An abridgment of Edition 23 of the Dewey Decimal Classification system for organizing knowledge represented in any form, including books, documents, and electronic records.
Ed. 15 / [edited by Joan S. Mitchell ... [and others]
Description:
lxvii, 1228 pages ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes index
Contents:
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 Index: Arrangement and format of the Relative Index Interdisciplinary numbers Terms included in the Relative Index Terms not included in the Relative Index Options Close and broad classification More information Glossary Index to the Introduction and Glossary Manual: Notes on Table Numbers Notes on Schedule Numbers Relocations and Discontinuations: Relocations Discontinuations Reused numbers Tables: Standard Subdivisions Geographic areas, and biography Subdivisions for individual literatures, for specific literary forms Subdivisions of individual languages and language families Summaries Schedules: 000 Computer science, information, general works 100 Philosophy, parapsychology and occultism, psychology 200 Religion 300 Social sciences 400 Language 500 Natural sciences and mathematics 600 Technology (Applied Sciences) 700 The arts 800 Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric 900 History, geography, and auxiliary disciplines Relative Index: Abbreviations used in the index A-Z
