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What are the classifications in the dewey decimal classification?
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The Dewey decimal classification system's 10 major categories are:
000 Generalities
100 Philosophy and Psychology
200s - Religion
300s - Social Sciences
400s - Language / Linguistics
500s -Pure Sciences & Mathematics
600s - Technology (Applied Sciences)
700s - Arts & Recreation
800s - Literature
900s - Geography & History
92-biography F-fiction
Each "hundred" is divided into ten divisions, and each "ten" into single digits and decimals, as the topics become more specific. There are a number of protocols used to assign Dewey numbers, which fill 4 volumes in the latest edition of DDC.
Great link for far more detail
http://www-lib.nearnorth.edu.on.ca/dewey/ddc.htm
Charlene Schinner
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