The Dewey Decimal System of Classification helps you know how to find a nonfiction area to browse without asking for help. Nonfiction has 10 main Dewey categories.
Please note: Biographies are separate from the books with Dewey classification numbers, and are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the person the book is written about.
Fiction books are also separate, and are shelved alphabetically by the last name of the author.
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Each category has 10 levels.
000 Generalities (Encyclopedias, etc.)
010 Bibliography
020 Library and information sciences
030 General encyclopedic works
040 (unassigned)
050 General serials and their indexes
060 General organizations and museology
070 News media, journalism and publishing
080 General collections
090 Manuscripts and rare books
100 Philosophy & Psychology
110 Metaphysics
120 Epistemology, causation and humankind
130 Paranormal phenomena
140 Specific philosophical schools
150 Psychology
160 Logic
170 Ethics (Moral philosophy)
180 Ancient, medieval and Oriental philosophy
190 Modern Western philosophy
200 Religion
210 Natural theology
220 Bible
230 Christian theology
240 Christian moral and devotional theology
250 Christian orders and local church
260 Christian social theology
270 Christian church history
280 Christian denominations and sects
290 Other and comparative religions
300 Social Sciences
310 General statistics
320 Political science
330 Economics
340 Law
350 Public administration
360 Social services and association
370 Education
380 Commerce, communications and transport
390 Customs, etiquette and folklore
400 Language
410 Linguistics
420 English and Old English
430 Germanic languages, German
440 Romance languages, French
450 Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic
460 Spanish and Portuguese languages
470 Italic languages, Latin
480 Hellenic languages, Classical Greek
490 Other languages
500 Natural Sciences & Mathematics
510 Mathematics
520 Astronomy and allied sciences
530 Physics
540 Chemistry and allied sciences
550 Earth sciences
560 Paleontology and Paleozoology
570 Life sciences
580 Botanical sciences
590 Zoological sciences
600 Applied Sciences & Technology
610 Medical sciences and Medicine
620 Engineering and allied operations
630 Agriculture
640 Home economics and family living
650 Management and auxiliary services
660 Chemical engineering
670 Manufacturing
680 Manufacture for specific uses
690 Building
700 The Arts
710 Civic and landscape art
720 Architecture
730 Plastic arts and sculpture
740 Drawing and decorative arts
750 Painting and paintings
760 Graphic arts, printmaking and prints
770 Photography and photographs
780 Music
790 Recreational and performing arts
800 Literature
810 American literature In English
820 English and Old English literatures
830 Literatures of Germanic languages
840 Literatures of Romance languages
850 Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic
860 Spanish and Portuguese literatures
870 Italic literatures, Latin
880 Hellenic literatures, Classical Greek
890 Literatures of other languages
900 Geography & History
910 Geography and travel
920 Biography, genealogy and 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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If you have any questions. please contact a librarian at the Hampton Public Library at 757-727-1154.
