Document (#31476)

Author

McConnell, F.

Title

Peoples of Melanesia : proposals for revision of DDC 19, Table 5

Source

Cataloging and classification quarterly. 5(1985) no.4, S.47-51

Year

1985

Abstract

The mnemonic principles of the Dewey Decimal Classification were violated when Table 5 (Racial, Ethnic and National Groups) was introduced. Suggestions are presented to restore such principles to a large area of the South Pacific with particular reference to Melanesia.

Object

DDC-19

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