- Dewey Browse
Directory of web sites for K-12 students, organized by the Dewey Decimal System categories used by libraries. Also includes teacher resources.
www.deweybrowse.org
- Universal Decimal Classification Consortium
Organization maintaining and promoting Universal Decimal Classification, a system of cataloging and indexing books and knowledge developed by Paul Otlet at the end of the 19th century.
www.udcc.org
- Let's Do Dewey
Learn the Dewey Decimal System of library classification with this online tutorial. Includes examples and exercises showing how Dewey call numbers are assigned to books, as well as a short biography of Dewey himself.
www.mtsu.edu/~vvesper/dewey.html
- Otlet, Paul (1868-1944) (6)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Librarians/Otlet__Paul__1868_1944_
- Dewey, Melvil (1851-1931) (5)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Librarians/Dewey__Melvil__1851_1931_
- Morton Grove Public Library - Webrary
Directory of web sites arranged according to the Dewey Decimal System. Find online resources the way you would find books in a library, and browse categories like literature, religion, and science.
www.webrary.org/ref/weblinksmenu.html
- Ranganathan, Shiyali Ramamrita (1892-1972) (6)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Librarians/Ranganathan__Shiyali_Ramamrita__1892_1972_
- How to Use the Dewey Decimal System
Overview of the Dewey Decimal System, used to organize library books into ten broad areas and then into smaller subtopics. Browse Dewey categories and see examples of the kinds of books in each.
www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/ddchow.html
- Dewey Guide
Find the Dewey Decimal System numbers for the topics you're interested in with this table from the Appleton Public Library. Offers an alphabetical list of topics from A to Z.
www.apl.org/libcats/dewey.html
- How the Dewey Decimal System Works
Breakdown of the Dewey Decimal System, the classification system used by libraries to organize books by topic. Includes an outline of the Dewey Decimal numbers. From Duke Libraries.
www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/fi_books_dd.htm
- Wikipedia: Universal Decimal Classification
Overview of Universal Decimal Classification, a method of large-scale library cataloging and indexing based on the Dewey Decimal system.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Decimal_Classification
- Wikipedia: Dewey Decimal Classification
Overview of the Dewey Decimal Classification system, invented by Melvil Dewey to help libraries organize the books in their collections. Learn how the DDC works and how it has been developed by libraries today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_System
- Was Ranganathan a Yahoo!?
1998 article discussing the similarities between S.R. Ranganathan's Colon Classification, and the classification schemes used by web directories such as Yahoo!.
scout.wisc.edu/Projects/PastProjects/toolkit/enduser/archive/1998/euc-9803....
- Excerpts from Prolegomena to Library Classification
Selected definitions and principles for library and information science students from S.R. Ranganathan's Prolegomena to Library Classification.
www.miskatonic.org/library/prolegomena.html
- Do We Really Know Dewey?
Facts and tools for kids interested in the Dewey Decimal System, used by libraries organize their books. Learn how the system classifies books by their subjects, and then test your Dewey knowledge with quizzes and puzzles.
library.thinkquest.org/5002
- Do the Dewey
Learn about the Dewey Decimal System, used by libraries to organize books by their topic. Also includes information about the system's inventor, Melvil Dewey, and a quiz to test your knowledge.
www.thrall.org/dewey
- Wikipedia: Bliss Bibliographic Classification
Summary of the Bliss Bibliographic Classification, a system of library indexing and cataloging developed by Henry Evelyn Bliss. Includes history and examples.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_bibliographic_classification
- Ranganathan and Facet Analysis
Overview of the Colon Classification scheme of faceted library cataloging and categorizing, proposed by S.R. Ranganathan, and how Colon Classification is used in the Art and Architecture Thesaurus.
www.mysticseaport.org/library/msitia/facets.html
- Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library
Online text of Melvil Dewey's original book introducing the Dewey Decimal System of library cataloging. In HTML and plain text. From Project Gutenberg.
www.gutenberg.org/etext/12513
- 025.431: The Dewey Blog
One blog tackling everything you ever wanted to know about the Dewey Decimal System but were afraid to ask. Includes a Dewey Decimal Classification FAQ and posts categorized by their DDC number.
ddc.typepad.com/025431
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