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Definition of Dewey decimal system
1. Noun. A system used by libraries to classify nonfictional publications into subject categories; the subject is indicated by a three-digit numeral and further specification is given by numerals following a decimal point; publications are shelved by number.
Generic synonyms: Classification System
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dewey Decimal System
Literary usage of Dewey decimal system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Good Engineering Literature: What to Read and how to Write by Harwood Frost (1911)
"With the decimal sys- •From "An Extension of the dewey decimal system of
Classification Applied to the Engineering Industries," by LP Breckenridge and GA ..."
2. The Library Record of Australasia by Library Association of Australasia (1901)
"The dewey decimal system for Small Libraries. UNDER this system all books are
classed in one of ten main divisions. These divisions are represented by the ..."
3. The Business Library by Louise Beerstecher Krause (1921)
"The following list of extensions to the Dewey Decimal Classification may be of
interest to engineers: "Extension of the dewey decimal system of ..."
4. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1916)
"It contains a full explanation of the dewey decimal system of classification,
with an explanation of the Cutter author tables and instruction for the ..."
5. Over the Drawing Board: A Draftmen's Hand Book by Ben Jehudah Lubschez (1918)
"dewey decimal system A very comprehensive scheme of indexing is the Dewey Decimal
System, amply explained by Dr. Dewey's own book. ..."
6. The Economic Side of Works Management by John Christie Duncan (1911)
"Some concerns have adopted a filing scheme based on the Dewey Decimal system for
their technical literature. The Engineering Experiment Station of the ..."
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