What is the Dewey Decimal Classification System?
The DDC System is a numeric system used by most Libraries
to organise their information resources (books, journals,
etc.) in certain subject groups, so that they are easily accessible
to users. In other words, these numbers on the items (books,
magazines, audio-visual, etc.) are there to help you find
them among all the other items in the Library.
For example:
Since all the books on sociology will have the number 301,
the books will all be at the same shelf location. This means
that you can go to that shelf location and browse all the
sociology books easily. When you do a search on the catalogue, next to each record you will find
the shelf number (the location) of the item.
Why is it important to understand the Dewey Decimal Classification
system?
You need to understand the basics of the DDC system to be
able to find the items in the Library that you are looking
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