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8444301 No.8444301 [Reply] [Original]

This is going to sound weird, but does anyone know where I can find all volumes of DDC 23 without purchasing this from the OCLC website? I would like to find them in pdf format, but after checking everywhere I couldn't find them. I have a small library of files I'd like to organize, and I was surprised to find just how limited the Dewey Decimal standard is to the public. The point of the volumes is to have a reference to flesh out part of my library with subjects that I wouldn't reasonably be able to think of.

>> No.8444324

I wouldn't search too deep into the way libraries operate, man. It's a dark road that many cant come back from. Be safe

>> No.8444333

>>8444301
>dewey decimal standard being limited to the public

wtf anon share with the rest of the class

>> No.8444346

>>8444333
Maybe I'm wrong, but I really searched for this. I wasn't able to find any complete database, or volume that had any real detail to it that was the current standard (DDC 23). The original DDC 1-18 can be found, but the newer versions that obviously contain more current info are maintained by the OCLC. You have to actually buy the manual to look up the most current version. As is my understanding.

>> No.8444359

>>8444346

To clarify there are places that you can look up call numbers, but to actually have something to classify books yourself, looking at the actual most current Dewey Decimal System coding, you have to purchase the volumes.

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8444373

>>8444359
>but to actually have something to classify books yourself, looking at the actual most current Dewey Decimal System coding, you have to purchase the volumes.

>"and then I told him you need to purchase the specifications for the standards separately!"

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