THIS PRELIMINARY EDITION OF AN OUTLINE TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULES IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE QUICK REFERENCE TO THE SELECTION OF A SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATION TABLE BY MEANS OF AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. THE HEADINGS USED IN THE INDEX ARE TAKEN FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION OUTLINE, COMPLETE WITH MODIFIERS AND…

The 384 references in this bibliography represent a selection of recent literature (post 1960) on the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC). More selectivity is applied to earlier literature, and only the more significant items, generally of substantial importance, are chosen from publications earlier than 1950. The objective is to assemble a…

Melvil Dewey patterened his decimal classification system after the one developed by William Phipps Blake for the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876. (SJ)

The application of concepts for viewing events or relationships in other languages may lead to new and better systems for classing and retrieving data in the English language. (AB)

In anticipation of the mid-1971 publication date for Edition 18 of the Dewey Decimal Classification", this article explains how the dislikes will be either eliminated or reduced, how the likes will be extended, and how new provisions will enhance the ease of application of Dewey. (Author/NH)

Discusses revisions in the Library of Congress Classification schedules-- Class D: History, General and Old World, Class H: Social Sciences, and Class Q: Science. (RM)

After an historical and theoretical introduction, options for exploring an alternative LC class number for bibliographies, and problems that may arise are explored. LC now provides a general works number for most bibliographies it catalogs. The alternative number suggests a more representative classification which may increase retrieval.…

Explores the duality of sameness and difference as an underlying principle of classification using the Dewey Decimal Classification as an example. Explains the primacy of division by discipline, its origins in Western philosophy, and the cultural specificity that results, and considers possible universal solutions. (Author/LRW)

Midwives in Ghana provide the majority of rural primary and maternal healthcare services, but have limited access to data for decision making and knowledge work. Few mobile health (mHealth) applications have been designed for midwives. The study purpose was to design and test an mHealth application (mClinic) that can improve data access and reduce…

Current research in health care lacks a systematic investigation to identify and classify various sources of threats to information privacy when sharing health data. Identifying and classifying such threats would enable the development of effective information security risk monitoring and management policies. In this research I put the first step…

There is much debate on the merits and pitfalls of standardized tests for college admission, with questions regarding the format (multiple-choice versus constructed response), cognitive complexity, and content of these assessments (achievement versus aptitude) at the forefront of the discussion. This study addressed these questions by…

This study investigated the use of discourse markers (DMs) by college learners of English in China. It compared the use of DMs for four discourse functions by students at different proficiency levels. An audio-video instrument called Video Oral Communication Instrument was conducted to elicit ratable speech samples. Fraser's (1999) taxonomy was…

Background: Limited data indicate that obese children are absent from school more than their normal-weight peers. We analyzed administrative data from a large urban school district to investigate the association of obesity and student sociodemographic characteristics with absenteeism. Methods: We analyzed 291,040 records, representing 165,056…

A taxonomy of learning objectives generally refers to a schema to classify the levels of learning. In 1956, Benjamin Bloom, with a group of educational psychologists, created a taxonomy for classifying educational objectives using six major categories of thinking skills: (a) knowledge (recalling information), (b) comprehension, (understanding the…

The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions of students and faculty of pertinent curriculum in a first-year experience course at community colleges. Research has shown that a first-year experience course can help improve retention and increase persistence. Many four-year and two-year institutions offer first-year experience courses,…