Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
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Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) • A library classification developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876 • DDC are numbers representing subjects. • Ten main classes – 100 divisions – 1000 sections • Abridged 14 (Dewey Decimal Classification, 14 th ed.) ISBN 0910608733 sttai/DDC 14 1
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Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). A library classification developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876 DDC are numbers representing subjects. Ten main classes – 100 divisions – 1000 sections Abridged 14 (Dewey Decimal Classification, 14 th ed.) ISBN 0910608733. Ten classes. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
• A library classification developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876
• DDC are numbers representing subjects. • Ten main classes – 100 divisions – 1000
sections• Abridged 14 (Dewey Decimal Classification, 14th ed.)ISBN 0910608733
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Ten classes• 000 – Computer science, information & general works• 100 – Philosophy & psychology• 200 – Religion• 300 – Social sciences• 400 – Language• 500 – Science (including mathematics)• 600 – Technology and applied Science• 700 – Arts and recreation• 800 – Literature• 900 – History & geography
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Example
• DDC number for seismography - 551.220 28
• 551 (base number) – Geology, hydrology, meteorology
• 551.22 (subdivision) – Earthquakes• 028 (Table 1, standard subdivision) – Auxiliary
techniques and procedure
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Tables
• Table 1 – Standard division• Table 2 – Geographic areas, and Persons• Table 3 – Subdivisions for individual
literatures, for specific literary forms• Numbers from these may be added to base
number to describe the subject content of the book
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Table 1
• Person -092• Management -068• History and descriptions with respect to kinds
of persons -08• Dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances -03• Historical treatment (not limited by area or
time) -09
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Table 2
• Not to be used alone unless noted otherwise• Often used together with Table 1• E.g.• -2 Persons• -4 Europe, western Europe• -5 Asia• 796.352 095 1 Golf in China
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Table 3• Also not to be used alone unless otherwise stated
under individual literatures in 810-890• -1 Poetry e.g. 821 English Poetry• -2 Drama• -3 Fiction• Most libraries classified fiction by the author’s
last name• E.g. • “Point Blanc” by Anthony Horowitz• F HOR
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Useful links
• Dewey at Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) – order print or web dewey
• http://www.oclc.org/dewey/• British Library online catalogue• http://catalogue.bl.uk• Library of Congress online catalogue• http://catalog.loc.gov/
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