Common Subjects

Common Subjects and Where They’re Found in Beebe Library

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A
Abolitionism 326
Abortion 363.46
Accounting 657
Acting 792.028
Actors and actresses 791.43, Biography
Acupuncture 615.8
ADD 649.15
Adoption 362.7
Advertising 659
Aerobics 613.7
Afghanistan 915.8, 958.104
Africa 916, 960s
African Americans 305.896
AIDS 362.1979, 616.9792
Aircraft 629.1
Alabama 917.6, 976.1
Alaska 917.98, 979.8
Alcoholism 362.2, 613.81, 616.86
Algebra 512
Allergies 616.2, 616.97, 618.9297
Almanacs Current editions at ReferenceDesk
Alzheimer’s disease 616.831
American Indians 970
American government 320s
American literature 810s
American Revolution 973.3
Amphibians 597.6
Anatomy 611
Ancient history 930s
Animals 590s
Anorexia nervosa 616.852
Antarctica 919.89, 999
Anthropology 573.2
Antiques 745.749
Anxiety 152.4, 616.85
Appliance repair 643, 683
Aquarium fish 639
Archaeology 913, 930
Architecture 720s
Arizona 917.91, 979.1
Arkansas 917.67, 976.7
Armor and uniforms 355.8, 623.4
The Army 355
Art & art history 700-779
Arthritis 616.722
Astrology 133.5
Astronomy 520s
Athletes 796-799
Atlases Reference 912
Attention deficit disorder 649.15
Australia 919.4, 994
Austria 914.36, 943.6
Autobiographies Mixed in with Biographies, but they have an “Autobiography” sticker on the spine
Automobile repair 629.28
Automobiles 629.2

B
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Baby names 929.4
Back problems 617.56
Ballet 792.8, 793.3
Ballroom dancing 793.33
Banking 332.1, 364.168
Bankruptcy 346.7307
Baseball 796.357
Basketball 796.32
Bathrooms 643.52, 747.78
Battered women 362.8, 364.15
Bed and breakfasts see individual state or country
Belgium 914.93, 949.3
Bermuda 917.29
Bibles and Bible studies 220s
Bicycle repair 796.6
Bicycling 796.6
Biographies at the end of the non-fiction (900s), shelved alphabetically by the last name of the person the book is about
Biology 570, 574
Birds 598.2
Birth 618
Birth control 613.94
Black history 305.896
Boating 623.8, 797.1
Body building 613.7, 796.41
Bonds 332.6323
Bonsai 635.9772
Book collecting 020
Boston 917.446, 974.46
Botany 581
Breast cancer 616.9944
Bridge 795.415
Bridges 388.13, 624.2
British Royal Family Biography Windsor Family, 941.085
Buddhism 294.3
Bulimia 616.852
Business 650s
Business law 346.73
Business management 658

C
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Calculus 515
California 917.94, 979.4
Calligraphy 745.6
Camping 796.79
Canada 917.1, 971
Cancer 362.19, 616.99
Canoeing 623.8, 797.122
Capital punishment 364.6
Car prices Consumer Shelf
Car repair manuals 629.2
Card games 795.4
Career guides Career Room
The Caribbean 917.29
Carpentry 694
Cars 629.2
Casino games 795
Catholicism 230-280
Cats 636.8
Central America 917.2, 972.8
Chemistry 540s
Chess 794.1
Child abuse 362.7
Child care 649
Child development 155.4, 649
Childbirth 618
China 915.1, 951
Chinese language 495.1
Cholesterol 641.563
Christianity 230-280
Christmas 394.2663
Christmas carols 783.6
Christmas crafts 745.594
Chronic fatigue 616.047
Circuses 791.3
Citizenship 323.6, 342.7308
Civil liberties 323.4, 342.73, 344
Civil Rights Movement 323.1
Civil War 973.7
Cliff Notes at the beginning of the 800s, arranged alphabetically by author’s last name
Clocks 681.1
Codependency 155.9
Coins and coin collecting 737
Collectibles 745
College guides Career Room 378
Colonial times 973.2
Colorado 917.88, 978.8
Comic strips 741.5
Composting 631.875
Computers & computer programs 001-006
Condos 333.33, 643.2
Connecticut 917.46, 974.6
The Constitution 342.7
Consumer information Consumer Shelf, next to the Reference Desk
Cookbooks 641-642
Copyright 346.7304
Costumes 391
Country Inns see individual state or country
Cover letters Career Room 650.14
Crafts 745.5
Crime 364
Crocheting 746.43
Cruise vacations 910.45
The Crusades 904.07, 940.18
Curtains 747.5
Czech Republic 914.37, 943.7

D
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Dance 792.8, 793.3
Death and Dying 128, 155.937
The death penalty 364.6
Decks 643.55, 690, 690.184, 690.8
Decorating 747
Delaware 917.51, 975.1
Denmark 914.89, 948.9
Dentistry 610.69, 617.6
Depression 616.8527
The Great Depression 338.54, 973.917
Dermatology 616.5
Desktop publishing 070.5, 686.2
Diabetes 616.462
Diabetes cookbooks 641.563
Dictionaries 420s, Reference 420s
Diets 613
Digestive problems 616.3
Dinosaurs 567
Disasters 551.2, 904
Disney World 917.59
Divorce 306.89, 346.7301
Divorce law 346.7601
Dogs 636.7
Dolls 745.592
Domestic violence 362.8292
Down’s syndrome 618.9285, 649.15
Draperies 747.5
Drawing 741, 743
Dream interpretation 154.6
Dressmaking 646.4
Drug abuse 362.29
Drugs (prescription & nonprescription) 615.1
Dutch language 439.31
Dysfunctional families 616.89
Dyslexia 649.15

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Eastern Europe 914.3, 947, 949.7, 949.8
Eating disorders 616.852
Ecology 333.7, 574.5
Economics 330
Education 370s
Egypt 916.2, 932, 962
Elderly 362.6, 646.7
Elections 324.703, 324.973
Electricity 621.31
Electronics 621.38
Embroidery 746.44
Employment Career Room 331.1, 650.14
Engine repair 621.4
Engineering 620s
England 914.2, 941-942
English language 420s
English as a foreign language 428
English literature 820s
English Royal Family Biography Windsor Family, 941.085
Environmental science 333.7, 574.5
Estate planning 346.7305
Ethnic cookbooks 641.59
Etiquette 395
Evolution 573.2
Exercise 613.7
Experiments, science 507.2
Explorers 909-910
Eye diseases 617.7

F
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Fairy tales 398.2
Family issues 306.8
Fashion design 391, 646.34, 741.672
Fashion history 391
Feminism 305.42
Feng shui 747.295
Festivals 394.2
Fiction Shelved downstairs, alphabetically by the author’s last name
Films and film stars 791.43
Financial aid Career Room 378.3
Financial management 332
Finland 914.89, 948.9
Firearms 623.4
Firefighting 363.37, 628.9
First aid 616.02
Fish 597
Fish as pets 639
Fishing 799.1
Fitness 613.7
Flags Reference 929.9
Flight 629.13
Florida 917.59, 975.9
Flower arranging 635.99, 745.92
Flower gardening 635.9
Folklore 398.2
Football 796.332
Foreign policy 327.73
France 914.4, 944
French language 440s
French literature 840s
Furniture design 749
Furniture repair 684.1

G
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Gambling 795
Games 790, 793-795
Gardening 635
Gay issues 306.7-306.9
GED Career 371.27
Genealogy 929.2
Genetics 573, 575.1
Geography 910
Geology 550s
Geometry 516
Georgia 917.58, 975.8
Germany 914.3, 943
German language 430s
German literature 830s
Ghosts 133.1, 398.4
Golf 796.352
Government 320s
Graphic arts 686.2, 760
Gravestones 230.59, 730, 736
Great Britain 914.2, 941-942
Greece 914.95, 938, 949.5
Greek language 480s
Greek literature 880s
Greek myths 291
Grief 155.937
Gulf War 956.704
Guns 623.4
Gun control 344.73, 363.33
Gynecology & obstetrics 618

H
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Handicrafts 745.5
Hawaii 919.69, 996.9
Headaches 616.8491
Health care 610-619
Heart disease 616.1
Heating 697
Hebrew language 492.4
Herb gardening 635.7
Hieroglyphics 493.1
Hiking 796.51, 917s
Hinduism 294.5
Historical fiction Mixed in with regular fiction collection
History (Africa) 960s
History (Asian) 950s
History (European) 940s
History (New England) 974
History (North American) 970s
History (South American) 980s
Hockey 796.962
Holidays 394
Holistic medicine 613, 615.532, 615.822, 616.08
Holland 949.2
The Holocaust 940.5318
Home building 643, 690, 728
Home remodeling 643, 684, 690s
Home repair 643, 684, 690s
Home schooling 371.042, 649.68
Homeopathic medicine 615.532
Homosexuality 306.7-306.9
Horses 636.1
House buying 333, 643
House plans 727
House plants 635.965
House remodeling 643, 684, 690s
Household hints 640, 640.2, 643.7
The human body 612
Humor 817
Hunting 799
Hyperactive children 649.15

I
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Ice hockey 796.962
Ice skating 796.9
Idaho 917.96, 979.6
Illinois 917.73, 977.3
Immigrants 304.8, 325, 342.73, 973.04
Incas 980, 984, 985
India 915.4, 954
Indiana 977.2
Indians of North America 970
Industrial Revolution 338.09, 942.07
Infertility 618.178
Inns see individual state or country
Insects 595.7
Insurance 368
Interior design 747
The Internet 004.6
Inventions 608-609
Investing 332
Iowa 917.77, 977.7
Iran 915.5, 955
Iraq 915.6, 956.7
Ireland 914.15, 941.5-941.9
Islam 297
Israel 915.69, 956
Italian language 450s
Italian literature 850s
Italy 914.5, 945

J
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Japan 915.2, 952
Japanese language 495.6
Jewelry 739.27
Job hunting Career Room 650.14
Job interviews Career Room 650.14
Journalism 070s
Judaism 296

K
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Kansas 917.81, 978.1
Karate 796.8
Kennedy assassination 364.1524
Kentucky 917.69, 976.9
Kitchens 643.3, 747.797
Knights 929.7, 940.1
Knitting 746.432
Korea 951.9
Korean War 951.9

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Labor movement 331
Landlord/tenant 333.54, 346.034, 346.7304, 346.794, 647.92
Landscaping 635.9, 712.6
Languages 400s
Latin language 470s
Latin literature 870s
Law 340s
Law schools Career Room 340
Lawn care 635.9, 635.964
Learning disabilities 649.15
Library science 020
Linguistics 410s
Literary criticism 811-899, Reference 800s
Louisiana 917.63, 976.3
Low cholesterol diet 641.563
Lyme disease 616.92

M
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Magic 133.4, 793.8
Magnetism 537-538
Maine 917.41, 974.1
Makeup 646.72
Mammals 599
Management 658
Manners 395
Marijuana 362.29
Marketing 658.8
Marriage 306.8
Martial arts 796.8
Maryland 917.52, 975.2
Masonry 693.1
Massachusetts 917.44, 974.4
Massage 615.822
Mathematics 510-511
Mayans 970.3, 972
Medicare 344.73, 368.4
Medicine 610-619
Medieval times 940.1
Menopause 618.175
Mental illness 362.2, 616.8
Mental retardation 362.2, 616.8, 649.15
Mexico 917.2, 972
Michigan 917.74, 977.4
Microbiology 576
Microsoft Word, Excel, etc. 005.3
Microsoft Windows 005.4
Microwave cooking 641.5, 641.5882
Middle Ages 940.1
The Middle East 915.6, 956
Military history 355
Mississippi 917.62, 976.2
Missouri 917.78, 977.8
Money management 332
Montana 917.86, 978.6
Mortgages 332.7, 643.1
Motorcycles 629.28
Movies & movie stars 791.43, Biography
Murders 364.1523
Music & musicians 780s
Musical scores 780s
Mutual funds 332.632
Mysteries Mixed in with regular fiction
Mythology 291

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Names 929.4
National Parks of the U.S. 917.3
Native Americans 970
Near death experiences 133.9
Nebraska 917.82, 978.2
Needlepoint 746
The Netherlands 914.92, 949.2
Networking (computers) 004.6
Nevada 917.93, 979.3
New England 917.4, 974
New Hampshire 917.42, 974.2
New Jersey 917.49, 974.9
New Mexico 917.89, 978.9
New York 917.47, 974.7
New Zealand 919.31, 993
North Carolina 917.56, 975.6
North Dakota 917.84, 978.4
Norway 948.1-948.4
Nuclear power 333.7, 363.17, 621.4
Nuclear war 355.0217
Nursing 610.73, Career Room, 610.73
Nutrition 613.2

O
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The occult 133
Oceanography 551.4
Ohio 917.71, 977.1
Oil painting 743.4, 751.4, 751.45
Oklahoma 917.66, 976.6
The Olympics 796.48
Ophthalmology 617.7
Optical illusions 152.148, 709.04
Oregon 917.95, 979.5
Organized crime 364.106
Oriental rugs 746.75
Origami 736.98
Osteoporosis 616.716
Outdoor building projects 643, 684, 690, 728

P
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Painting and painters 750s
Palm reading 133.6
Paralegals Career Room 340
Parapsychology 133
Parenting 306.87, 649, Parents’ Shelf
Parliamentary procedure 060.42, 328.1
Party planning 642.4, 793.2
Past lives 133.9
Patents 608.7, 658
Pediatrics 618.92
Pennsylvania 917.48, 974.8
Personal finance 332.024
Pest control 648.7
Pets 636
Philosophy 100s
Phobias 152.4, 616.85
Photography 770s
Physical fitness 613.7
Physics 530
Pilgrims 973.2, 974.4
Pirates 910.4, 910.45
Planets 523.4
Plants 580s, 635
Play collections 808.8, 812, 822
Plumbing 696
Poetry collections 808.1, 811, 821
Poland 914.38, 943.8
Police work 633.2
Political science 320s
Pollution 363.7, 333.7, 628
Portugal 914.69, 946.9
Portuguese language 469
Pottery making 738
Pregnancy 612.6, 618.2
Prehistoric animals 567
Prehistoric people 571, 573
Prescription drugs 615.1
Presidents of the U.S. 973.09, Reference 973.09
Printmaking 760s
Prisons 365
Probate 346.7305
Prostate cancer 616.65
Protestant denominations 283-289
Psychiatry 150s
Psychic phenomena 130s
Psychology 150s, 616.89
Public relations 659
Public speaking 808.5

Q
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Quilting 746.46
Quotations 808.8, also Reference 808.8

R
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Radon 613.5, 628.535
Railroads 385, 625
Rain forests 574.5
Rape 362.88, 364.153
Real estate practice 332-333
Recycling 333.7
Reincarnation 133.9
Relaxation 613.79
Religion 200s
Remodeling 643, 690
Reptiles 597.9
Resumes/cover letters Career Room 650.14
Retirement 646.7
Revolutionary War 973.3
Rhode Island 974.5, 917.45
Robots 629.8
Rock music & musicians 781.66
Rocks and minerals 549, 552
Rome (ancient) 937
Roman myths 291
Roofing 695
Roses 635.91
Royal Family (England) Biography Windsor Family, 941.085
Running 796.426
Russia 914.7, 947
Russian language 491.7
Russian literature 891.7

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Sailing 797.1
Saints 282.092
Salem witch trials 133.4
Sales 658.85
SAT prep books Career Room 378.1664
Scandinavia 914.8, 948
Scholarships Career Room 378.3
School guides Career Room 370s
Science 500s
Science fiction Mixed in with regular fiction
Science projects 507.2
Scotland 914.11, 941.1-941.4
Scrapbooking 686.3
Sculpture 730s
Security systems 643, 643.16
Self-help psychology 158.1
September 11, 2001 attacks 973.93
Sewing 646.2, 646.4
Sex education 612.6
Sexual abuse 362.8292, 616.8583
Sexuality 306.7, 616.95
Sexually transmitted diseases 616.95
Shakespeare 822.3
Sheet music 782-784
Shells 594
Ship models 623.8
Ships 623.8
Shipwrecks 910.45
Shorthand 653.427
Short story collections shelved downstairs in the fiction section, against the back wall
Sign language 419
Skiing 796.93
Slavery 305.8, 326
Slipcovers 646.41
Small business 658
Small claims court 347.7
Small engine repair 621.43
Smoking 362.296
Soccer 796.33
Social Security 368.4
Software manuals 001-006
Solar energy 333.79, 621.47
Song books 780s
South Africa 968
South America 918, 980
South Carolina 917.57, 975.7
South Dakota 917.83, 978.3
The (former) Soviet Union 914.7, 947
Space travel 629.4
Spain 914.6, 946
Spanish language 460s
Spanish literature 860s
Speeches 808.51, 815.08
Spies 327.12
Sports 796-799
Sports figures 796-799
Sports medicine 617
Stamp collecting 383.3, 769.56
Stars 523.8
Stenciling 745.73
Stepfamilies 306.87, 646.78
Stocks & investing 332, 632.2
Storage projects 648.8, 684.1
Stress 155.9, 613.79, 616.8
Submarines 359.93
Suicide 362.28
The supernatural 133.4
The Supreme Court 347.73
Surgery 617
Sweden 914.8, 948.6-948.8
Swimming 797.2
Switzerland 914.94, 949.4

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Tarot cards 133.3
Taxes 336.2
Technology 600
Television 791.45
Television repair 621.38
Tennessee 917.68, 976.8
Tenants’ rights 333.54, 346.043, 346.73,346.794, 647.92
Tennis 796.34
Terrorism 303.625
Test prep books Career Room 370s
Texas 917.64, 976.4
Theater 792
Thesauruses 423, Reference 423
Time management 640.43, 658.4
The Titanic 910.45
Toasts 082, 808.8
Toys 688.72, 745.49
Trains 385, 625
Transportation 380-385
Travel see individual state or country
Trees and shrubs 582
Tropical fish 639.3
True crime stories 364.1523
Trusts 346.7305
Turkey 915.61, 956.1
Typing 652

U
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UFOs 001.9
Uniforms 355.1
The United Kingdom 914.1-914.2, 941-942
The United Nations 341.23
United State Foreign policy 327.73
United States History 973
Upholstery 646.21, 684.1
Utah 917.92, 979.2

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VCR repair 621.388
Vegetable gardening 635
Vegetarian cooking 641.5636
Venereal diseases 616.95
Vermont 917.43, 974.3
Vietnam 915.9, 959.7
Vietnam War 959.704
Vikings 910, 948
Virginia 917.55, 975.5
Vitamins 612.3, 613.2

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Wakefield Local History Collection, ask at the Reference Desk
Wales 942
Wallpapering 698, 698.6, 747.3
Warfare 355
Washington, D.C. 917.53, 975.3
Washington State 917.97, 979.7
Watercolor painting 751.4, 751.42
Watergate 345.73, 364.132, 973.924
Weapons 623.4
Weather 551.5
Weaving 746
Web site design 004.6
Weddings 395.22
Weight training 613.7, 796.41
West, American 978
West Virginia 917.54, 975.4
Whales 599.5
Widowhood 306.88
Wild West 978
Wildflowers 582.13, 635.9
Wills 346
Window treatment 747.5
Wine 641.22
Wiring 621.319
Wisconsin 917.75, 977.5
Witchcraft 133.4
Women’s movement 305.4
Woodworking 684, 694
WordPerfect 005.3
Word processing 005.3
World War One 940.3
World War Two 940.53
Writing technique 808
Wyoming 917.87, 978.7

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Yoga 613.7046
Yugoslavia 914.97, 949.7
Zen Buddhism 294.3
Zoology 591-599