Guide to the Use of UDC: Introductory Guide to the Use and Application of the Universal Decimal Classification: No. 5 (FID Occasional Papers) - Softcover

McIlwaine, Ia; Buxton, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 926600703X ISBN 13: 9789266007039

Publisher: International Federation for Information and Docum, 1995

Synopsis

The Universal Decimal classification (UDC) is the world's principal, multicultural classification scheme for all fields of knowledge. Started by Paul Otlet and Nobel Prize-winner Henri La Fontaine, and first published in 1904/1907, it has been developed into a very flexible system incorporating a capacity for synthesis which enables new fields of research and study to be incorporated at once. The scheme is published wholly or in part in over 15 languages. This book gives an introduction to the practical use and application of UDC. It describes the overall structure, the underlying principles, the practical implementation of the theory and a description of the structure of the UDC. The publication is packed with practical examples of the application of the UDC, explaining how the classification can be applied and for what major purposes it can be used, both in the traditional library or archives and records management environment or for the online application of the schemes. The book has been specifically written for all those how use the UDC or are planning to use this important information retrieval tool in document- or non-document-based settings.

Edition details

• Publisher: International Federation for Information and Docum
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 926600703X
• ISBN 13: 9789266007039
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 120