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Biography

CD

Compact Disc

CDROM

CD-ROM

CT

Audiocassette Tape

DVD

DVD

E

Easy Fiction and Nonfiction

eAUDFILE

Downloadable audiobooks (Overdrive, Recorded Books)

eAUDFILE J

Juvenile downloadable audiobooks (Overdrive, Recorded Books)

eAUDIO

Electronic spoken books (Playaway, Audible)

eAUDIO J

Juvenile electronic spoken books (Playaway, Audible)

EB

Easy Biography

eBOOK

Downloadable electronic books

eBOOK J

Juvenile electronic books

ECD

Easy Compact Disc

ECT

Easy Audiocassette Tape

eMUSIC

Downloadable recorded music

eSERIAL

Online periodicals

ESL

English as a Second Language

eVideo

Downloadable videorecordings

FIC

General Adult Fiction

J

Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction

J SCO

Juvenile Score

JB

Juvenile Biography

JCD

Juvenile Compact Disc

JCDROM

Juvenile CD-ROM

JCT

Juvenile Audiocassette Tape

JDVD

Juvenile DVD

JLP

Juvenile Large Print

JR

Juvenile Reference

JVT

Juvenile Videocassette Tape

LP

Large Print

M

Mystery

MC

Microfiche

MF

Microfilm

PER

Periodicals

R

Reference

R SCO

Reference Score

ROM

Romance

S

Science Fiction

SCO

Musical Score

VF

Vertical File

VG

Videogame

VT

Videocassette Tape

W

Western

Y

Teen Fiction and Nonfiction

YB

Teen Biography

YCD

Teen Compact Disc

YCT

Teen Audiocassette Tape

YGN

Teen Graphic Novel

YLP

Teen Large Print

YM

Teen Mystery

YR

Teen Reference

YS

Teen Science Fiction

YW

Teen Western

000-099

Computer science, information, and general works.

100-199

Philosophy & psychology: philosophy, parapsychology and occultism, and psychology.

200-299

Religion.

300-399

Social sciences: sociology, anthropology, statistics, political science, economics, law, public administration, social problems and services, education, commerce, communications, transportation, customs, folklore, and fairy tales.

400-499

Language: grammars, linguistics, dictionaries, in all languages.

500-599

Science: mathematics, astronomy, geology, botany, and zoology.

600-699

Technology: health and medicine, engineering, agriculture, home economics, management, manufacturing, and construction.

700-799

Arts & recreation: fine and decorative arts, music, the performing arts, sports, and games.

800-899

Literature: drama, poetry and essays, in all languages.

900-999

History & geography: travel in 910-919; genealogy in 929.

Biography

Lives of individuals; arranged alphabetically by the subject’s last name.

Fiction

Grouped separately in fiction, arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name.

B

Band (Discontinued 4-99; now BA)

BA

Band. (Formerly B) Military and concert bands, orchestral marches, bagpipes & drums, circus music. Big band in PJ.  

BL

Ballet

CH

Chamber Music. Solos to nonets; trio sonatas (Solos & duos formerly in IN). Keyboard music in K.

CO

Concertos.  For orchestra & solo instrument(s)

CR

Contemporary Religious. Christian pop & rock, gospel, hymns, spirituals.  Gregorian and other Christian chant, masses & oratorios classed in VC; sacred music from other traditions in PFA to PFW.

CS

Children’s Songs.  General music produced for children; lullabies. Also in other categories by subject emphasis, as appropriate. (Spoken with some music in Dewey)

E

Electronic (Classical). Computer and electro-acoustic; also mechanical, calliope, music boxes. Pop synthesizer music in PE.

H

Holidays. Sacred & secular special occasions (Christmas, Halloween, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa), family & national events (birthdays, weddings, national anthems, Olympic games)

IN

Instrumental. Solo & duo.  Discontinued 4-99; now in CH

K

Keyboard. Classical piano, harpsichord, organ, piano rolls.  Concertos in CO; popular keyboard in NA or P categories, as appropriate.

M

Musicals/Movies. Original cast recordings and movie versions of musicals; movie music. Soundtracks of documentaries and TV programs about particular musical styles are found with that style. Spoken dialogue with some music in Dewey.

NA

New Age. Predominantly instrumental pop with melodic repetition & harmonic stability; producing inner calm, as used with meditation; soothing acoustic or electronic sounds.

OR

Orchestral. Performed by chamber, full or string orchestras; orchestral excerpts from operas; overtures, rhapsodies, serenades, suites, symphonic dances, tone poems. See also CO & SY; pop in P categories, as appropriate; dance orchestra in PJ.

PB

Blues. Vocal or instrumental. Formerly classed in PJ.

PC

Country. Bluegrass, country & western, old-time, western swing.  Country-folk & cowboy songs in PFN.

PD

Dance. Discontinued 4-99; now found in P categories under appropriate region or style.

PE

Electronica. (Formerly in PR) Principally instrumental; ambient, breakbeat, club dance, house, industrial, jungle/drum ‘n’ bass, pop electronic & pop synthesizer, progressive, techno, trance, trip-hop, underground dance. Progressive & trance rock in PR.

PF

Folk and World Music. Classical & pop, contemporary & traditional, from all geographic regions around the world. Discontinued 4-99; now classed in PFA to PFW & PG.

PFA

Africa

PFC

Caribbean.  Includes Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica (reggae, ska), Trinidad. Formerly classed in PR & PF.

PFE

East Asia. Includes Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia east of the Ural Mountains, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam.

PFL

Latin America. Central & South America; Mexico.

PFM

Middle East. Includes Egypt, Israel, Turkey.

PFN

North America. Traditional & contemporary folk music of the U.S. and Canada, including ethnic & regional music, Cajun & zydeco, cowboy songs, Native American, political/protest songs. Music from Mexico in PFL. 

PFP

Pacific. Includes Australia, Hawaii, Micronesia, New Zealand, Tahiti.

PFS

South Asia. Includes Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. 

PFU

Europe.  Western & Eastern Europe, including Greece, & Russia west of the Ural Mountains.

PFW

World Music. Compilations spanning two or more PF classifications; geographically dispersed music such as klezmer & world beat.

PG

Celtic Music. Folk or tradition-oriented music of the Celtic homelands in Great Britain, Ireland, France and Spain, as well as Celtic-derived music from North America, Australia, etc. Formerly in PF.

PH

Hip-Hop/Rap. Formerly in PR. Trip-hop in PE, rapcore in PR.

PJ

Jazz. Vocal or instrumental; big band, bop, fusion, Latin, ragtime, swing. Blues now in PB.

PP

Pop. Vocal or instrumental; contemporary popular, popular standards, barbershop quartets.

PR

Rock. Alternative, doo-wop, funk, goth, jump-blues, indie, rapcore, rock 'n' roll, rhythm & blues, soft/folk rock, soul, trance rock, urban.

SY

Symphonies. Orchestral compositions, usually with 3 or 4 contrasting movements. Suites and serenades classed in OR.

V

Vocal. Classical solo voice with or without accompaniment, small vocal ensembles.

VC

Choral. Multi-movement works for chorus, or chorus & soloists, with or without accompaniment; cantatas, Gregorian & other chants, madrigals, masses, motets, oratorios.  Formerly VCH.

VO

Opera. Complete and vocal excerpts, operettas. Orchestral excerpts only classed in OR. Formerly VOP.

WH

Wit & Humor. Humorous songs, parodies of specific music works or genres.

Z

Sounds. Sound effects, sounds of nature. Discontinued 4/99, now found in Dewey numbers.

Misc.

MA (Music Appreciation), SP (Spoken), and X (Instructional) were discontinued 4/99. Sound recordings formerly in these categories are now classed in Dewey with the appropriate format prefix (e.g., CD), as are these non-musical sound recordings: sound effects, spoken or chanted instructions over incidental musical accompaniment (e.g., workout/aerobic recordings), stories or poetry read over incidental musical accompaniment, plays with incidental music, and collections of spoken material and music in which the spoken material is predominant.

Collections of songs intended solely for learning a foreign language are considered instructional and are classed in Dewey.

Collections of music and spoken material in which the music is predominant (e.g., a juvenile sound recording that contains some stories but is mostly songs) are given the appropriate music sound recordings classification.