13
Wills 346.054
Wine 641.22
Wine making 663.2 
Witchcraft 133.4
Women 305.4
Woodworking 684.08
Word processing 652.5
World history 909
World War I 940.3
World War II 940.53
Worship 248.3
Writing research papers 808.02 
Young adults (Aged 12-20) 305.235
Zoology 591

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