000-499
220
What is Religion
552
What is rocks and gems?
520
What is astronomy/planets/stars
636
What is pets?
818
What is jokes
Deweys First name
What is Melvil or Melville
001
What is aliens, bigfoot, monsters etc?
598
What is birds?
567
What is Dinosaurs/fossils?
612
What is the human body?
900
What is History?
Year created Dewey Decimal System
what is 1876
133
What is scary, ghosts, witches etc?
595
What is insects?
500
What is Science?
641
What is Cooking?
796
What is Sports?
the type of books can be found with Dewey decimals on the spine
What is Non Fiction
031
What is world records, facts, encyclopedias?
591
What is Animals?
590
What is animals?
629
What is vehicles?
921
What is biographies
number of the main classes (subjects)
What is 10
292
What is Mythology
597
What is cold blooded animals, fish etc?
580
What is plants?
616
what is diseases/ illnesses
973
What is Presidents
the college Dewey worked at
Amherst
355
What is military?
500
What is Science?
551
What is Earth Science?
743
What is drawing/crafts?
811
What is poetry?
before Dewey, books were arranged like this
Size, color, when added to library
394
What is holidays?
533
What is physics, magnets, light or sound (natural sciences?
523
What is solar system?
781
What is music
791
What is movies?
reason it is called the decimal system
There are decimals for some categories