Subject Resources
Dewey codes related to Biology
Dewey decimal codes which may be relevant for biologists
Overview
| 333 & 363 | Economics of Land and Energy, Social Problems and Services |
| 570 - 579 | General biology, including ecology, evolution and prokaryotes |
| 580 - 589 | Plants (Botany) |
| 590 - 599 | Animals (Zoology) |
| 630 - 639 | Agriculture, including aquaculture, hunting, fishing, and conservation |
Specific relevant codes
Links lead to items in our collection marked with this code (Oria).
| 333.95 | Biological resources, conservation, biodiversity |
| 363.73 | Pollution |
| 508 | Natural History |
| 571 | Physiology |
| 571.9 | Diseases, immunity, toxicology - Includes general works on fish disease |
| 572.8 | Biochemical genetics (genetics emphasizing chemical structure/processes, e.g. DNA, RNA, replication, transcription) |
| 573 | Anatomy, Organ systems, Histology - Includes diseases of specific systems |
| 576.5 | Genetics, Heredity |
| 576.8 | Evolution |
| 577 | Ecology - Including impacts of humans (577.27), and ecology of specific environments (forest 577.3; aquatic 577.6; marine 577.7) |
| 578.012 | Systematics and taxonomy (see also 578.014 for taxonomic nomenclature) |
| 579.2 | Viruses |
| 579.3 | Prokaryotes/Bacteria |
| 579.5 | Fungi (see also 579.6 for Mushrooms) |
| 579.7 | Lichens |
| 579.8 | Algae |
| 592-595 | Invertebrates |
| 597-599 | Vertebrates |
| 639.1 | Hunting |
| 639.2 | Commercial fishing, whaling, sealing (see also 639.5 for crustacean fishing) |
| 639.3 | Fish farming (see also 639.8 for aquaculture generally, 639.4 for mollusc culture, 639.6 crustacean culture) |
| 639.9 | Conservation of biological resources |
Updated: 27.09.2018 (First published: 26.09.2018)
