WebDewey/Abridged WebDewey October 2003 Quarterly Update

WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey are updated quarterly. Both services contain the latest version of the schedules, tables, Manual, and Relative Index entries from their respective enhanced DDC databases. The hierarchical displays in WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey feature updated main class and division captions (e.g., 700 Arts & recreation; 790 Sports, games & entertainment).

WebDewey is a web-based version of the enhanced DDC 22 database. This October 2003 release includes:

• all updates to Dewey Decimal Classification, edition 22, through October 2003 (corrections, new developments, new built numbers, and additional electronic index terms)
• thousands of 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. 48, 2002)
• thousands of Relative Index terms and built numbers not available in print
• links from mapped LCSH to the LCSH authority records
• selected mappings from Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Abridged WebDewey is a web-based version of the enhanced Abridged 13 database. This October 2003 release includes:

• all updates to Abridged Edition 13, through October 2003 (corrections, new developments, new built numbers, and additional electronic index terms)
• selected editorially mapped LCSH/DDC from LCSH Weekly Lists through no. 48, 2002
• 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

This October release of Abridged WebDewey is the last release based on Abridged 13. In December 2003, OCLC plans to release Abridged Edition 14 in Abridged WebDewey.

Dewey Services Interface Enhancements

The October release features the following interface improvements:

• Work Area—input Dewey numbers into the work area as you build them
• Search History—retrieve, revise, and repeat previous search/browse queries

Work Area

We are pleased to reintroduce the Work Area, which was available in the now obsolete product, Dewey for Windows. The work area is a free text input line in the Dewey Services interface that lets you input your base number and add to that number as you read number-building instructions.

The work area is located under the quick search/quick browse button and is available from schedule records and search and browse results screens. The work area is also available from user notes search results screens and user notes records. The work area will be present with any version of Internet Explorer supported by Connexion provided that cookies are enabled.

Turn Off Work Area

The default is set to show the work area. If you have no use for the work area, you may hide it by selecting the Hide option at General→Admin→Preferences→Dewey Services Options→Dewey Record Options→Work Area.

Show/Hide Work Area

If you have use for the work area occasionally, leave your preferences to Show, but turn it on and off when you need it. To turn on and off the Work Area, use <Alt>+<W>. To focus the work area (so that your cursor is placed in the work area), use <Alt>+<.> (period or full stop).

Search History

Search History is now available from WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey search pages, browse pages, user notes, and the quick search/quick browse feature.

To view up to 10 of your previous searches, click the Search History button or press the <Alt>+<=> keys. Click the Revise button if you want to edit the previous search and perform a new search. Click the Repeat button if you want to perform the same search again. To clear the search history and remove all existing searches, click Clear History. The search type, timestamp, and search query are displayed on the Search History window. The timestamp indicates the time and date of the search. Your search history is retained between sessions and persists on a per-authorization basis.

Search histories generated from the Dewey Services main search screen and the main browse screen are independent of search histories generated from the Dewey quick search/quick browse button. That is, searches and browses entered from the main Dewey search/browse screens do not appear in the Dewey quick search/quick browse search history and vice versa. View previous search results from the search page. View previous browse results from the browse page. View previous quick search and quick browse results from pages where the quick search/quick browse button is present (schedule records pages, search results pages, and browse results pages).

Search History screens

Search History

Searches input at the main search screen are retained here. (Searches input from the quick search button are not retained here.)

Browse History

Browses input at the main browse screen are retained here. (Browses input from the quick browse button are not retained here.)

Quick Search/Quick Browse History

Searches and browses input at the quick search/quick browse screen are retained here.

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)
• <Alt> + <W> Work Area toggle on/off (Provided work area is set to "Show" in Preferences)
• <Alt> + <.> Focuses cursor on the Work Area (Provided work area is set to "Show" in Preferences)
• <Alt> + <=> Show Search History (History will vary depending on your active screen)

*You can get to the Dewey Services tab in OCLC Connexion with the shortcut, <Alt>+<D>.

A WebDewey tutorial is available at: http://www.oclc.org/support/training/dewey/

More information is available at http://www.oclc.org/dewey/