Edinburgh Napier University
This session introduces the Campus Libraries and signposts to further support.
We’ll demonstrate how to:
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This Organisational system was conceived by Melvil Dewey in 1873 and first published in 1876. It is one of the most widely used in the world.
The DDC as it is shortened to, is used to organise books by subject. Each item is given a shelf mark identifier so it can be located easily. The main subject areas are:
000 Computer science, information, and general work
100 Philosophy and psychology
200 Religion
300 Social sciences
400 Language
500 Science
600 Technology
700 Art and recreation
800 Literature
900 History and geography
The first 3 digits are the main subject area. The numbers after the point give a subsection. After the numbers there are 3 letters to represent the author or editor. For example 941.34 DAI This refers to a book on Edinburgh by David Daiches. Books with the same DDC number are shelved first by their number, then in alphabetic order by author or Editor.
If you want a very fun (and most definitely silly) video on how to find a book, this YouTube video is perfect:
Merchiston and Craiglockhart Campus at different angles
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From 1pm today, all Library Help Desks will be closed and any library enquiry will be answered by our out of hour service. Sorry about the inconvenience
Tomorrow all Library Help Desks will be closed. Any library enquiry will be answered by our out of hours services. Apologies about the inconvenience
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