2007-02-20 01:12:08 · 6 answers · asked by Panayiotis L 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification
The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC, also called the Dewey Decimal System) is a proprietary system of library classification developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876, and since greatly modified and expanded in the course of the twenty-two major revisions, the most recent in 2004.
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2007-02-20 01:25:24 · answer #1 · answered by LucySD 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Library's can have thousands of books, so they have to be numbered by category and location.
Each aisle in the library is numbered also.
A book number could be 642.235
The 6 would mean its in the 600 aisle. 42 would be the order it's in, in that aisle. The numbers after the decimal are dependent on how many of "that kind" of book there are.
There is also a file reference in the library, so if you're looking up a book by title, the index card will give you the exact number of the book and you'll know where to look.
2007-02-20 01:25:46 · answer #2 · answered by Havana Brown 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Way of filing books by classification. Look it up in the encylopedia.
2007-02-20 01:15:15 · answer #3 · answered by Chloe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the system used in libraries to classify books into different subject areas.
2007-02-20 01:14:57 · answer #4 · answered by Who Yah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Library organizational system, created by Dewey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification
2007-02-20 01:14:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/dewey.html
Go there..it explains everything
2007-02-20 01:41:55 · answer #6 · answered by Ferrari^F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋