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2MarthaJeanne
One way to tell might be to look up some of those books and see how they are classified.
3Guanhumara
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4Taphophile13
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad has various Dewey numbers: http://www.librarything.com/work/2575/workdetails
5Guanhumara
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6humouress
Oddly enough, I was looking up DDC numbers today and came across something on this topic. It's probably unhelpful for your purposes, but the resolution seems to be to classify books under 'FICTION' since they are usually shelved alphabetically by author rather than by Dewey numbers.
7sprinkles333333
I was thinking about a book my daughter read and she wants to re read it but I can remember the title for the life of me can anyone help?It's about a girl who runs away and stays in like a shack kind of thing and then she moves to a farm and her boyfriend and a couple of friends go with him on a trip to find her and the reason they find her is she types with Capitol letters in random places and they finally find each other and I don't remember the rest.
8Taphophile13
>7 sprinkles333333:
Welcome to LT. Your post is a bit off-topic so you can't expect answers here.
You might have better luck in the specific Name that Book group.
Be sure to read the Posting Tips, especially about a helpful Subject line; many people will not open a thread unless they think they can help.
Welcome to LT. Your post is a bit off-topic so you can't expect answers here.
You might have better luck in the specific Name that Book group.
Be sure to read the Posting Tips, especially about a helpful Subject line; many people will not open a thread unless they think they can help.
9Guanhumara
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11casvelyn
The most recent Dewey manual I've been able to get my hands on at low or no cost is the 20th edition (1989) on Archive.org. It has instructions on how to classify literature written in English by authors from non-English-speaking countries. I don't know how much these instructions have changed in the most recent edition. It seems to provide several options on how to handle these books.
That said, I put all North American literature in English under "America and Canada" and all other literature in English under "Britain." It doesn't make total sense if you stop and think about it, but I figure as long as I am internally consistent, it's okay.
That said, part 2. Most libraries of which I am aware do not use Dewey as written. They modify it to fit their needs, whether that includes shelving the fiction by genre or completely revamping the 900s to accommodate a genealogy collection. So there is probably not one right answer to this question.
A good place to see what call numbers libraries use is OCLC Classify. It won't explain how they came up with this number, but it includes enough various libraries that you can see what most libraries use but also what alternate numbers some libraries use.
That said, I put all North American literature in English under "America and Canada" and all other literature in English under "Britain." It doesn't make total sense if you stop and think about it, but I figure as long as I am internally consistent, it's okay.
That said, part 2. Most libraries of which I am aware do not use Dewey as written. They modify it to fit their needs, whether that includes shelving the fiction by genre or completely revamping the 900s to accommodate a genealogy collection. So there is probably not one right answer to this question.
A good place to see what call numbers libraries use is OCLC Classify. It won't explain how they came up with this number, but it includes enough various libraries that you can see what most libraries use but also what alternate numbers some libraries use.
12Guanhumara
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