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    Dewey Decimal
    Classification System
    Library Website: www.central.wa.edu.au/library

    The Dewey Decimal Classification system is used in many libraries. The system divides the world’s knowledge
    into 10 main classes. Each class is then broken down into more specific categories. Below is the list of the 10
    main classes.
    000 GENERAL WORKS 610 Medical Sciences
    020 Library and Information Science 620 Engineering
    030 General Encyclopedias 630 Agriculture
    050 General Periodicals 640 Domestic Sciences
    060 General Organizations 650 Business and Management
    100 PHILOSOPHY 660 Chemical Technology
    110 Metaphysics 670 Manufacturers
    130 Psychology, occultism 690 Building Construction
    140 Philosophy 700 THE ARTS
    150 Psychology 710 Landscape and Civic Art
    160 Logic 720 Architecture
    200 RELIGION 730 Sculpture, Plastics
    220 The Bible 740 Drawing, Decorative Arts
    230 Christian Doctrine 750 Painting
    290 Comparative and Other Religions 760 Prints and Print Making
    770 Photography
    300 SOCIAL SCIENCES 780 Music
    310 Statistics 790 Recreation, Performing Arts
    320 Political Science
    330 Economics 800 LITERATURE
    340 Law 810 American Literature
    350 Public Administration 820 English Literature
    360 Social Welfare 830 German Literature
    370 Education 840 French Literature
    380 Public Service 850 Italian, Rumanian Literature
    390 Customs and Folklore 860 Spanish, Portuguese Literature
    870 Latin and Other Italic Literatures
    400 LANGUAGE 880 Classical and Modern Greek Literature
    410 Comparative Linguistics 890 Other Literature
    420 English and Anglo Saxon
    430 German Language 900 HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY
    440 French 910 Geography, Travel
    450 Italian, Rumanian 920 Biography, Genealogy
    460 Spanish, Portuguese 930 Ancient History
    470 Latin and Other Italic Languages 940 Europe
    480 Classical and Modern Greek 950 Asia
    490 Other Languages 960 Africa
    970 North America
    500 SCIENCE 980 South America
    510 Mathematics 990 Pacific Ocean Islands
    520 Astronomy 991 Indonesia
    530 Physics 993 New Zealand and Melanesia
    540 Chemistry 994 Australia
    550 Earth Sciences 995 New Guinea (Papua)
    560 Paleontology 996 Polynesia
    570 Life Sciences 997 Atlantic Ocean Islands
    580 Botanical Sciences 998 Arctic Region
    590 Zoological Sciences 999 Antarctic Regions
    600 TECHNOLOGY (APPLIED SCIENCES)

    © Central Institute of Technology 2010 Last Updated 30/04/10


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    What do the Numbers


    Mean?
    Library Website: www.central.wa.edu.au/library

    Books are arranged on the shelf using the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme. This system
    divides all knowledge into 10 broad classes and subdivides them into more specific subject groups
    as follows:

    000-099 General Works


    Computer Science 004 Internet 004.678
    Computer Programming 005.1 Library Science 020

    100-199 Philosophy
    Psychology 150 Logic 160 Ethics 170

    200-299 Religion

    300-399 Social Sciences


    Legislation 328 Economics 330 Industrial Relations
    331.1 Real Estate 333.33 Travel & Tourism 338.4791
    Law 340 Occupational Health & Safety 363.11

    400-499 Language
    Auslan 419 English 420 English Dictionaries 423
    English Graded Readers 428 German 430 French 440
    Italian 450 Spanish 460 Chinese 495.1 Japanese
    495.6 Indonesian 449.223

    500-599 Science

    600-699 Applied Science and Technology


    Business 650 Office Administration 651 Records
    Management 651.5 Accounting 657 Management
    658 Marketing 658.8 Advertising 659.1

    700-799 The Arts


    Fine Art History 709 Sculpture 730 Ceramics 738
    Jewellery 739.27 Drawing 740 Design and
    Decoration 745 Painting 750 Printmaking 760
    Photography 770 Cinema, Radio, Television 791.4

    800-899 Literature
    Communication & Writing Skills 808.066 English
    Literature 820 Australian Literature 829

    900-999 History, Travel, Biography


    World history 909 Asia - travel 915 Africa - travel
    916 North America - travel 917 Australia -travel 919
    Biography 920 History of Australia 994

    © Central Institute of Technology 2010 Last Updated 30/04/10

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