The further division of the main subject groups is made by number groups of hundreds. Each such „hundred group“ is further divided by the numbers 1-99. This is made for every subject group and subgroup (except HA General medicine).

Below you see the meaning of the numbers 1-50. The numbers 51-99 are used variously within the groups to differentiate them.

Comment

Number divisionSubdivision     
        
1 Manuals, handbooks    
2 Textbooks     
3 Brief descriptions   guides, compendia, revision books, programmed instructions
4 Textbooks for specific professions   
5 Congresses, conference proceedings, advanced training courses  
6 Travels, expeditions    
7 Atlases, illustration works, maps   
8 Legislation     
10 Innovation, development, research   
11 Prizes and awards    
12 Apprenticeship, training, examination questions  
13 Schools and courses    
15 Directories of institutions, address books  
16 Individual institutions    
17 Associations, foundations, companies   
18 Exhibitions     
19 Commemorative writings   
20 History     
21 History of individual periods   
22 Regional history    
24 Biographical reference works  individual personalities from medicine and natural sciences see HG
25 Basics, philosophical questions   
26 Political and social aspects   
28 Significance and relation to other disciplines  
30 Working methods   use of computers
31 Mathematical and statistical methods   
32 Instruments     
35 Table works     
38 Language dictionaries   language textbooks see AA
40 Alphabetical encyclopaedias, terminology  
45 Bibliography, documentation   
46 Journals and series    
48 Popular descriptions, poetic adaptions practical advice for laymen, patient reports
49 General information about the entire field  
50 Miscellaneous