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Dewey Decimal System

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Category

General Knowledge

Psychology/Philosophy (The Mind)

Religion

Social Studies

Languages

Mathematics & Observed Sciences

Applied Scienced & Technology

Arts & Recreation

Literature

History & Geography

  • Asia, Africa, and Europe

  • North & South America, Australia, & Antarctica

Guiding Questions

How do I find information that I'm curious about?

Who am I? How do I see the world?

What do I believe in? What do others believe?

How do people live & work together? How do cultures share ideas?

How do we communicate with each other?

What is our world like? How do we explain things with numbers?

How can we make the world useful to us?

What do we enjoy creating or doing for fun?

What do we enjoy writing? How can we appreciate the art of writing?

Which people and places are part of our past?

What can we learn about all of the places in the world?

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List of Common Nonfiction Topics:


  • 000 – Unsolved Curiosities, Libraries, and General Information

  • 100 – Emotions and Feelings

  • 133 – Spooky Things: Ghosts & Haunted Houses

  • 200 – Religions and Myths

  • 300 – People and What They Do

  • 320 Government

  • 330 – Economics and Money

  • 340 – U.S. Constitution

  • 350 – Military

  • 370 – School

  • 394 – Holidays

  • 398 – Folktales and Fairy Tales

  • 398 – Princess Stories

  • 400 – Languages

  • 500 – Math and Science

  • 520 – Space & Planets

  • 530 & 540 – Experiments

  • 550 – Earth Science and Weather

  • 567 – Dinosaurs

  • 577 – Habitats

  • 580 – Plants

  • 590 – Animals

  • 595 – Crustaceans, Spiders, and Insects

  • 597- Vertebrates: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Lizards, and Snakes

  • 598 – Birds

  • 599 – Ocean Mammals

  • 599 – Land Mammals

  • 599.75– Wild Cats

  • 599 .77– Wild Dogs

  • 599.775 – Foxes 🦊

  • 600 – Health, Technology, and Building

  • 610 – Health and Medicine

  • 620 – Machines and Vehicles

  • 636 – Pets, including Horses, Dogs, and Cats

  • 641 – Cookbooks & Food

  • 700 – Art, Music, Fun, and Making

  • 740 – Drawing & Crafts

  • 741.5 – Graphic Novels*

  • 780 – Music

  • 793 – I Spy, Puzzles, Games, and Magic Tricks

  • 796 to 798 – Sports

  • 796 – Football

  • 796 – Soccer

  • 796 – Baseball and Softball

  • 796 – Basketball

  • 799 – Hunting & Fishing

  • 800 – Poetry and Writing

  • 808 – Children's Literature*

  • 818 – Jokes & Riddles

  • 900 – Geography and History

  • 910 – RMS Titanic

  • 920 – Biographies*

  • 930 – Ancient History or Very Long Ago

  • 940 – Europe and World Wars I & II

  • 950 – Asia

  • 960 – Africa

  • 971 – Canada

  • 972 – Mexico and Central America

  • 973 to 979 – United States History

  • 973 – American Colonies

  • 973 – American Revolution

  • 973 – U.S. Civil War

  • 974 – Florida History

  • 980 – South America

  • 990 – Australia, the Arctic & Antarctica

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