Guide to Use of Dewey Decimal Classification
Guide to Use of Dewey Decimal Classification

Author: Library of Congress. Decimal Classification Office

Publisher:

Published: 1962

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13:

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Set of rules for DC practice, based on the 16th edition, designed to assist small libraries as well as library school students.

Guide to the Library of Congress Classification
Guide to the Library of Congress Classification

Author: Lois Mai Chan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2016-09-26

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13:

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Like earlier editions, this thoroughly updated sixth edition of the classic textbook provides readers with a basic understanding of the Library of Congress Classification system and its applications. The Library of Congress Classification system is used in academic, legal, medical, and research libraries throughout North America as well as worldwide; accordingly, catalogers and librarians in these settings all need to be able to use it. The established gold standard text for Library of Congress Classification (LCC), the sixth edition of Guide to the Library of Congress Classification updates and complements the classic textbook's coverage of cataloging in academic and research libraries. Clear and easy to understand, the text describes the reasoning behind assigning subject headings and subheadings, including use of tables; explains the principles, structure, and format of LCC; details notation, tables, assigning class numbers, and individual classes; and covers classification of special types of library materials. The last chapter of this perennially useful resource addresses the potential role of classification in libraries of the future.

A Practical Guide to Library of Congress Classification
A Practical Guide to Library of Congress Classification

Author: Karen Snow

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-08-07

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 1538100681

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A Practical Guide to Library of Congress Classification is a hands-on introduction to LC Classification. The book examines each part of the LCC call number and how it is assembled and guides the reader through each step of finding and constructing LCC class numbers in Classification Web (the primary resource used to access LCC). Chapter coverage is complete: 1. Introduction 2. Library of Congress Classification in a Nutshell 3. Breaking Down the Library of Congress Call Number 4. Dates 5. Cutters 6. LCC in Classification Web 7. Basic LCC Call Number Building 8. Advanced Call Number Building 9. Classifying Fiction in LCC 10. Finding and using LCC Resources Exercises at the end of most chapters give readers immediate practice with what they just learned. Answers to the exercises are provided at the end of the book. By the end of the book readers will be able to build an LCC call number on their own.

The Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System
The Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System

Author: M. P. Satija

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-09-30

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1780634048

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The Dewey Decimal Classification system (DDC) is the world's most popular library classification system. The 23rd edition of the DDC was published in 2011. This second edition of The Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System examines the history, management and technical aspects of the DDC up to its latest edition. The book places emphasis on explaining the structure and number building techniques in the DDC and reviews all aspects of subject analysis and number building by the most recent version of the DDC. A history of, and introduction to, the DDC is followed by subject analysis and locating class numbers, chapters covering use of the tables and subdivisions therein, multiple synthesis, and using the relative index. In the appendix, a number of academically-interesting questions are identified and answered. - Provides a comprehensive chronology of the DDC from its inception in 1876, to the present day - Describes the governance, revision machinery and updating process - Gives a table of all editors of the DDC