Crile Library Basics: Dewey Decimal System

Dewey Decimal System

• 000 General Knowledge
  Almanacs, Encyclopedias, Libraries, Museums, Newspapers

• 100 Psychology and Philosophy 
  Death & 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, Movies, Music, Puppets, Songbooks, Sports

• 800 Literature 
  Children's Literature, Plays, Poetry, Shakespeare, Writing

• 900 Geography and History 
  Biographies, Countries, Native Americans, States, Travel, Wars