Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index [Abridged] [Hardcover]

Melvil Dewey (Author), Joan S. Mitchell (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1023 pages
• Publisher: Oclc; 13th Abridged edition edition (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0910608598
• ISBN-13: 978-0910608596
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.7 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,451 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Dewey you can have when you can't affort the whole Dewey, May 17, 2000

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Anon (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index (Hardcover)

This version of the Dewey Decimal Classification fits on your desk and in your budget. Abridged Edition 13 offers the up-to-date features of DDC 21 at a price small libraries can afford. Here's what you get in a single volume: * Major revisions of 350-354 public administration, 370 Education, 570 Life Sciences, 580 Plants, and 590 Animals * New table numbers for countries of the former Soviet Union * Updated terminology and new topics including virtual reality, Internet, rap music and in-line skating * Over 40 pages of additional index terms * Numbering compatible with DDC 21, so libraries can expand easily from the abridged to the full edition.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What every library needs, February 5, 2011

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This review is from: Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index (Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification & Relative Index) (Hardcover)

Even though most catalog entries are now available online, this is a great reference book to have in the media center.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced, January 11, 2010

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Dorothy Bowen (Kentucky) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index (Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification & Relative Index) (Hardcover)

The 14th edition of the Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index is a textbook for a course I teach and is a most worthwhile purchase for any cataloger, library or library science student. However, it is outrageous that one would charge $999.00 for it when the publisher charges only 1/10 of that for a new copy.