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module_5_reference_resources_ref-ex [2024/03/21 00:14] – judyatkinsonmodule_5_reference_resources_ref-ex [2024/03/21 00:17] – judyatkinson
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-====Dewey Decimal Classification System====+====Dewey Decimal Classification====
  
 **Library organisation** **Library organisation**
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 Familiarise yourself with the organisation of materials in the library. This helps you locate a particular resource, but will also allow you to go quickly to the best area for browsing the shelves in the reference collection or throughout the library. Familiarise yourself with the organisation of materials in the library. This helps you locate a particular resource, but will also allow you to go quickly to the best area for browsing the shelves in the reference collection or throughout the library.
  
-**Dewey Decimal Classification System (DDC)**+**Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)**
  
 The 100 Divisions The 100 Divisions
  
-Most public libraries arrange their non-fiction collections on their shelves using the Dewey Decimal Classification System. This is a numerical arrangement which puts books on the same subject together on the shelves. Letters relating to the item or the specific collection may also form part of the call number.+Most public libraries arrange their non-fiction collections on their shelves using Dewey Decimal Classification. This is a numerical arrangement which puts books on the same subject together on the shelves. Letters relating to the item or the specific collection may also form part of the call number.
  
 Libraries may use broader subject rooms or themes to arrange their collections, as used by some bookshops. Libraries may use broader subject rooms or themes to arrange their collections, as used by some bookshops.
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 **DDC major subdivisions** **DDC major subdivisions**
  
-For information about the [[https://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/dewey/ddc23-summaries.pdf|history and use of the Dewey Decimal Classification System]] and the expanded DDC table, consult the [[https://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/dewey/resources/summaries/deweysummaries.pdf|OCLC web site]]:+For information about the [[https://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/dewey/ddc23-summaries.pdf|history and use of  Dewey Decimal Classification]] and the expanded DDC table, consult the [[https://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/dewey/resources/summaries/deweysummaries.pdf|OCLC web site]]:
  
 __**Generalities**__ __**Generalities**__
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   * 990 History of other regions including Australasia     * 990 History of other regions including Australasia  
  
-//**Major Point: Understanding the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System will help you find resources.**//+//**Major Point: Understanding Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) will help you find resources.**//
  
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-**Exercises for Dewey Decimal Classification System**+**Exercises for Dewey Decimal Classification**
  
 1. How many places in your library can you locate resources that have a DDC number in the 900s? What are the different locations? 1. How many places in your library can you locate resources that have a DDC number in the 900s? What are the different locations?
module_5_reference_resources_ref-ex.txt · Last modified: 2024/03/21 00:23 by judyatkinson