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This session will cover …. The advantages and pitfalls of using WebDewey 2.0 General approach How to log on The basic structure of WebDewey 2.0 records Introduction to browse, search, and tables Introduction to built numbers. Advantages of WebDewey. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
This session will cover …• The advantages and pitfalls of using
WebDewey 2.0• General approach• How to log on• The basic structure of WebDewey 2.0
records• Introduction to browse, search, and tables• Introduction to built numbers
Advantages of WebDeweya) You can keyword search all of Dewey, and
use Boolean searchingb) You can access notes and related numbers,
by clicking on linksc) WebDewey includes terms and built numbers
which are not found in the print versiond) Some Dewey numbers have Library of
Congress subject headings linkede) WebDewey is completely up-to-date, but the
print version is not, and is getting more and more out of date
Less appealing featuresa) Number building can be more difficult,
especially for complicated numbers such as literature numbers
b) Because Dewey was designed for print, it’s not fully suited to an online interface. It’s important to start with a good understanding of the print version
WebDewey is not Google!• Approach WebDewey in the way you
would the print version, by browsing down through the summaries of the main classes and checking the relative index.
• You still need to determine the subject and discipline of a work, and think in exactly the same way as when using the print version of Dewey.
http://dewey.org/webdewey/
Once you have logged in, by default you are using the 23rd edition of Dewey, which has orange buttons.
Click on “Home” to see the ten main classes
Clicking on “000” displays the summary for the ten classes below
Clicking on “090” displays the ten classes below. This approach enables you to find a number by
drilling down through the hierarchies
Broader numbers Box to build numbers
Tables
LC subject headings associated with the Dewey number
Class summaries
Narrower numbers
Browse option
• Useful to check a Dewey number that may already be on the record
• Allows you to drill down from a general to a more specific number
On the left you enter your browse terms, and on the right select the index that you wish to browse
Drilling down from a general to a more specific number
Search option
• Useful if you have very specific keywords, that may not be in the relative index
• Finding the Dewey number corresponding to a Library of Congress subject heading
• Find a more detailed Dewey number from a base number
Tables
Introduction to built numbers
• Identified by a small “B” in your search results
• You need look at how the number has been constructed, and its scope.
• Sometimes the scope of built numbers is much broader than is immediately obvious in WebDewey
The instructions tell you to add “7” from the table “Add as instructed under 362-363”.
This takes you to 363.1257 – but covers everything from using seatbelts, to school traffic patrols