Dewey Decimal Classifications

The Dewey Decimal System is named after Melvil Dewey, a librarian who lived in the late 1800s. Libraries use the Dewey Decimal System to keep books that are on the same subject together in one spot in the library, so that if you're looking for information about gardening, for example, you only have to look one place.

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Here are some of the common Dewey Decimal classifications we use at Fort Smith Public Library:

Common Dewey Numbers

	004 Computers	635 Gardening
	030 Encyclopedias	636 Pets
	100 Philosophy	641 Cooking
	150 Psychology	643 Home Repair
	200 Religion	649 Child Rearing
	290 Non-Christian religions	650 Business
	300 Social Sciences	650.14 Job Searching
	330 Economics	690 Building
	340 Law	700 Arts
	355 Military Science	710 Landscaping
	360 Social problems	720 Architecture
	364 Crime, criminals	745 Arts & Crafts
	370 Education	750 Painting & Paintings
	390 Customs, Etiquette & Folklore	780 Music
	394.2 Holidays	790 Sports
	400 Language	810 American Literature
	510 Mathematics	811 American Poetry
	550 Earth Sciences	820 English Literature
	560 Fossils, Dinosaurs	821 English Poetry
	590 Animals, Birds, Insects	910 Geography & Travel
	610 Medical Sciences	914 Travel - Europe
	618 Pregnancy	917 Ancient World History
	623 Guns, Ships, Airplanes	940 European History
	629 Cars, Car Repair	940.5 World War II
		950 Asian History
		959.7 Vietnam History
		973 American History

This Page Last updated: 22 February 2002