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What's new with Dewey Services in Connexion
WebDewey and the Enhanced DDC 22 Database

The following enhancements were made available in Dewey Services 15 June 2003:

The June 2003 release of WebDewey includes all the content in the new DDC 22 and additional content only available in the electronic version. WebDewey is a web-based version of the enhanced DDC 22 database and features:

  • Thousands of Relative Index terms and built numbers not available in the DDC print version
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) that have been statistically mapped to Dewey numbers from records in WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) and intellectually mapped by DDC editors (including up to LCSH Weekly List through no. 37, 2002)
  • Selected mappings from Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
  • Links from mapped LCSH to the LCSH authority records
  • Quarterly database updates incorporating the latest changes to the Classification and new LCSH mappings, index terms, and built numbers

Notable changes in Edition 22 include major updates to:

  • 004-006 Data processing Computer science
  • The second of a two-phase update to reduce Christian bias in 200 Religion
  • 301-307 Sociology & anthropology
  • 340 Law
  • 510 Mathematics
  • 540 Chemistry
  • 610 Medicine & health
  • 900 History & geography
  • Selected changes to Tables 1 through 6, including and the renaming of Table 5 from “Racial, Ethnic, and National Groups” to “Ethnic and National Groups”
  • Replacement of Table 7 (Groups of Persons) with direct use of notation already available in the schedules and in notation 08 from Table 1
  • Streamlining of the Manual
  • And a number of additional updates made throughout the schedules

Enhancements to the Dewey Services interface

Dewey Services now contains the following interface improvements:

  • The frequently-consulted Introduction is now easier to find through the Show Options dropdown menu
  • “Relocations, Discontinuations and Reused Numbers” is available as a downloadable MS Excel file in Help
  • “New Features,” a summary of the changes in DDC 22, is available in Help
  • Flow charts and the optional schedule for Tanakh (both formerlyonly available in the print version) now appear in the database
  • The Quick Search/Browse feature (previously only available on schedule record pages) is now also available from Search and Browse results pages
  • Previous Search/Browse entry terms are now retained at the Search, Browse, and User Notes Search screens
  • You can now navigate from your User Note to its corresponding DDC record
  • An Action list is now available at the bottom of the User Notes screen, enabling rapid keyboard entry of User Notes

Introduction

The DDC Introduction is frequently consulted by classifiers who seek specific instruction about how the DDC is applied and how to build numbers. You can now quickly refer to the Introduction through the Show Options dropdown menu. To navigate to the Introduction, from the Show button, select the appropriate dropdown menu item: “Introduction to the DDC” in WebDewey or “Introduction to the Abr. DDC” in Abridged WebDewey.

Navigate to the Introduction through the Show Options dropdown menu

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The Introduction opens in a separate Help window

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New Features and Relocations, Discontinuations and Reused Numbers available through “Dewey overview” topic in Help

Dewey Services subscribers can download the popular “Relocations, Discontinuations and Reused Numbers” resource in MS Excel format for local planning purposes. In Help, navigate to the MS Excel file through the WebDewey overview topic. The terms, “relocations,” “discontinuations,” and “reused numbers” retrieve the WebDewey overview topic in Help.

“New Features,” a summary of the changes in DDC 22, is also available through Help's WebDewey overview topic (and in PDF format on the Dewey web site). In Help, you also navigate to this resource through the WebDewey overview. The additional terms, “features,” and “new features” will also retrieve the WebDewey overview topic in Help.

Both “Relocations, Discontinuations, and Reused Numbers” and “New Features” are located in the WebDewey overview in Help. Select the Edition 22 of the Dewey Decimal Classification subtopic.

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New Features is available in PDF format.
Relocations, Discontinuations, and Reused Numbers is available as a downloadable, MS Excel file in Help. This file is also available in PDF format.

Flow charts now in WebDewey

Flow charts and the optional schedule for Tanakh (both formerly only available in the print version) now appear in the database.

At 782 Vocal Music, link to the flow chart by selecting the “View” icon,

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A new window opens the flow chart in PDF format.

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Use of the Quick Search/Browse Feature Extended in Dewey Services Interface

The Quick Search/Browse feature (previously only available on schedule record pages) is now available from Search and Browse results pages.

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The Quick Search/Browse feature is now also available from the Browse results page (not shown).

Retain Search/Browse

Previous Search/Browse entry terms are now retained at the Search, Browse, and User Notes Search screens. Classifiers often repeat searches in different indexes. To increase your searching efficiency, you can now select to retain a previous search from the Search screen.

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Terms appear in highlight mode; therefore, if you do not wish to repeat a Browse, you can type over it.

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NOTE: In Dewey Services, the Retain Search/Browse feature does not affect the Quick Search/Browse. Additionally, the preferred Browse index you save through General-->Admin-->Preferences-->Dewey Services Options-->Default Dewey Services Browse Index, remains as your default index preference when you use the Quick Search/Browse feature.

User Notes

An Action list is now available at the bottom of the User Notes screen, enabling rapid keyboard entry of User Notes.

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You can now easily navigate from your User Note to its corresponding DDC record

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Remember, OCLC Connexion already contains a number of keyboard shortcuts. If Dewey Services is your active tab, the following shortcuts activate the following buttons:
<Alt> + <1> = Search (WebDewey or Abridged WebDewey)
<Alt> + <2> = Browse (WebDewey or Abridged WebDewey)
<Alt> + <3> = Create (blank User Note)
<Alt> + <4> = Show (Active Records screen)
(You can move to the Dewey Services tab in OCLC Connexion with the shortcut, <Alt>+<D>.)

Abridged WebDewey

Abridged WebDewey contains most of the interface enhancements detailed above, except those that do not apply to the abridged edition, such as flow charts. Abridged WebDewey is a web-based version of the enhanced Abridged 13 database. Abridged WebDewey features LCSH that have been intellectually mapped to Dewey headings by DDC editors, including many from the OCLC publication, Subject Headings for Children; links from mapped LCSH to the LCSH authority records; mappings between abridged Dewey numbers and subject headings from the latest edition of H.W. Wilson's Sears List of Subject Headings; and quarterly database updates incorporating the latest changes to the DDC, new LCSH mappings, index terms, and built numbers. The next release of Abridged WebDewey will be the last release based on Abridged 13. In January 2004, OCLC will release Abridged Edition 14 in print and web form.

Learn about July 2003 enhancements

A WebDewey tutorial is available