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Dewey decimal classification

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Dewey decimal classification
n.
A system used in libraries for organizing nonfiction publications into subject categories corresponding to three-digit numerals, with further specification expressed by numerals following a decimal point.
[After Melvil Dewey.]
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Noun1.Dewey decimal classification - a system used by libraries to classify nonfictional publications into subject categories; the subject is indicated by a three-digit numeral and further specification is given by numerals following a decimal point; publications are shelved by number
decimal system of classification, Dewey decimal system
classification system - a system for classifying things


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Two large classification systems were developed to address this need and were put into widespread use: the Dewey Decimal Classification and the Library of Congress Classification.
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b) Numerically by Dewey Decimal classification number
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The opinion that using traditional categories and academic disciplines as the basis for a bibliographic classification system was a mistake indicated Brown's belief that the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), which was the major system used in Great Britain and the United States at the time, was unsuitable for British libraries.
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