• Dewey Decimal Classification EDITION 20 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of Toronto http://archive.org/details/deweydecimalcla01dewe Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index DC&— Dewey Decimal Classification Additions, Notes and Decisions DC& gives you corrections, changes and other DDC supplements to 20. It is issued annually. To receive a free subscription, mail the attached card today! By returning this card, your library will also be eligible for a $1,000 prize given DDC annually for travel to a training workshop. oc Forest LC Press Publisher of the Dewey Decimal Classification TCb™ DC& Send us a free subscription to Name Title Library Address CODE COUNTRY ZIP (PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT) OCLC Forest Press 85 Watervliet Avenue Albany, New York 12206-2082 USA Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index Devised by Melvil Dewey EDITION 20 Edited by John P. Comaromi, Editor Julianne Beall, Assistant Editor Winton E. Matthews, Jr., Assistant Editor Gregory R. New, Assistant Editor VOLUME 1 Introduction Tables FOREST PRESS A Division of OCLC Online ComputerLibrary Center, Inc. ALBANY, NEW YORK 1989 Copyright 1876, 1885, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1919 by Melvil Dewey Copyright 1888, 1891, 1894, 1899 by Library Bureau Copyright 1922, 1927, 1932, 1942, 1952, © 1958 by Lake PlacidClubEducation Foundation Copyright 1951,© 1965, 1971 by Forest Press, Inc. Vol. 2 © 1967 by ForestPress, Inc. © 1979by Forest Press ADivision oftheLake Placid Education Foundation © 1989 OCLCOnlineComputerLibrary Center, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ortransmitted, in any form orby any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recordingorotherwise, withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher. DDC, FOREST PRESS, DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION, and DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION, ADDITIONS, NOTES AND DECISIONS are registered trademarks ofOCLCOnlineComputerLibrary Center, Inc. Library ofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Dewey, Melvil, 1851-1931. Dewey decimal classification and relative index / devised by Melvil Dewey. -- Ed. 20 / edited by John P. Comaromi, Julianne Beall, WintonE. Matthews,Jr., Gregory R. New. Contents: v. 1. Introduction. Tables - v. 2-3. Schedules - v.4. Relative index. Manual. 1. Classification, Dewey decimal. I. Comaromi, John P. (John Phillip), 1937- . II. Beall,Julianne, 1946- . III. Matthews,WintonE. IV. New, GregoryR. V.ForestPress. VI.Title. Z696.D519 1989 025.4,31--dcl9 88-24629 (OO) The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements ofAmerican National Standard for Information Science - Permanence ofPaperforPrinted Library Materials. ANSIZ39.48-1984. ISBN: (set) 0-910608-37-7; v. 1 0-910608-38-5; v. 2 0-910608-39-3; v. 3 0-910608-40-7; v. 4 0-910608-41-5