For South and Central American literature, use the Dewey numbers in the following table as well as regular cuttering and workmark for a two-line call number.
(Corresponding LC classification range is given in parentheses.)
| Mexico (PQ7100-7298.436) | 869.1 |
| South America Class here individual Spanish-American authors who live in non-Spanish speaking countries (i.e., Chicano authors writing only in Spanish). Class here individual South or Central American authors of undetermined nationality. Class here Papiamento. |
869 |
| Argentina (PQ7600-7799) | 869.3 |
| Chile (PQ7900-8099) | 869.4 |
| Peru (PQ8300-8499) | 869.5 |
| Uruguay (PQ8510-8520.436) | 869.6 |
| Paraguay (PQ850-8259.3) | 869.61 |
| Colombia (PQ8160-8180.36) | 869.7 |
| Venezuela (PQ8530-8550.436) | 869.71 |
| Bolivia (PQ7801-7822) | 869.8 |
| Ecuador (PQ8200-8220.436) | 869.81 |
| Brazil (Portuguese) (PQ9500-9699) | 869.9 |
| Central America | 869.2 |
| Costa Rica (PQ7480-7489.3) | 869.21 |
| Honduras (PQ7500-7509.3) | 869.22 |
| Guatemala (PQ7490-7499.3) | 869.23 |
| El Salvador (PQ7530-7539.3) | 869.24 |
| Nicaragua (PQ7510-7519.3) | 869.25 |
| Panama (PQ7520-7529.3) | 869.26 |
| Cuba (PQ7370-7392) | 869.27 |
| Puerto Rico (PQ7420-7442) | 869.28 |
| Dominican Republic (PQ7400-7409.3) | 869.29 |
For works by or about an individual author, the citation order is to first class together all the works by or about an author using only the base class number for the particular literature (do not add genre numbers), followed by a standard book number (i.e., treat book number construction the same as for British and American literatures) to complete the call number.
Examples
| Gaston Fernando Deligne, el Poeta Civil (biography) [by] G. Majia Ricant | 869.29 D57Ym |
| Enrique Banchs, Poeta del... (criticism of the Argentinian poet) by David Martinez | 869.3 B22Ym |
For a second or other general criticism of the same author by the same critic, add the number 2,3,4, etc. to the workmark:
Examples
| A second criticism of Banchs by Martinez | 869.3 B22Ym2 |
| A third criticism of Banchs by Martinez | 869.3 B22Ym3 |
For works by or about more than one author, add to the base number for the particular literature:
| Collections in more than one form | add -08 |
| Criticism of more than one form | add -09 |
For works by or about more than one author in specific forms, add to the base number for the for the particular literature:
| Collections of Poetry | add -081 |
| Criticism and Interpretation of Poetry | add -091 |
| Collections of Drama | add -082 |
| Criticism and Interpretation of Drama | add -092 |
| Collections of Fiction | add -083 |
| Criticism and Interpretation of Fiction | add -093 |
Examples
| Antologia Poetica... (Dominican Republic) [compiled by] J. Julia | 869.29081 An6 |
| Lo Popular y lo Culto en la Peosia Dominicana B. Rosario Candelier | 869.29091 R71p |