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1 Dewey Decimal System A system used in libraries for organizing nonfiction works into categories.

2 000-099 General Works 001.9 Weird Stuff like UFO & Loch Ness Monster
001.6 Computers 004 The Internet 020 Libraries 060 Museums 070 Newspapers

3 100-199 Philosophy & Psychology
133.1 Ghosts 133.5 Astrology 152.1 Optical Illusions 152.4 Feelings 158 Friendship

4 200-299 Religion & Mythology 200 Bible Stories 280 Christianity
Roman Mythology 292 Greek Mythology Judaism Islam

5 300-399 Social Sciences 305.8 Native Americans 306 Families
307 Communities 320’s Government 330’s Careers Money Army & Navy  363 Environment Police Firemen Holidays Folklore Fairy Tales

6 400-499 Languages 419 Sign Language 423 Dictionaries 430 German
440 French 450 Italian 460 Spanish Russian 492 Hebrew Chinese Japanese

7 500-599 Math & Science 507.8 Science Experiments 510’s Math
520’s Planets & Stars 537 Electricity 549 Rocks & Minerals 551.2 Volcanoes 551.5 Weather 567.9 Dinosaurs 582 Trees 595.4 Spiders 595.7 Insects Fish 597.3 Sharks 597.6 Amphibians 597.9 Reptiles 598.2 Birds 599 Mammals 599.1 Platypus 599.2 Marsupials 599.3 Rodents, rabbits, anteaters 599.4 Bats 599.5 Whales & dolphins 599.6 Elephants 599.7 Carnivores 599.8 Primates

8 600-699 Applied Science (Technology)
635 Gardening 636.1 Horses 636.2 Cows & llamas 636.3 Sheep & goats 636.4 Pigs 636.5 Poultry 636.7 Dogs 636.8 Cats 636.9 Rabbits, Gerbils 641.5 Cookbooks 600 The way things work 608 Inventions 610’s The body 623 Boats 625 Trains 629’s Vehicles: Airplanes, Helicopters, Cars, Trucks, Spacecraft

9 700-799 Arts & Recreation 741 How to draw 745.5 Crafts 784 Song books
792.8 Ballet 793.8 Magic Tricks 794  Games 796.2 Skateboarding Basketball Football Soccer Baseball Hockey Auto racing Martial Arts Snowboarding Horseback Riding

10 800-899 Literature 808 How to Write 808.81 Poetry Collections
Short Stories American Poetry Theater Jokes and Riddles

11 900-999 History, Geography, Biography
Shipwrecks Pirates & Explorers 912 Atlases Countries 917 United States Michigan 920 Biographies Flags 932 Ancient Egypt & Mummies 937 Roman History 938 Greek History 940 Middle Ages and Knights 973 US History 978 Cowboys & the Wild West 998 Arctic & Antarctica

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