First Summary (The Ten Main Classes) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 000 : Computers, information, & general works | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 100 : Philosophy & psychology | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 200 : Religion | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 300 : Social sciences | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 400 : Language | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 500 : Science | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 600 : Technology | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 700 : Arts & recreation | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 800 : Literature | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 900 : History & geography | |||||||||||||||||||||
Second Summary (The Hundred Divisions)
500 : Science
| 510 : Mathematics
| 520 : Astronomy
| 530 : Physics
| 540 : Chemistry
| 550 : Earth sciences & geology
| 560 : Fossils & prehistoric life
| 570 : Life sciences; biology
| 580 : Plants (Botany)
| 590 : Animals (Zoology)
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| 580 : Plants (Botany) | 581 : Specific topics in natural history | 582 : Plants noted for characteristics & flowers | 583 : Dicotyledons | 584 : Monocotyledons | 585 : Gymnosperms; conifers | 586 : Seedless plants | 587 : Vascular seedless plants | 588 : Bryophytes | 589 : [Unassigned] |