TY - BOOK AU - Satija, Mohinder Partap TI - Dewey decimal classification : editions 19 (1979) to edition 23 (2011) / SN - 9788170006824 U1 - 025.431 PY - 2013/// CY - New Delhi: PB - Ess Ess Publications, KW - Classification, Dewey decimal KW - LIBRARY SCIENCE N1 - Acknowledgements Life of Melvil Dewey Introduction to the Dewey’s System 1 Introduction to the Text of Three Volumes 2 Basic Plan and Structure 3 How to Assign Class Numbers in the DDC 4 Practical Number Building 5 Order of Precedence 6 Use of Table 1: Standard Subdivisions 7 Use of Table 2: Areas 8 Use of Table 3: Subdivisions of Individual Literatures 9 Use of Table 4: Subdivisions of Individual Languages of the Main Class 400 Language 10 Use of Table 5: Racial, Ethnic and National Groups 11 Use of Table 6: Languages 12 Use of Table 7: Persons 13 Use of the Relative Index 14 Some Examples Illustrating Multiple Syntheses 15 Classification of General Statistics, Law, Geography and History 16 Exercises with Answers 17 An Update: The 19th Edition (1979) to the Web Dewey (2011) Appendix Index ER -