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Dewey Decimal Classification: A Brief Literature Review

Pal, Ashok and Bhattacharya, Udayan Dewey Decimal Classification: A Brief Literature Review. Librarian, 2017, vol. 24, n. 1, pp. 61-71. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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The study performed a review of works of literature published on Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). Different facets such as experts, history, structures, and others including the electronic format of DDC have been discussed.

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	Dewey Decimal Classification, DDC, Phase relations, Relative index, Relative location, Treatment of subjects
Subjects:	I. Information treatment for information services I. Information treatment for information services > ID. Knowledge representation.
Depositing user:	Dr. Ashok Pal
Date deposited:	22 Mar 2021 10:17
Last modified:	22 Mar 2021 10:17
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/41875

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