The Dewey Decimal Classification system is a one way of categorizing books in a library by subject matter. It is a number system using groupings of ten and it was created by Melvil Dewey in 1876 .
The ten main classes of the Dewey Decimal system are as follows:
000 – Computer science, information, and general works, encyclopaedias
100 – Philosophy and psychology, books on feeling, how to study, thoughts & ideas200 – Religion
300 – Social sciences, government, laws, folklore, holidays, fairy tales
400 – Language, English grammar, foreign languages
500 – Science, mathematics, astronomy, earth, planets, birds, plants, wild animals
600 – Technology - cars, space ships, cooking, how to make things, care of pets, medicine
700 – Arts and recreation, drawing, photography, painting, music, games, sports
800 – Literature, poems, plays
900 – History and geography , travel, countries
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