Dewey Decimal System

000 - 099General Works

•Encyclopedias

•Magazines

•newspapers

•almanacs

100 - 199Philosophy

•Death & Dying

•Ethics

•Feelings

•Logic

•Making Friends

•Optical Illusions

•Superstitions

•The Unexplained

200 - 299Religion

•Religions

•Bible Stories

•World Religions

•Denominations

300 - 399Social Sciences

•Laws

•Governments

•Fairy Tales

•Folktales

•Customs

398.2 – Fairy Tales

400 - 499Language

•Dictionaries

•Grammar

•Foreign Languages

(Spanish, French, etc.)

500 - 599Science

•Rocks

•Animals

•Insects

•Mathematics

•Solar System

600 - 699Technology

•How things work

•Cooking

•Pet care

•How roads are made

•Farming

700 - 799Fine Arts

•Painting

•Photography

•Arts and crafts

•Sports

•Music

800 - 899Literature

•Poems

•Plays

•Short Stories

900 - 999History and Geography

•History

•Travel

•Geography

•Atlases

BiographyB

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

920A 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.

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