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Understanding Call Numbers: The Dewey Decimal System

Latin America

Over 8% of the world's population resides in Latin America. Latin America encompasses all of South America, Mexico, Central America and a handful of Caribbean islands. Here we have some of the different areas of the collection that relate to Latin America. 

 

000s (Computer science, information, & general works):

100s (Philosophy & psychology):

199.72 Philosophy originating from Mexico, Central America & Caribbean

199.8 Philosophy originating from South America

200s (Religion)

277.2 History of Christianity in Mexico, Central America & Caribbean

278 History of Christianity in South America

299.784 Mesoamerican religion

299.792 Religions of Mexican & Central American origins

299.8 Religions of South American origin

300s (Social sciences):

320.972 Political situations and conditions in Mexico, Central America & Caribbean

320.98 Political situations and conditions in South America

325.7 Migration in North America

330.972 Economics in Mexico, Central America & Caribbean

330.98 Economics in South America

340.0972 Law in Central America

370.972 Education in Mexico, Central America & Caribbean

370.98 Education in South America

400s (Language)

460 Spanish

469 Portuguese

498 Languages indigenous to South America

500s (Science):

557.2 Earth sciences and geology - Mexico, Central America & Caribbean

558 Earth sciences and geology - South America

600s (Technology):

641.5972 Cooking - Mexico, Central America & Caribbean

641.598 Cooking - Latin and South America

700s (Arts & recreation):

720.972 Mexican, Central American & Caribbean architecture

720.98 South American architecture

759.792 Painting - Mexico, Central America & Caribbean

759.98 Painting - South America

781.63 Non-western popular music

789.26 Latin American folk music

796.334 Football (soccer)

800s (Literature):

860 Spanish literature (general)

869 Portuguese literature (general)

869.9 Brazilian Portuguese literature

897.0 Mesoamerican literature

897.4 Penutian, Mayan, Ut-Aztecan, Tanoan languages - literature

898 Native South American languages - literature

900s (History and geography):

972 Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Bermuda history & geography

972.1 Northern states of Mexico

972.12 Tamaulipas

972.13 Nuevo León

972.14 Coahuila

972.15 Durango

972.16 Chihuahua

972.17 Sonora

972.2 Baja California

972.3 Central Pacific states of Mexico

972.32 Sinaloa

972.34 Nayarit

972.35 Jalisco

972.37 Michoacán

972.4 Interior states of Mexico

972.41 Guanajuato

972.42 Aguascalientes

972.43 Zacatecas

972.44 San Luis Potosí

972.45 Querétaro

972.46 Hidalgo

972.47 Tlaxcala

972.48 Puebla

972.5 Mexico; Federal District

972.53 Mexico City

972.6 Southern Gulf states of Mexico

972.62 Veracruz

972.63 Tabasco

972.64 Campeche

972.65 Yucatán

972.67 Quintana Roo

972.7 Southern Pacific states of Mexico

972.73 Guerrero 

972.74 Oaxaca

972.75 Chiapas

972.8 Central America

972.81 Guatemala

972.82 Belize

972.83 Honduras

972.84 El Savlador

972.85 Nicaragua

972.86 Costa Rica

972.87 Panama

972.9 West Indies and Bermuda; Caribbean

972.91 Cuba

972.93 Dominican Republic

972.95 Puerto Rico

980 South American history & geography

981 Brazil

982 Argentina

983 Chile

984 Bolivia

985 Peru

986 Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Panama Canal

986.1 Colombia

986.2 Panama

986.3 Panama Canal

986.6 Ecuador

987 Venezuela

988 French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname

988.1 Guyana

988.2 French Guiana

988.3 Suriname

989 Paraguay, Uruguay

989.2 Paraguay

989.5 Uruguay