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000GENERALITIES 


010 Bibliography 
020 Library & Information Sciences 
030 General encyclopedias 
040 (Not used)
050 General serials & their indexes 
060 General organizations & museology 
070 News media, journalism, publishing 
080 General collections 
090 Manuscripts & rare books 

100PHILOSOPHY & 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 

200RELIGION


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 

300SOCIAL SCIENCES


310 General statistics 
320 Political science 
330 Economics 
340 Law 
350 Public administration 
360 Social services; association 
370 Education 
380 Commerce, communications, transport 
390 Customs, etiquette, folklore 

400LANGUAGE 


410 Linguistics 
420 English & Old English 
430 Germanic languages / German 
440 Romance languages / French 
450 Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic 
460 Spanish & Portuguese languages 
470 Italic languages /  Latin 
480 Hellenic languages / Classical Greek 
490 Other languages 

500NATURAL 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 

600TECHNOLOGY (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 

700THE 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 

800LITERATURE & 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 

900GEOGRAPHY & HISTORY 


900 World 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 areastop of page