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A brief look at the Dewey Decimal System, the Library of Congress System, and other formats of organization for libraries, bookstores, and personal collections.
OCLC and the DDC: https://www.oclc.org/en/dewey/features/summaries.html
Bookstores vs. Libraries: https://www.quora.com/Why-are-bookstores-not-organized-like-libraries
LC: https://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit03/libraries03_04.phtml
LibraryThing (NOT an ad): https://www.librarything.com/
A closer look at the DDC (from the link above):
000 Computer science, information & general works
100 Philosophy & psychology
200 Religion
300 Social sciences
400 Language
500 Science
600 Technology
700 Arts & recreation
800 Literature
900 History & geography