Dewey
Decimal System Outline
The following simple outline will be my template for organizing my website entries. You can find much more detailed information about the Dewey Decimal System at their website and you can find more precise guidelines for classifying everything from books to videos. I do not have catalogers blood in my veins, so I will not strictly adhere to the detailed version of DDS. I might place an entry of mine in two different locations if the exact location is not clear.
http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/webdewey/
Class 000 is the most general
class, and is used for works not limited to any one specific
discipline, e.g., encyclopedias, newspapers, general
periodicals. This class is also used
for certain specialized disciplines that deal with knowledge
and information, e.g.,
computer science, library and information science,
journalism. Each of the other main
classes (100 - 900) comprises a major discipline or group of
related disciplines.
Class 100 covers philosophy, paranormal phenomena, and psychology.
Class 200 is devoted to
religion. Both philosophy and religion deal with the ultimate
nature of existence and relationships, but religion treats
these topics within the context of
revelation, deity, and worship.
Class 300 covers the social
sciences. Class 300 includes sociology, anthropology,
statistics, political science, economics, law, public
administration, social problems and
services, education, commerce, communications,
transportation, and customs.
Class 400 comprises language,
linguistics, and specific languages. Literature, which is
arranged by language, is found in 800.
Class 500 is devoted to the
natural sciences and mathematics. The natural sciences (500)
describe and attempt to explain the world in which we live.
Class 600 is technology.
Technology consists of utilizing the sciences to harness the
natural world and its resources for the benefits of
humankind.
Class 700 covers the arts: art
in general, fine and decorative arts, music, and the
performing arts. Recreation, including sports and games, is
also classed in 700.
Class 800 covers literature, and
includes rhetoric, prose, poetry, drama, etc. Folk
literature is classed with customs in 300.
Class 900 is devoted to history
and geography. When a work is a story of events that
have transpired or an account of existing conditions in a
particular place or region, it is
classed in 900. A history of a specific subject is classed
with the subject.
January 16th, 2007