DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

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Universal Decimal Classification System (UDC)

(Source: National Library and Information System Authority)

The following is a guide to the arrangement of Dewey Decimal categories and subcategories.

GENERAL CATEGORIES
000 GENERAL WORKS 100 PHILOSOPHY & PSYCHOLOGY 200 RELIGION 300 SOCIAL SCIENCES 400 LANGUAGE	500 NATUAL SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS 600 TECHNOLOGY 700 THE ARTS 800 LITERATURE & RHETORIC 900 GEOGRAPHY & HISTORY

SUBCATEGORIES
000 GENERAL WORKS 000 Generalities 010 Bibliography 020 Library & information sciences 030 General encyclopedic works 050 General serial publications 060 General organizations & museology 070 News media, journalism, publishing 080 General collections 090 Manuscripts & rare books	100 PHILOSOPHY AND 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 Philosophy & theory of religion 220 Bible 230 Christianity, christian theology 240 Christian moral & devotional theology 250 Christian orders & local church 260 Social & ecclesiastical theology 270 History of christianity & christian church 280 Christian denominations & sects 290 Comparative religion & other religions	300 SOCIAL SCIENCES 310 Collections of general statistics 320 Political science 330 Economics 340 Law 350 Public administration & military science 360 Social problems & services; association 370 Education 380 Commerce, communications, transportation 390 Customs, etiquette, folklore

400 LANGUAGE 410 Linguistics 420 English & Old English 430 Germanic languages German 440 Romanic languages French 450 Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic 460 Spanish & Portuguese languages 470 Italic languages Latin 480 Hellenic languages Classical Greek 490 Other languages	500 NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS 510 Mathematics 520 Astronomy & allied sciences 530 Physics 540 Chemistry & allied sciences 550 Earth sciences 560 Paleontology Paleozoology 570 Life sciences Biology 580 Plants 590 Animals

600 TECHNOLOGY (APPLIED SCIENCES) 610 Medical sciences Medicine 620 Engineering & allied operations 630 Agriculture & related technologies 640 Home economics & familly living 650 Management & auxiliary services 660 Chemical engineering 670 Manufacturing 680 Manufacture for specific uses 690 Buildings	700 THE ARTS - FINE AND DECORATIVE ARTS 710 Civic & landscape art 720 Architecture 730 Plastic arts Sculpture 740 Drawing & decorative arts 750 Painting & paintings 760 Graphic arts Printmaking & prints 770 Photography & photographs 780 Music 790 Recreational & performing arts

800 LITERATURE AND RHETORIC 810 American literature in English 820 English & Old English literatures 830 Literatures of Germanic languages 840 Literatures of Romance languages 850 Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic 860 Spanish & Portuguese literatures 870 Italic literatures Latin 880 Hellenic literatures Classical Greek 890 Literatures of other languages	900 GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY 910 Geography & travel 920 Biography, genealogy, insignia 930 History of ancient world to ca. 499 940 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

UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION (UDC)

The following is a guide to the arrangement of UDC categories and subcategories.

Main Classes

0	GENERALITIES
00	PROLEGOMENA. FUNDAMENTALS OF KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE
004	Computer science
005	Management
01	BIBLIOGRAPHY
02	LIBRARIANSHIP
030	ENCYCLOPAEDIAS. GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS
050	SERIAL PUBLICATIONS. PERIODICALS
06	ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
069	Museums
070	NEWSPAPERS. JOURNALISM
08	POLYGRAPHIES. COLLECTIVE WORKS
09	MANUSCRIPTS. RARE AND REMARKABLE WORKS
1	PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY
101	Nature and role of Philosophy
11	Metaphysics
13	Philosophy of mind and spirit
14	Philosophical systems
159.9	PSYCHOLOGY
16	Logic. Epistemology. Theory of knowledge
17	Moral Philosophy. Ethics
2	RELIGION. THEOLOGY
21	PREHISTORIC AND PRIMITIVE RELIGIONS
22	RELIGIONS OF THE FAR EAST
23	RELIGIONS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT. HINDUISM. JAINISM. SIKHISM
24	BUDDHISM
25	RELIGIONS OF ANTIQUITY. CULTS AND RELIGIONS
252	Religions of Mesopotamia
254	Religions of Iran
257	Religions of Europe
26	JUDAISM
27	CHRISTIANITY
271	Eastern Church
272/279	Western Church
272	Roman Catholic Church
274/278	Protestant Churches
28	ISLAM
282	Sunnite Islam
284	Shi'ite Islam
285	Babi-Baha'i
29	MODERN SPIRITUAL MOVEMENTS
3	SOCIAL SCIENCES
304	Social questions. Social practice.
308	Sociography. Descriptive studies of society
311	STATISTICS
314	DEMOGRAPHY
316	SOCIOLOGY
32	POLITICS
321	Forms of political organization. States as political power
323	Home affairs. Internal policy
324	Elections. Plebiscites. Referendums
327	International relations
328	Parliaments. Congresses. Representation of the people. Governments
329	Political parties and movements
33	ECONOMICS
331	Labour. Employment. Work. Labour economics. Organization of labour.
336	Finance
338	Economic policy. Management of the economy. Production. Services. Prices
339	Trade. Commerce. International economic relations. World economy
34	LAW. JURISPRUDENCE
341	International law
342	Public law. Constitutional law. Administrative law
343	Criminal law
343.9	Criminology
347	Civil law
35	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. GOVERNMENT
352/354	Levels of administration. Local, regional, central administration
355/359	MILITARY SCIENCE
36	SAFEGUARDING THE MENTAL AND MATERIAL NECESSITIES OF LIFE
364	SOCIAL WELFARE
368	Insurance. Sharing of risk
37	EDUCATION
371	Organization of educational and training system. School organization
374	Education and training out of school. Further education
378	Higher education. Universities. Academic study
379.8	Leisure
39	ETHNOGRAPHY. FOLKLORE
391	Costume
392	Customs, manners, usage in private life
393	Death. Treatment of corpses. Funerals. Death rites
394	Public life. Social life. Life of the people
395	Social ceremonial. Etiquette. Good manners
398	Folklore in the strict sense.
396	FEMINISM
5	MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES
502/504	Environmental sciences. Conservation of natural resources.
51	MATHEMATICS
52	ASTRONOMY
528	Geodesy, Cartography
529	Chronology
53	PHYSICS
54	CHEMISTRY
548	Crystallography
549	Mineralogy
55	EARTH SCIENCES
551.5	Meteorology. Climatology
551.7	Stratigraphy
552	Petrology
553	Economic Geology
556	Hydrology
56	PALAEONTOLOGY
57	BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
572	Anthropology
573	General biology
574	Ecology
575	Genetics
576	Cytology
577	Biochemistry. Biophysics
578	Virology
579	Microbiology
58	Botany
59	Zoology
6	APPLIED SCIENCES. MEDICINE. TECHNOLOGY
60	Biotechnology
61	MEDICINE
619	Veterinary medicine
62	ENGINEERING
621	Mechanical Engineering
621.3	Electrical Engineering
621.38	Electronics
622	Mining
623	Military Engineering
624	Civil Engineering
625.1/.5	Railway Engineering
625.7/.8	Highway Engineering
626/627	Hydraulic Engineering
628	Public health Engineering
629	Vehicle Engineering
63	AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
630	Forestry
631/634	Farm Management. Plant Husbandry
635	Horticulture
636/638	Animal Husbandry
639	Hunting. Fishing
64	HOME ECONOMICS
641/642	Cookery
643/649	Household equipment and management
651	Office Management
654	Telecommunications
655	PRINTING. PUBLISHING. BOOK TRADE
656	TRANSPORT AND POSTAL SERVICES
657	Accountancy
659	Publicity. Advertising. Public Relations
66	CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
669	Metallurgy
67/68	INDUSTRIES, CRAFTS AND TRADES
69	BUILDING
7	THE ARTS
71	REGIONAL PLANNING
72	ARCHITECTURE
73	PLASTIC ARTS
74	DRAWING
745/749	APPLIED ARTS
75	PAINTING
76	GRAPHIC ARTS
77	PHOTOGRAPHY
78	MUSIC
79	RECREATION. ENTERTAINMENT. GAMES. SPORT
791	CINEMA. FILMS
792	THEATRE
793	Dance
794	Board and table games
796/799	SPORT
8	LANGUAGE. LINGUISTICS. LITERATURE
80	PHILOLOGY
81	LINGUISTICS
811	Individual languages
82	LITERATURE
821	Literature of individual languages
9	GEOGRAPHY. BIOGRAPHY. HISTORY
902	ARCHAEOLOGY
903	Prehistory
904	Cultural remains of historical times
908	AREA STUDIES
91	GEOGRAPHY
929	BIOGRAPHY
929.5	Genealogy
929.6	Heraldry
93/99	HISTORY
930	Science of history. Ancillary historical sciences
930.1	History as a science. Theory and philosophy of history
930.25	Archivistics. Archives. Public records
930.27	Epigraphy. Palaeography
94	GENERAL HISTORY
94(100)	History of the world
94(3)	History of the ancient world
94(4)	History of Europe
94(5)	History of Asia
94(6)	History of Africa
94(7/8)	History of the Americas
94(9)	History of Oceania, the Polar regions, Australasia

MOYS CLASSIFICATION SCHEME

The following is a guide to the arrangement of Moys Calssification Scheme used by Law Libraries. Moys numbers begin with the letter K. They are arranged by alphabetical and followed by numerical order.

K-KE: General Law
K	Journals and Reference Books
KA	Jurisprudence
		KA10 - General works KA20 - Legal concepts KA35 - Justice KA40 - Legal theories KA60 - Sociology of Law
KB	General and Comparative Law
		KB15 - Biography KB65 - Famous trials KB100 - Comparative law
KC	International Law
		KC100 - Public international law KC200 - Human rights KC210 - International criminal law KC2000 - Private international law
KD	Religious Legal Systems
KE	Ancient and Medieval Law
KF-KN: Common Law and Treatises
KF	British Isles
KG	Canada, U.S.A.
KH	Australia and New Zealand
KJ	West Indies
KL	General
		KL40 - Dictionaries KL82 - Legal ethics KL93 - Advocacy KL133 - Legal Skills KL155 - Legal research KL161 - Law reform
KM	Public Law
		KM208 - Equal opportunities KM300 - Administrative law KM336 - Taxation law KM500 - Criminal law KM570 - Criminal Justice System KM587 - Sentences
KN	Private Law
		KN10 - Contract KN30 - Tort KN50 - Property KN94 - Environmental law KN96 - Planning KN110 - Inheritance and succession KN111 - Intellectual property KN152.2 - Women and law KN170 - Family law KN176 - Children KN185 - Law and medicine KN190 - Employment law KN200 - Equity KN250 - Business law KN261 - Corporation law KN266 - Trade practices KN280 - Sale of goods KN284 - Consumer protection KN298.6 - Dispute resolution KN300 - Banking and finance KN350 - Procedure KN390 - Evidence KN395.1 - Remedies
KP-KW: Other Modern Legal Systems
KR	Africa
KS	Latin America
KT	Asia and Pacific KV - Europe
KW	European Community
KZ	Non-Legal subjects