Melvil Decimal System: 03X

Wording: Information > Dictionaries And Encyclopedias

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0 Information 196,271 ℹ️	1 Philosophy and Psychology 182,817 💭	2 Religion 463,618 🙏🏽	3 Social Sciences 1,017,722 👫	4 Language 130,463 💬	5 Mathematics and Science 322,970 🔬	6 Technology 751,858 💡	7 Arts and Recreation 695,836 🎨	8 Literature 929,792 📚	9 Biography and History 592,368 🗿
00 Computing And Information 114,298 💻	01 Bibliographies 20,998 📚	02 Library and Information Sciences 23,802 📗	03 Dictionaries And Encyclopedias 9,512 📕	04 [Formerly "Biographies"; Currently unassigned] 859 👳🏼	05 Periodicals 2,832 𝐓	06 Organizations 3,901 🏢	07 Journalism And Publishing 13,427 📰	08 Quotations 5,075 💬	09 Manuscripts and rare books 1,567 📙
030 General Encyclopedias 1,193 📕	031 American 5,216 🇺🇸	032 English 1,211 🇬🇧	033 German 196 🇩🇪	034 French 341 🇫🇷	035 Italian 151 🇮🇹	036 Spanish 327 🇪🇸	037 Slavic 40 🇷🇺	038 Scandinavian 633 🇸🇪	039 Other Languages 204 👓

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MDS classes with significant recommendations overlap, excluding ones under the same top-level class.

MDS	Schedule	Ratio	Count
317.3	Social Sciences > Statistics > North America > United States	88	176
317	Social Sciences > Statistics > North America	58.7	176
423.1	Language > English > Dictionaries of standard English > Speller-dividers--English language	18.1	127
31X	Social Sciences > Statistics	16.3	179
423	Language > English > Dictionaries of standard English	11.6	278
909.8	Biography and History > History > World history > 1800-	6.9	111
500	Mathematics and Science > General Science > General Science	6	209
793.7	Arts and Recreation > Amusements and Recreation > Indoor Amusements > Board games, mental puzzles	4.6	101
909	Biography and History > History > World history	4.3	275
60X	Technology > General Technology	3.9	122
818.5	Literature > American And Canadian > Authors, American and American Miscellany > 20th Century	3.8	106
50X	Mathematics and Science > General Science	3.7	422
90X	Biography and History > History	3.5	450
818	Literature > American And Canadian > Authors, American and American Miscellany	3.3	176
42X	Language > English	3.1	724
591	Mathematics and Science > Zoology > Specific Topics In Zoology	2.9	158
133	Philosophy and Psychology > Parapsychology And Occultism > Specific Topics	2.7	278
808.8	Literature > By Topic > Anthologies and rhetoric > Anthologies	2.5	131
910	Biography and History > Geography, Voyages And Travel > Geography and Travels	2.5	236
843	Literature > French > Fiction	2.5	229

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