TY - BOOK AU - Satija, M.P. TI - Exercises in the 23rd edition of Dewey decimal classification SN - 9788170006695 (pbk.) U1 - 025.431 PY - 2012/// CY - New Delhi PB - Ess Ess Publication KW - Classification, Dewey decimal KW - Classification, Dewey decimal -- Problems, exercises, etc KW - Cataloging N1 - Salient features of the 23rd edition (2011). Introduction to the text of four volumes -- How to assign and build class numbers in the DDC -- Practical number building -- Order of precedence -- Use of table 1: Standard subdivisions -- Use of table 2: Geographic areas, historical periods, biography -- Use of table 3: Subdivisions for the arts, for individuals literature, for specific literary forms -- Use of table 4: Subdivisions of individual languages and language families for the languages schedule (400) -- Use of table 5: Ethnic and national groups -- Use of table 6: Languages -- Groups of people -- Examples illustrating multiple synthesis -- Classification of general statistics, law, geography, and history -- Exercises for self practice -- How to use the relative index -- Answers to exercises for self practice ER -