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 You will learn: You will learn:
  
-  * Why and how to use reference resources +  * How to use reference resources 
-  * What resources are considered essential +  * Resources that are considered essential 
-  * Why understanding the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System helps find the right resources +  * Understanding Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) helps find the right resources 
-  * What resources are available online+  * Resources that are available online
  
 ====Examining resources==== ====Examining resources====
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-====Dewey Decimal Classification System====+====Dewey Decimal Classification====
  
 **Library organisation** **Library organisation**
  
-Once you know what type of resource you need and the topic, how do you locate the materials in the library? Are the resources in your library arranged using Dewey Decimal Classification or another system?+Once you know what type of resource you need and the topic, how do you locate the materials in the library? Are the resources in your library arranged using Dewey Decimal Classification or another classification?
  
 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.
  
-Some libraries, especially larger ones and academic libraries, use a different system developed by the [[https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcc.html#:~:text=The%20system%20divides%20all%20knowledge,occasionally%20three%2Dletter%2C%20combinations.|Library of Congress]]. It uses a combination of letters and numbers and you may see this used on books you borrow from other libraries.+Some libraries, especially larger ones and academic libraries, use a different classification developed by the [[https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcc.html#:~:text=The%20system%20divides%20all%20knowledge,occasionally%20three%2Dletter%2C%20combinations.|Library of Congress]]. It uses a combination of letters and numbers and you may see this used on books you borrow from other libraries.
  
  
 **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?
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