[CALIBK12] Dewey search tool

[Jennifer Lutzky]

OCLC also has an experimental website up, called OCLC Classify, where you can enter a title, ISBN, etc., and they will tell you what Dewey number has been assigned by other libraries who own the book.  It's not the "official" Dewey number necessarily, but it definitely helps me make decisions sometimes.  Just keep an eye on the Dewey version number -- if the book is older, it hasn't necessarily been recataloged to a newer Dewey (we are currently on 22).

I find it very useful -- give it a try.  http://deweyresearch.oclc.org/classify2/

Jennifer Marcus Lutzky
Catalog Librarian
Campbell Hall
North Hollywood, CA




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From: "Kbshepler at aol.com" <Kbshepler at aol.com>
To: calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 12:48:19 PM
Subject: [CALIBK12] Dewey search tool

Does anyone know of a website that allows 
one to enter a topic (like say "wombats") and get a Dewey classification 
verdict?
 
Thanks for any leads!
Kathy
 
 
Kathy Shepler
Aurora School
Oakland, 
CA

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