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theory and practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification system
1. A brief history of the Dewey Decimal Classification -- 2. Governance and revision of the DDC -- 3. Introduction to the text in four volumes -- 4. Basic plan and structure -- 5. Subject analysis and locating class numbers -- 6. Tables and rules for precedence of classes -- 7. Number-building -- 8. Use of Table 1 : standard subdivisions -- 9. Use of Table 2 : geographical areas, historical periods and persons -- 10. Use of Table 3 : subdivisions for the arts, individual literatures and for literary forms -- 11. Use of Table 4 and Table 6 : subdivisions of individual languages and their language families -- 12. Use of Table 5 : ethnic and national groups -- 13. Multiple synthesis -- 14. Using the relative index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.