Historical studies in documentation: The development of the dewey decimal classification

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 192-205

  Sweeney, Russell ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0020809340     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb026748     Document Type: Review

References (7)

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2. Dewey 19: a reading list. Compiled by Sheila Corrall and Janet Kinsella. London: Library Association, 1982 (Library Association Library Reading Lists).
3. Comaromi, J. P. The eighteen editions of the Dewey Decimal Classification. Albany, N. Y. : Forest Press, 1976. 678 pp. ISBN 0 910608 17 2.
4. Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index. 16th ed. Lake Placid Club, N. Y. : Forest Press, 1958. Vol. 1, p. 3.
5. Farewell to DC 17: British National Bibliography may reject the new edition of Dewey. Catalogue & Index, 7 July 1967.
6. A survey of the use of the Dewey Decimal Classification in the United States and Canada. Prepared for Forest Press, Lake Placid Foundation, 1975. 292 pp.
7. Manual on the use of the Dewey Decimal Classification: Edition 19. Prepared by John P. Comaromi and Margaret J. Warren. Albany, N. Y.: Forest Press, 1982. 551 pp. ISBN 0 910608 32 6.