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Liberty Municipal Library

Dewey Decimal System


000 – Generalities                                                                                              

010 – Bibliography                                                                                             
020 - Library & Information Sciences
030 - General Encyclopedic Works
040 -  Unassigned
050 - General Serials & their Indexes
060 - General Organizations & Museology
070 - News Media, Journalism, Publishing
080 - General Collections 
090 - Manuscripts & Rare Books 

100 - Philosophy & Psychology 
110 – Metaphysics                                                                                              
120 - Epistemology, Causation, Humankind
130 - Paranormal Phenomena 
140 - Specific Philosophical Schools 
150 – Psychology
160 – Logic
170 - Ethics (Moral Philosophy)
180 - Ancient, Medieval, Oriental Philosophy 
190 - Modern Western Philosophy

200 – Religion 
210 - Natural Theology
220 – Bible
230 - Christian Theology
240 - Christian Moral & Devotional Theology
250 - Christian Orders & Local Church 
260 - Christian Social Theology
270 - Christian Church History 
280 - Christian Denominations & Sects 
290 - Other & Comparative Religions 

300 - Social Sciences
310 - General Statistics 
320 - Political Science 
330 – Economics
340 – Law
350 - Public Administration
360 - Social Services
370 – Education
380 - Commerce, Communications, Transport 
390 - Customs, Etiquette, Folklore 

400 – Language
410 – Linguistics 
420 - English & Old English
430 - Germanic Languages (German)
440 - Romance Languages (French)
450 - Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romantic
460 - Spanish & Portuguese Languages
470 - Italic Languages (Latin) 
480 - Hellenic Languages (Classical Greek)
490 - Other Languages 

500 - Natural Sciences & Mathematics
510 – Mathematics
520 - Astronomy & Allied Sciences
530 - Physics 
540 - Chemistry & Allied Sciences
550 - Earth Sciences
560 - Paleontology/Paleozoology
570 - Life Sciences
580 - Botanical Sciences
590 - Zoological Sciences

600 - Technology (Applied Sciences)

610 - Medical Sciences (Medicine)
620 - Engineering & Allied Operations
630 - Agriculture
640 - Home Economics & Family Living
650 - Management & Auxiliary Services
660 - Chemical Engineering
670 – Manufacturing
680 - Manufacture for Specific Uses
690 – Buildings

700 - The Arts

710 - Civic & Landscape Art
720 – Architecture
730 - Plastic Arts  (Sculpture)
740 - Drawing & Decorative Arts
750 - Painting & Paintings
760 - Graphic Arts (Printing & Prints)
770 - Photography & Photographs
780 - Music
790 - Recreational & Performing Arts

800 - Literature

810 - American Literature in English
820 - English & Old English Literatures
830 – Literatures of Germanic Languages
840 - Literatures of Romance Languages
850 - Italian, Romania, Rhaeto-Romantic

860 - Spanish & Portuguese Literatures
870 - Italic Literatures (Latin)
880 - Hellenic Literatures (Classical Greek)
890 - Literatures of Other Languages

900 - Geography & History

910 - Geography & Travel
920 - Biography, Genealogy, Insignia)
930 - History of Ancient World
940 - General History of Europe
950 - General History of Asia (Far East)

960 - General History of Africa
970 - General History of North America
980 - General History of South America
990 - General History of Other Areas

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