Dewey Decimal Classification : Principles and Application,9780910608725

Dewey Decimal Classification : Principles and Application

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780910608725
ISBN10: 0910608725
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-12-01
Publisher(s): OCLC
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Table of Contents

Preface xiii
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Dewey Decimal Classification
General Introduction
1(1)
Melvil Dewey
2(2)
History of the Dewey Decimal Classification
4(4)
Development of the Classification
5(1)
Publication of the DDC
6(2)
Use of the DDC
8(1)
Basic Plan of the Classification
8(1)
Notation (Numbering System)
9(1)
Summary
10(1)
Chapter 2 Organization of the Dewey Decimal Classification, Edition 22
Structure of the Print Edition
11(1)
Volume 1: Introduction, Glossary, Manual, Tables, Lists of Changes
11(2)
Prefatory Material and New Features
11(1)
Introduction
11(1)
Glossary
12(1)
Manual
12(1)
Tables
12(1)
Lists of Changes
13(1)
Volumes 2-3: Schedules
13(4)
Summaries
13(2)
Structure of a Schedule Page
15(1)
Hierarchy
15(2)
Sequence of Numbers
17(1)
Volume 4: Relative Index
17(1)
Reading the Schedules
18(1)
DDC Numbers in the Schedules
19(2)
Numbers in Square Brackets
19(1)
Numbers in Parentheses
20(1)
Centered Entries
21(1)
Summary
21(1)
Chapter 3 Structure and Organization of the Schedules: Notes and Instructions
Introduction
22(1)
Notes That Describe What Is Found in a Class
22(3)
Definition Notes
22(1)
Scope Notes
22(1)
Number-built Notes
23(1)
Former-heading Notes
23(1)
Variant-name and Former-name Notes
23(1)
Class-here Notes
24(1)
Including Notes
24(1)
Notes That Describe What Is Found in Other Classes
25(3)
Class-elsewhere Notes
25(3)
"Class Comprehensive Works in ..." Type
26(1)
"Class Interdisciplinary Works in ..." Type
27(1)
See References
27(1)
See-also References
28(1)
Notes That Explain Changes or Irregularities
28(3)
Revision Notes
28(1)
Discontinued Notes
29(1)
Relocation Notes
29(1)
Formerly Notes
30(1)
Do-not-use Notes
30(1)
See-Manual Notes
31(1)
Number-building Notes
31(2)
Adding Standard Subdivisions from Table 1
31(1)
Standard-subdivisions-are-added Notes
32(1)
Adding Notation from Tables 2-6 or from the Schedules
32(2)
Individual Add Instructions
32(1)
Collective Instructions
32(1)
Order and Importance of Notes
33(1)
Summary
33(1)
Chapter 4 Subject Analysis and Classification of a Document
Introduction
34(1)
Analyzing the Subject Content of a Document
34(6)
Titles and Subtitles
34(3)
Fanciful or Catchy Titles
35(1)
Incomplete Titles
35(1)
Title Words Not Useful to Classifiers
36(1)
Clear but Unfamiliar Title Words
36(1)
Parallel Terminology
37(1)
Literary Titles
37(1)
Other Subject Indicators Found in the Work Itself
37(1)
Outside Sources
37(1)
Determining the Discipline for a Work
37(1)
Analysis of Works with Complex Subjects
38(1)
Multitopical Works
38(1)
Multifaceted Works
38(1)
Interdisciplinary Works
38(1)
Analysis of the "Nonsubject" Aspects of a Work
38(2)
Author's Viewpoint
38(1)
Form of Presentation
39(1)
Physical Medium or Form
39(1)
Assigning Class Numbers from the Schedules
40(6)
Searching for the Right Class Number
43(2)
Classification by Discipline
43(4)
Example 1
43(1)
Example 2
44(1)
Example 3
45(1)
Denoting Nonsubject Aspects
45(1)
Complex Subjects
46(6)
Number Building
46(1)
Choosing Appropriate Numbers
47(10)
Two or More Subjects Treated Separately
47(1)
Two Subjects
47(1)
Three or More Subjects
48(1)
Two or More Subjects Treated in Relation to One Another
48(1)
Interdisciplinary Works
48(1)
Works Treating Two or More Aspects of a Subject
49(9)
Order of Preference
49(1)
Table of Preference
49(1)
Preference Notes
50(1)
Using Earlier Number
50(1)
Using Last Number
51(1)
General Guidelines for Preference
51(1)
By the Number of Zeros in a Class Number
51(1)
Preferring Concrete over Abstract
52(1)
Sources of Ready-Made Numbers
52(1)
Summary
53(1)
Exercises
53(2)
Chapter 5 Using the Manual
Introduction
55(1)
Scope of the Manual
55(1)
Notes on Problems Common to More than One Number
56(1)
Notes on Problems Involving Only One Number
57(1)
General Information Notes
58(3)
Notes on Major Revisions
58(1)
Notes Differentiating among Numbers
58(1)
Organization of the Manual
59(1)
See-Manual References
60(1)
Summary
60(1)
Chapter 6 Using the Relative Index
Introduction
61(1)
Need and Importance of the Relative Index
61(1)
Limited Knowledge of the Classifier
61(1)
Location of Some Subjects in the DDC
61(1)
Value of the Relative Index
62(1)
Nomenclature: Relative Index
62(1)
Scope of the Index
63(1)
What the Index Contains
63(1)
What the Index Does Not Contain
63(1)
Interdisciplinary Numbers
64(1)
Organization of the Index
64(1)
Reading the Index
65(3)
Phrases/Multiword Terms
67(1)
Looking under Key Terms
67(1)
Use of Capital Letters
68(1)
Abbreviations Used in Entries
68(1)
Initialisms and Acronyms
68(1)
Depicting Rank Relations
68(3)
Use of Typographical Indentions
69(2)
Entries from the Six Tables
71(1)
References to the Manual
71(1)
Summary
72(1)
Exercises
72(1)
Chapter 7 Synthesis of Class Numbers or Practical Number Building
Introduction
73(1)
Kinds of Number Building in the DDC
73(1)
Building a Number without Specific Instructions
73(1)
Number Building, or Synthesis, upon Instruction
73(1)
Building Class Numbers from the Schedules
74(1)
Citation Order
74(1)
Adding a Full Number
75(1)
Adding a Part of a Number
76(1)
Addition by Way of a Facet Indicator
77(1)
Collective Add Notes
78(1)
Summary
79(1)
Exercises
80(1)
Chapter 8 Table 1: Standard Subdivisions
Introduction
81(1)
Definition of Standard Subdivisions
81(3)
Standard Subdivisions in the Schedules
83(1)
Kinds of Standard Subdivisions
83(1)
Approximating the Whole
84(1)
How to Use Standard Subdivisions
85(1)
Adding a Standard Subdivision to a Main Class or a Division
86(2)
Number of Zeros
87(1)
Adding a Standard Subdivision to a Built Number
88(1)
Number of Zeros
89(1)
Extending a Standard Subdivision by an Add instruction
89(1)
Persons Treatment Using Standard Subdivisions
90(2)
Persons Treatment Using Standard Subdivision -092
90(1)
Kinds of Persons Treatment Using Standard Subdivision 08
91(1)
The Subject for Persons in Specific Occupations
92(1)
Standard Subdivisions with Extended or Altered Meanings
92(1)
Displaced Standard Subdivisions
92(1)
Co-occurrence of Two or More Standard Subdivision Concepts in a Document
93(2)
Multiple Standard Subdivisions
94(1)
When Standard Subdivisions Are Not Used
95(1)
When a Standard Subdivision Is Already Implied in the Class Number
95(1)
When There Is No Specific Class Number for the Subject
95(1)
Use Standard Subdivisions with Caution
96(1)
Summary
96(1)
Exercises
97(2)
Chapter 9 Table 2: Geographic Areas, Historical Periods, Persons
Introduction
99(1)
Divisions of the Area Table
99(2)
Locating Area Numbers in Table 2
101(1)
Adding Area Numbers from Table 2
102(1)
Adding Area Numbers through Standard Subdivision -09
102(1)
Adding Area Numbers according to Add Instructions
103(2)
A Class, Division, or Section Number Directly Divided by Area
104(1)
Adding a Part of a Number from Table 2
105(1)
The Difference between 009 and -09
105(1)
Area Number Interposed between Two Subject Facets
106(1)
Adding Two Area Numbers
106(1)
Extending a Table 2 Number by Another Table 2 Number
107(1)
Adding Area Notation to Standard Subdivisions Other than 09
108(1)
Using Standard Subdivisions after an Area Number
109(1)
Summary
110(1)
Exercises
110(3)
Chapter 10 Use of Table 3 with Literature and Other Classes
Introduction
113(1)
Division of Main Class 800 Literature
113(2)
Facets of Literature
114(2)
Language
114(1)
Form
114(1)
Period
115(1)
Feature/Theme/Persons
115(1)
Introduction to Table 3
115(1)
Table 3A: Works by and about Individual Authors
116(4)
A Word of Caution
119(1)
Use of Tables 3B and 3C
120(1)
Table 3B: Subdivisions for Works by or about More than One Author
120(1)
Table 3C: Notation to Be Added Where Instructed in Table 3B, 700.4, 791.4, and 808-809
121(1)
General Collections of Literary Texts and Criticism: More than Two Literatures
121(3)
General Collections and Criticism with One Facet
121(2)
Form
121(1)
Period
122(1)
Feature/Theme/Persons
122(1)
General Collections and Criticism with Tuvo Facets
123(1)
Form and Period
123(1)
Form and Feature/Theme/Persons
124(1)
Period and Feature/Theme/Persons
124(1)
Anthologies of and Criticism of Literature in a Specific Language
124(5)
Anthologies of and Criticism of Literature in a Specific Language and Another Facet
125(2)
Form
125(1)
Kind of Form
125(1)
Period
126(1)
Feature/Theme/Persons
126(1)
Anthologies of and General Criticism of Literature in a Specific Language with Two Other Facets
127(8)
Form and Period
127(1)
Form and Feature/Theme/Persons
128(1)
Period and Feature/Theme/Persons
129(1)
Literature in a Particular Language with All Facets
129(1)
Use of Table 3C with Other Classes
130(1)
Summary
131(1)
Exercises
131(2)
Chapter 11 Table 4: Subdivisions of Individual Languages and Table 6: Languages
Introduction
133(1)
Introduction to Table 4
133(1)
Division of Main Class 400
134(1)
Using Table 4
135(2)
Using Table 4 with Designated Base Numbers
135(2)
Numbers That Cannot Be Extended by Table 4
137(1)
Introduction to Table 6
137(1)
Using Table 6
138(3)
Table 6 Notation in the Relative Index
139(1)
Examples Illustrating the Use of Table 6
139(2)
Use of Table 6 with Table 4: Classifying Bilingual Dictionaries
141(2)
Caution
143(1)
Using Table 6 with Other Tables
143(1)
Summary
144(1)
Exercises
145(1)
Chapter 12 Table 5: Ethnic and National Groups
Introduction
146(1)
Citation and Preference Order in Table 5
146(1)
Using Table 5 on Specific Instructions
147(1)
Extending Table 5 Numbers by Notation from Tables 2 and 6
148(2)
Extending Table 5 Notation Using Zero as a Facet Indicator
148(1)
Extending Table 5 Notation by Direct Addition of Table 2 Notation
149(1)
Extending Table 5 Notation by Table 6
149(1)
Adding a Part of a Number from Table 5
150(1)
Use of Table 5 through Standard Subdivision -089
150(1)
Use of Table 5 through Table 3C
151(1)
Summary
151(1)
Exercises
151(1)
Chapter 13 Number Building for Complex Subjects
Introduction
152(1)
Multiple Synthesis in 000, 100, 200, and 300
152(4)
Data Processing Computer Science
154(1)
Religion
154(1)
Public Administration
155(1)
Multiple Synthesis in 500 and 600
156(2)
Life Sciences
157(1)
Medicine and Health
158(1)
Multiple Synthesis in 400, 700, 800, and 900
158(4)
Arts
159(1)
Music
160(1)
Language and Literature
161(1)
History and Geography
162(1)
Summary
162(1)
Exercises
163(2)
Appendix: Answers to Exercises 165(20)
Glossary 185(14)
Selected Bibliography 199(8)
Index 207

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