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href="/mds/95">History of Asia</a><i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i><a href="/mds/959">Southeast Asia</a></h2><h2 class="first dewmoji">Dewmoji: <span class="text_body"><a href="/mds/9">🗺️</a><a href="/mds/95">🗻</a><a href="/mds/959">🐃</a></span></h2><table class="ddc"><tr class="ddcr ddcr0 somethingchosen"><td class="ddcl0" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '0');" ><div class="ddcnum">0</div><div class="word">Information</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">228,059</div><div class="emoji">ℹ️</div></div></td><td class="ddcl1" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '1');" ><div class="ddcnum">1</div><div class="word">Philosophy and Psychology</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">244,744</div><div class="emoji">💭</div></div></td><td class="ddcl2" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '2');" ><div class="ddcnum">2</div><div class="word">Religions</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">590,760</div><div class="emoji">🙏</div></div></td><td class="ddcl3" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '3');" ><div class="ddcnum">3</div><div class="word">Social sciences</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">1,236,403</div><div class="emoji">👫</div></div></td><td class="ddcl4" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '4');" ><div class="ddcnum">4</div><div class="word">Language</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">189,771</div><div class="emoji">💬</div></div></td><td class="ddcl5" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '5');" ><div class="ddcnum">5</div><div class="word">Natural sciences and mathematics</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">399,757</div><div class="emoji">🔬</div></div></td><td class="ddcl6" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '6');" ><div class="ddcnum">6</div><div class="word">Technology</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">886,875</div><div class="emoji">💡</div></div></td><td class="ddcl7" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '7');" ><div class="ddcnum">7</div><div class="word">Arts & recreation</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">921,844</div><div class="emoji">🎨</div></div></td><td class="ddcl8" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '8');" ><div class="ddcnum">8</div><div class="word">Literature</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">1,299,758</div><div class="emoji">📚</div></div></td><td class="chosen alwaysblack ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '9');" ><div class="ddcnum">9</div><div class="word">History and Geography</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">747,320</div><div class="emoji">🗺️</div></div></td></tr><tr class="ddcr ddcr1 somethingchosen"><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '90');" ><div class="ddcnum">90</div><div class="word">History</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">33,097</div><div class="emoji">🔙</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '91');" ><div class="ddcnum">91</div><div class="word">Geography and Travel</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">147,505</div><div class="emoji">🚂</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '92');" ><div class="ddcnum">92</div><div class="word">Biography, genealogy, insignia</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">72,159</div><div class="emoji">👩</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '93');" ><div class="ddcnum">93</div><div class="word">History of ancient world (to ca. 499)</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">36,705</div><div class="emoji">📜</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '94');" ><div class="ddcnum">94</div><div class="word">Europe</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">190,454</div><div class="emoji">🏰</div></div></td><td class="chosen alwaysblack ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '95');" ><div class="ddcnum">95</div><div class="word">History of Asia</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">49,286</div><div class="emoji">🗻</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '96');" ><div class="ddcnum">96</div><div class="word">Africa</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">15,560</div><div class="emoji">🦁</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '97');" ><div class="ddcnum">97</div><div class="word">North America</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">167,409</div><div class="emoji">🦃</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '98');" ><div class="ddcnum">98</div><div class="word">South America</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">13,871</div><div class="emoji">🍠</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '99');" ><div class="ddcnum">99</div><div class="word">Oceania and elsewhere</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">21,274</div><div class="emoji">🗿</div></div></td></tr><tr class="ddcr ddcr2 somethingchosen"><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '950');" ><div class="ddcnum">950</div><div class="word">Asia</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">1,781</div><div class="emoji">🗻</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '951');" ><div class="ddcnum">951</div><div class="word">China and region</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">9,360</div><div class="emoji">🇨🇳</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '952');" ><div class="ddcnum">952</div><div class="word">Japan</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">2,892</div><div class="emoji">🗾</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '953');" ><div class="ddcnum">953</div><div class="word">Arabian Peninsula</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">1,195</div><div class="emoji">🕌</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '954');" ><div class="ddcnum">954</div><div class="word">India and South Asia</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">7,799</div><div class="emoji">🥻</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '955');" ><div class="ddcnum">955</div><div class="word">Iran</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">1,374</div><div class="emoji">🇮🇷</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '956');" ><div class="ddcnum">956</div><div class="word">Middle East (Near East)</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">13,038</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '957');" ><div class="ddcnum">957</div><div class="word">Siberia</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">190</div><div class="emoji">🇷🇺</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '958');" ><div class="ddcnum">958</div><div class="word">Central Asia</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">1,877</div><div class="emoji">🐫</div></div></td><td class="chosen alwaysblack ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '959');" ><div class="ddcnum">959</div><div class="word">Southeast Asia</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">9,780</div><div class="emoji">🐃</div></div></td></tr><tr class="ddcr ddcr3 "><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '959.0');" ><div class="ddcnum">959.0</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">238</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '959.1');" ><div class="ddcnum">959.1</div><div class="word">Burma (Myanmar)</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">458</div><div class="emoji">🇲🇲</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '959.2');" ><div class="ddcnum">959.2</div><div class="word">--</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">5</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '959.3');" ><div class="ddcnum">959.3</div><div class="word">Thailand</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">560</div><div class="emoji">🇹🇭</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '959.4');" ><div class="ddcnum">959.4</div><div class="word">Laos</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">101</div><div class="emoji">🇱🇦</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '959.5');" ><div class="ddcnum">959.5</div><div class="word">Malaysia; Singapore; Brunei</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">1,018</div><div class="emoji">🇲🇾</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '959.6');" ><div class="ddcnum">959.6</div><div class="word">Cambodia</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">456</div><div class="emoji">🇰🇭</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '959.7');" ><div class="ddcnum">959.7</div><div class="word">Vietnam</div><div class="info_bottom"><div class="num">4,387</div><div class="emoji">🇻🇳</div></div></td><td class="ddcl9" onclick="classification_link('ddc', '959.8');" ><div class="ddcnum">959.8</div><div class="word">Indonesia; East Timor</div><div 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target="_top">Malaysia</a><span class="count"> (94)</span> </span> <span class="tag" style="font-size: 1.2em;"><b><a href="/tag/memoir" target="_top">memoir</a></b><span class="count"> (1,743)</span> </span> <span class="tag" style="font-size: 1.2em;"><b><a href="/tag/military" target="_top">military</a></b><span class="count"> (1,591)</span> </span> <span class="tag" style="font-size: 1.2em;"><b><a href="/tag/military%20history" target="_top">military history</a></b><span class="count"> (1,770)</span> </span> <span class="tag" style="font-size: 0.8em;"><a href="/tag/missionaries" target="_top">missionaries</a><span class="count"> (82)</span> </span> <span class="tag" style="font-size: 0.8em;"><a href="/tag/Missions" target="_top">Missions</a><span class="count"> (77)</span> </span> <span class="tag" style="font-size: 0.8em;"><b><a href="/tag/Myanmar" target="_top">Myanmar</a></b><span class="count"> (83)</span> </span> <span class="tag" style="font-size: 1.3em;"><a 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href="/tag/WWII" target="_top">WWII</a><span class="count"> (61)</span> </span> </div></div></section><section><h2>"Far Friends"</h2><p>MDS classes with significant recommendations overlap, excluding ones under the same top-level class.</p><dl class="comfort"><dt class="head">MDS</dt><dd class="head">Schedule</dd><dt><a href="/mds/358.4">358.4</a></dt><dd><a href="/mds/358.4">Social sciences<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Public Administration, Military Science<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Air forces and other advanced weaponry<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Air Forces</a></dd><dt><a href="/mds/358">358</a></dt><dd><a href="/mds/358">Social sciences<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Public Administration, Military Science<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Air forces and other advanced weaponry</a></dd><dt><a href="/mds/327.73">327.73</a></dt><dd><a href="/mds/327.73">Social sciences<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Political Science <i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>International Relations<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>North America<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>United States</a></dd><dt><a href="/mds/355.00">355.00</a></dt><dd><a href="/mds/355.00">Social sciences<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Public Administration, Military Science<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Military Science</a></dd><dt><a href="/mds/327.7">327.7</a></dt><dd><a href="/mds/327.7">Social sciences<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Political Science <i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>International Relations<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>North America</a></dd><dt><a href="/mds/355">355</a></dt><dd><a href="/mds/355">Social sciences<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Public Administration, Military Science<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Military Science</a></dd><dt><a href="/mds/35">35X</a></dt><dd><a href="/mds/35">Social sciences<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Public Administration, Military Science</a></dd><dt><a href="/mds/355.0">355.0</a></dt><dd><a href="/mds/355.0">Social sciences<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Public Administration, Military Science<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Military Science</a></dd><dt><a href="/mds/359">359</a></dt><dd><a href="/mds/359">Social sciences<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Public Administration, Military Science<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Navy; Naval Science</a></dd><dt><a href="/mds/327">327</a></dt><dd><a href="/mds/327">Social sciences<i class="fas fa-chevron-right breadcrumb_separator"></i>Political Science 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Use standard spelling.' ><div class="ckDisplayItems"><div class="fwikiItemText form-control fwikiItemTextUnknownUser" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Farther+India&f=38&exact=1&type=200">Farther India</a> </div></div><form class="ckEditItems" onsubmit="void(0);" action=""> <button type="submit" disabled style="display: none" aria-hidden="true"></button><input type="hidden" value="200" name="itemType" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="959" name="itemNum" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="schedule" name="fieldName" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="38" name="fieldType" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="eng" name="lang" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="f2c5" name="uniqueid" class="ckparam_data" /><div class="ck_input_wrapper"><div></div><input autocomplete="off" type="text" name="values[]" id="u_087c" class="form-control ckinputfield fwikiFormInputItem" value="Farther India" ><i class="fas fa-times-circle lt2_delete_X"></i></div><div class="ck_hint note">Do NOT copy from the copyrighted sources. 1922 edition <a href="http://www.archive.org/stream/decimalclasific00dewegoog#page/n68/mode/1up">here</a>, in absurd phonetic English. 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Language and concepts may be modernized. Do not use an in-copyright source.' ><div class="ckDisplayItems"><div class="fwikiItemText form-control fwikiItemTextUnknownUser" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Southeast+Asia&f=39&exact=1&type=201">Southeast Asia</a> </div></div><form class="ckEditItems" onsubmit="void(0);" action=""> <button type="submit" disabled style="display: none" aria-hidden="true"></button><input type="hidden" value="201" name="itemType" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="959" name="itemNum" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="modernschedule" name="fieldName" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="39" name="fieldType" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="eng" name="lang" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="3bc9" name="uniqueid" class="ckparam_data" /><div class="ck_input_wrapper"><div></div><input autocomplete="off" type="text" name="values[]" id="u_d957" class="form-control ckinputfield fwikiFormInputItem" value="Southeast Asia" ><i class="fas fa-times-circle lt2_delete_X"></i></div><div class="ck_hint note">Modern wording should be based on the <a href="http://everybodyslibraries.com/free-decimal-correspondence/">Free Decimal System</a> or on the <a href="http://www.archive.org/stream/decimalclasific00dewegoog#page/n68/mode/1up">1922 edition</a> of Dewey. Language and concepts may be modernized. Do not use an in-copyright source.</div><div class="ckEditControls "><div class="ck_controls ck_controls_left"><a value=" History" value=" History" class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn-sm ck_historybutton btn-default" type="button" role="button" href="/commonknowledge/changelog.php?item=959&type=201&field=39" ><span class="btntxt"><i class="fas fa-history"></i> History</span></a></div><div class="ck_controls ck_controls_right"><button value="Cancel" value="Cancel" class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn-sm btn-default" type="button" role="button" onclick="return lt.fwiki.cancel(this);" ><span class="btntxt">Cancel</span></button><button value="Save" value="Save" class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn-sm btn-primary btn-primary" type="button" role="button" onclick="return lt.fwiki.save(this);" ><span class="btntxt">Save</span></button></div></div></form></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table><table class="fwikiGroup" id="9945cf" data-fwiki_field="u_42f70da2" data-fwiki_fieldname="" ><tr><td class="fwikiLabel">Emoji</td><td class='fwikiField' id='u_42f70da2' itemType='202' itemNum='959' fieldType='60' name='u_42f70da2' allowmultiple='0' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'mdsemoji' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'A single emoji for this DDC Class. The full emoji will be composed of the emojis from the top level to this one.' ><div class="ckDisplayItems"><div class="fwikiItemText form-control fwikiItemTextUnknownUser" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=%F0%9F%90%83&f=60&exact=1&type=202">🐃</a> </div></div><form class="ckEditItems" onsubmit="void(0);" action=""> <button type="submit" disabled style="display: none" aria-hidden="true"></button><input type="hidden" value="202" name="itemType" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="959" name="itemNum" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="mdsemoji" name="fieldName" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="60" name="fieldType" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="eng" name="lang" class="ckparam_data" /><input type="hidden" value="0c2b" name="uniqueid" class="ckparam_data" /><div class="ck_input_wrapper"><div></div><input autocomplete="off" type="text" name="values[]" id="u_7a70" class="form-control ckinputfield fwikiFormInputItem" value="🐃" ><i class="fas fa-times-circle lt2_delete_X"></i></div><div class="ck_hint note">A single emoji for this DDC Class. The full emoji will be composed of the emojis from the top level to this one.</div><div class="ckEditControls "><div class="ck_controls ck_controls_left"><a value=" History" value=" History" class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn-sm ck_historybutton btn-default" type="button" role="button" href="/commonknowledge/changelog.php?item=959&type=202&field=60" ><span class="btntxt"><i class="fas fa-history"></i> History</span></a></div><div class="ck_controls ck_controls_right"><button value="Cancel" value="Cancel" class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn-sm btn-default" type="button" role="button" onclick="return lt.fwiki.cancel(this);" ><span class="btntxt">Cancel</span></button><button value="Save" value="Save" class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn-sm btn-primary btn-primary" type="button" role="button" onclick="return lt.fwiki.save(this);" ><span class="btntxt">Save</span></button></div></div></form></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></section><a name="bottom"></a></div></main><div id="lt_altsidebar" class="lt2_sidebar lt_altsidebar" ><div class="dyn_nav_menu" data-observe-resizes ><div class="sidebar_group block_element_id"><div class="sidebar_content lt2_nogrouptitle "><div class="greenbox"><h2 class="first">What is the MDS?</h2><div><p>The Melvil Decimal System (MDS) is named after Melvil Dewey, whose <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification">Dewey Decimal System</a> is used by libraries around the world.</p> <div id="classificationexplanation" style="display: none;"> <p> The system is "decimal" in that it is entirely composed of numbers. Each level of the classification is a number from 0 to 9. This makes MDS/DDC easy to understand and manipulate. It is the choice of most US public and school libraries, and is used around the world. </p> <p> Although Dewey invented his system in 1876, recent editions of his system are in copyright. LibraryThing's Melvil Decimal System is based on the classification work of libraries around the world, whose assignments are not copyrightable. 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