This blog is written as a part of Ph.D Coursework including the Questions of Exercise from the First chapter, Introduction to the Handbook from the book The Handbook to Literary Research, edited by Delia da Sousa Correa and W.R. Owens ( edition 2010 by Routledge)
Q 1. Take the online tour of the Dewey Decimal Classification System on the OCLC website (www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/tour), and complete the ‘test your knowledge of DDC’ section.
I visited the OCLC website (www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/tour) to take the online tour of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System. However, I did not find a section titled ‘Test Your Knowledge of DDC’. Instead, there is a DDC23 Introduction page available, which provides an overview of the history of the Dewey Decimal system and how it is used to organize library collections by assigning DDC numbers to specific subject areas.
👉 Click here to read more
The DDC is published by OCLC, Inc., and access to the system is provided through WebDewey, a subscription-based, regularly updated online service. OCLC holds the copyright to the DDC and licenses its use.
WebDewey is primarily used by librarians and catalogers to assign subject classification numbers to materials. These numbers help in organizing and shelving library items systematically. It is especially valuable for subject cataloging in academic, public, and research libraries.
I was initially curious whether WebDewey and OPAC serve the same purpose. After researching on Google and asking ChatGPT, I found out that:
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WebDewey is used behind the scenes by catalogers to classify books.
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These classifications are entered into ILS/LMS (Integrated Library System/Library Management System) software.
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The OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) retrieves this information from the ILS and displays it to users, allowing them to search for materials by title, author, subject, and location.
While the DDC is widely used, there are other classification systems available. One notable alternative is the Library of Congress Classification (LCC), which is especially popular in academic and research libraries in the United States. LCC is freely available and offers a robust structure for organizing complex subject areas.
👉 Click here to explore Library of Congress Classification
Q2.Using the University of London’s Senate House Library online catalogue (www.ull.ac.uk) as your reference, conduct a class- mark search for Dewey decimal number 655.45. What is the specialist subject that this class mark brings up, and where are these books physically located inside Senate House Library?
The site is given is not working. I searched 'University of London’s Senate House Library online catalogue'. Click here
Scrolling down to the website, there is the page link of Search the catalogue, where one can search Catalogue and Electronic Resources.
I first searched for the number given 566.45, There was no result. But then I searched The Room of One's Own and the result was there. containing the book details and also the location of the book within the library.
There was also other option available on University of London Senate House Library's Home page Named 'Using the Library'
While Clicking on it, On the page there the option of Online Library, and then clicking on 'Visit Online Library', it has the option 'Advanced Search' Page.
On Advance search page, one can access the the resouces through various identification like title, author name, DD number, Abstract, OCLC number, Genre, Publisher, etc.
Some book or resources full texts are available online but it can be only accessed by the members or thpose who have OpenAthens Acoount. One interesting point is that one can export the search results by only enering email to be sent on. This I found really interesting as the resources in bulk canbe exported in Excel/Sheet formate, a very helpful data for the researcher including all the necessary information like Title, Author, Publication, Volume, issue, etc,.
Click Here to See the data exported though Dewey Number 657.45
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