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- Libraries FAQ 2.1
- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1107
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- Anthony Wilson
- paw@iglou.com
-
- Libraries FAQ
- Section 5.0 Citation & Classification
-
- 5.1 How does the Dewey decimal Classification (DDC) work?
- 5.2 What are the ten major classifications of the DDC?
- 5.3 What are the twenty major classes of Library of Congress?
- 5.4 What are the major Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) classes?
- 5.5 What are the ten major classes of Universal Decimal
- Classification?
- 5.6 What other classification systems are there?
- 5.7 How do I cite information I find on the Internet?
-
-
- 5.1 How does the Dewey decimal Classification (DDC) work?
-
- There are ten main categories in DDC. These are divided into ten
- subcategories, which in turn are divided into further subcategories.
- The more specific the subject of the item is, the longer the number
- assigned to it is. Today the classifications are the responsibility of
- Forest Press.
-
- 5.2 What are the ten major classifications of the DDC?
-
- The Dewey Decimal System
- 000-099: General works (encyclopedias and similar works)
- 100-199: Philosophy and Psychology
- 200-299: Religion
- 300-399: Social Sciences
- 400-499: Languages (including dictionaries)
- 500-599: Natural science
- 600-699: Applied science
- 700-799: Arts
- 800-899: Literature
- 900-999: History, Geography and Biography
-
- For a further breakdown, go to the 3 summaries site on the WWW at:
- http://www.oclc.org/oclc/fp/about/ddc21sm1.htm .
-
- 5.3 What are the twenty major classes of Library of Congress?
-
- A: General works
- B: Philosophy and religion
- C: History - auxiliary sciences
- D: History and topography (except American)
- E-F: American history
- G: Geography, anthropology, folklore, recreation
- H: Social sciences
- J: Political science
- K: Law
- KE: Canadian Law
- KF: U.S. Law
- L: Education
- M: Music
- N: Fine arts
- P: Language and literature
- Q: Science
- R: Medicine
- S: Agriculture
- T: Technology
- U: Military science
- V: Naval science
- Z: Bibliography and library science
- See also, Matt Rosenberg's ( geography.guide@miningco.com ) Library of
- Congress Classification System page at the Mining Company:
- http://geography.miningco.com/library/congress/bllc.htm .
-
- 5.4 What are the classes of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) & Black's
- Dental Classification?
-
- MeSH
- QS: Human Anatomy
- QT: Physiology
- QU: Biochemistry
- QV: Pharmacology
- QW: Bacteriology & Immunology
- QX: Parasitology
- QY: Clinical Pathology
- QZ: Pathology
- W: Medical Profession
- WA: Public Health
- WB: Practice of Medicine
- WC: Infectious Diseases
- WD 100: Deficiency Diseases
- WD 200: Metabolic Diseases
- WD 300: Diseases of Allergy
- WD 400: Animal Poisoning
- WD 500: Plant Poisoning
- WD 600: Diseases Caused by Physical Agents
- WE: Musculoskeletal System
- WF: Respiratory System
- WG: Cardiovascular System
- WH: Hemic amp; Lymphatic Systems
- WI: Gastrointestinal System
- WJ: Urogenital System
- WK: Endocrine System
- WL: Nervous System
- WM: Psychiatry
- WN: Radiology
- WO: Surgery
- WP: Gynecology
- WQ: Obstetrics
- WR: Dermatology
- WS: Pediatrics
- WT: Geriatrics. Chronic Disease
- WU: Dentistry. Oral Surgery
- WV: Otorhinolaryngology
- WW: Opthalmology
- WX: Hospitals
- WY: Nursing
- WZ: History of Medicine
-
- Black's Dental Classification
- D Dentistry in general
- D01-09 Form numbers
- D1-17 Basic sciences
- D2-29 Operative dentistry
- D3-38 Prosthetic dentistry
- D4-47 Orthodontics
- D5-59 Dental health
- D6-69 Oral pathology
- D7-79 Oral surgery
- D8-89 Dental practice and management
- D9-95 Anesthesia
-
- 5.5 What are the ten major classes of Universal Decimal
- Classification?
-
- 0: Generalities. Science and Knowledge Organization. Information
- Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications.
- 1: Philosophy and psychology
- 2 : Religion and theology
- 3 : Social sciences; Statistics; Politics; Economics; Trade; Law;
- Governments; Military affairs; Welfare; Insurance; Education; Folklore
- 4 : [vacant]
- 5 : Mathematics and natural sciences
- 6 : Applied Sciences
- 7 : The Arts. Recreation. Entertainment. Sport
- 8 : Language. Linguistics. Literature
- 9 : Geography. Biography. History
-
-
- 5.6 What other classification (or subject heading) systems are there?
-
-
- In Canada, Canadian Subject Headings, see
- http://130.15.161.74/techserv/cat/Sect03/c03c35.html is often used.
- Sears is another classification system.
-
- Randall W. Scott at Michigan State University Libraries has developed
- a schedule (which he uses in conjunction with LCSH) for sequential art
- material (i.e. comic books and strips). This appeared in his _Comics
- Librarianship: A Handbook_(Jefferson: McFarland, 1990). For more
- information on it, e-mail him at scottr@pilot.msu.edu or check out his
- homepage at http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/index.htm .
-
- Information on David Elazar's "A Classification System for Libraries
- of Judaica" can be found at his home page:
- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6527/index.html
-
- 5.7 How do I cite information I find on the Internet?
-
- As yet, there is no agreed upon method of citing Internet sources, but
- most proposals are based on the MLA and APA styles of citation. Ann
- Robinson's "Citing Internet Sources" page,
- http://tigger.cc.uic.edu/~aerobin/citing.html , has links to several
- sites which discuss citation formats. For a critique of some of the
- proposed methods of Internet citation, and suggestions for a better
- model, see Andrew Harnack and Gene Kleppinger's "Beyond the MLA
- Handbook", http://falcon.eku.edu/honors/beyond-mla/
-
- Some examples of Internet citation:
-
- In the MLA style
- Wilson, Anthony. Libraries FAQ. v. 1.5. Online. Available:
- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1107/index.html. Feb. 16,
- 1997.
-
- In the APA style
- Wilson, Anthony (1996). Libraries FAQ. (v. 1.5), [Online]. Available:
- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1107/index.html. [Feb.16,
- 1997].
-
- For a detailed and authoritative discussion on Internet citation,
- consult:
- Li, Xia, and Nancy Crane. Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing
- Electronic Information. Westport: Meckler, 1993.
- http://www.uvm.edu/~ncrane/estyles/
-
-