Dewey Decimal Classification : Principles and Application

by Chan, Lois Mai; Mitchell, Joan S.

• ISBN13: 9780910608725
• ISBN10: 0910608725
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: OCLC

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