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Dewey Decimal Classification: a standalone construct

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Dewey DecimalClassification1 CONSTRUCTDewey DecimalDEWEY · KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION

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Knowledge organization

a library classification that divides knowledge into ten main classes and subdivides each by decimal numbers, so books on a subject stand together.

In knowledge organization, Dewey Decimal Classification refers to a library classification that divides knowledge into ten main classes and subdivides each by decimal numbers, so books on a subject stand together. This meaning comes from Dewey (1876) in A classification and subject index, for cataloguing and arranging the books and pamphlets of a library.[1]

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  1. Dewey, M. (1876). A classification and subject index, for cataloguing and arranging the books and pamphlets of a library. Open Library record

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