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Abridged Dewey Now
Available Over the Web

By Rosario Garza

If you use the abridged edition of Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), you can now access the latest changes to the abridged edition by subscribing to OCLC's Abridged WebDewey.

Key features of Abridged WebDewey include:

  • An easy-to-use, browser-based interface that allows you to search the DDC (and related terminology) efficiently and navigate intuitively.
  • Thousands of relative index terms and built numbers not available in the print version of the DDC.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) that have been intellectually mapped to Dewey headings by DDC editors, including many from the Forest Press publication Subject Headings for Children.
  • Mappings between abridged Dewey numbers and subject headings from the latest edition of H.W. Wilson's Sears List of Subject Headings.
  • Links from mapped LCSH to the LCSH authority records.
  • Quarterly updates, incorporating the latest changes to the classification and new LCSH mappings, index terms and built numbers.
  • An annotation capability, which allows you to add your own notes into Abridged WebDewey to reflect local classification practices.

Abridged WebDewey is available on an annual subscription basis. Pricing is based on two factors: does your library use OCLC cataloging services, and do you want a single- user license or a site license?

OCLC Cataloging services users

  Single users (for use by one staff member in your library)$65 per year
  Site License$130 per year
 
Non-users of OCLC Cataloging services
  Single users (for use by one staff member in your library)$75 per year
  Site License$150 per year
 
For more information, including the order form, use the following URL: www.oclc.org/fp/. Under the Products listing, click on Abridged WebDewey.

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