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AUTHOR |
Dewey, Melvil, 1851-1931. |
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TITLE |
Abridged Dewey decimal classification and relative index / devised by Melvil Dewey. |
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EDITION |
Ed. 15 / edited by Joan S. Mitchell ... [et al.]. |
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IMPRINT |
Dublin, Ohio : OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2012. |
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DESCRIPTION |
lxvii, 1228 p. ; 25 cm. |
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NOTE |
Includes index. |
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CONTENT NOTE |
Foreword by the Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee -- Acknowledgments -- New features in Abridged Edition 15 -- Introduction to the Dewey Decimal Classification: About the Introduction -- Classification: What it is and what it does -- History, current use, and development of the Dewey Decimal Classification -- Overview of the Dewey Decimal Classification: Conceptual framework -- Notation -- Principle of Hierarchy -- Classifying with the DDC: Determining the subject of a work -- Determining the discipline of a work -- More than one subject in the same discipline -- More than one discipline -- Table of last resort -- How Abridged Edition 15 is arranged -- Key features of the Schedules and Tables : Summaries -- Entries -- Notes -- Number building -- Citation and preference order: Citation order -- Preference order -- Manual: Arrangement and format of the manual -- Relative In. |
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SUMMARY |
An abridgment of Edition 23 of the Dewey Decimal Classification system for organizing knowledge represented in any form, including books, documents, and electronic records. |
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SUBJECT |
Classification, Dewey decimal. |
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DISCIPLINE |
Library. |
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DISCIPLINE |
Reference. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Mitchell, Joan S. |
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ISBN |
9780910608817. |
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