Research Catalog

Title

Dewey Decimal classification, 22nd edition : a study manual and number building guide / Mona L. Scott.

Author

Scott, Mona L.

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description

xi, 348 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

"Updated to cover the changes introduced by the latest edition of the DDC, the 22nd edition of this trusted guide is an essential purchase for technical services departments in all libraries. Mona L. Scott provides an in-depth review of how DDC is updated and gives detailed lists of changes in each table and class. It is an invaluable study manual and reference source for the application of Dewey, as well as a comprehensive course text for students."--Jacket.

Subject

• Classification, Dewey decimal > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Classification > Books
• Acquisitions (Libraries)
• Book Classification

Genre/Form

Handbooks and manuals

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-328) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. DDC history and current status -- 2. General aspects of the Dewey decimal classification -- 3. Principles of number building -- 4. The tables -- 5. Class 000: generalities -- 6. Class 100: philosophy, parapsychology and occultism, psychology -- 7. Class 200: religion -- 8. Class 300: social sciences -- 9. Class 400: language -- 10. Class 500: natural sciences and mathematics -- 11. Class 600: technology (applied sciences) -- 12. Class 700: the arts; fine and decorative arts -- 13. Class 800: literature (Belles-Lettres) and rhetoric -- 14. Class 900: history, geography, and auxiliary disciplines -- 15. Book numbers.

ISBN

1591582105 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004063829

OCLC

57373681

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library