Directory of Dewey Decimal Resources

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The Dewey Decimal System is used for classifying library materials. It was created by Melvil Dewey in the 1870s.

Resources in This Category

• A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library

  http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12513
  By Melvil Dewey, 1876. In plain text (two versions), HTML, or as a zip file, from Project Gutenberg.

• Dewey Browse

  https://sites.google.com/site/deweybrowse/
  Contains websites using the Dewey Decimal Classification System. It is meant to be used for K-12 research and for personal interests.

• Dewey Decimal System

  http://www.oclc.org/dewey.en.html
  Includes: news, DDC updates, listing of libraries using DDC and internet resources classified by DDC, products and research.

• Do the Dewey!

  http://www.thrall.org/dewey/
  A Javascript trivia game testing one's knowledge of the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme.

• What's so great about the Dewey Decimal System?

  http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2238/whats-so-great-about-the-dewey-decimal-system
  Includes Tree of Life Sefirot names for the Dewey numbers.

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