WebDewey Basics: Searching

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WebDewey Basics Searching Browsing WebDewey
Draft Version 1.0 December 2007
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Learning objectives

• The learner will
• Understand the relationship between WebDewey and
  the print edition of the DDC
• Be able to access content in WebDewey by making
  effective use of its search, browsing, and
  navigation capabilities
• Understand the structure of WebDewey data
  displays

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Outline

• Logging on
• Searching
• Anatomy of a record
• Navigation
• Browsing
• Useful web pages

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WebDewey is. . .

• An online version of the enhanced DDC
• Updated quarterly and continually revised
• Easy to use
• Enhanced regularly
• Used worldwide

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WebDewey milestones

• 2000 WebDewey initially available only to OCLC
  cataloging members
• 2002 WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey available to
  all librariesregardless of governing membership
  status through OCLC Connexion and through
  standalone web interface
• 2003 DDC 22 database loaded

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Whats in WebDewey?

• Contents of entire DDC 22 schedules, notes,
  tables, Manual, Relative Index,glossary,
  introduction (located in Help)
• All DDC 22 updates (cumulated quarterly)
• New and changed entries
• Mapped LCSH from Weekly Lists
• Many built numbers and additional Relative Index
  terms

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What else is in WebDewey?

• Three types of mapped LCSH
• Editorial (intellectually mapped by expert DDC
  editors)
• Statistical (mapped by computer algorithm)
• People, Places Things
• Links to LC authority records
• User notes
• Institutional (site license)
• Personal (site license single license)

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Quarterly updates

• In addition to new content, the interface and
  functionality are updated every quarter
• New features are usually based on user
  suggestions
• The latest changes to the database and interface,
  as well as any known problems, are described in
  the OCLC WebDewey Information hotlink within
  WebDewey

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Accessing WebDewey

• Logon to OCLC Connexion at http//connexion.oclc.o
  rg
• You may now set up automatic login at the Local
  Browser Settings link on the login page
• Select the Dewey Services tab on the top
  horizontal menu
• System timeout is 40 consecutive minutes of no
  activity

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Logging on
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Accessing WebDewey (integrated with Connexion
services)
OCLC WebDewey Information hotlink
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Accessing WebDewey (standalone service)
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Initiate a search (You can search the DDC
database or User Notes)
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Initiate a search (Click the search icon to
bring up the WebDewey search screen)
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Eight search indexes
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Search Internet in all fields
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Choose result 8, 004.678
Because built numbers do not have real captions,
Relative Index entries are used instead.
B denotes a built number
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Number caption, hierarchy, notes
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Anatomy of a class number record

• Number
• Segmented number
• Caption
• Hierarchy (all records linked)
• Notes (links to other records as applicable)
• Terms

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Number caption and hierarchy
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Notes (scroll down to view)
Click links to bring up Manual records
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Manual record (pop-up window)
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Number caption, hierarchy, notes
Click links to bring up Table records
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Table record
You can also link to schedule record from this
Table record
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Link to schedule record from table record
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Terms
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LCSH mapping information
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Terms
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Authority record
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Return to search results
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Previous search results
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View built number record
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Navigation (1)

• For long records, use the Notes and Terms buttons
  at the top and the Class, Notes, and Terms
  buttons at the bottom to move up and down within
  a record
• You can also navigate from a record to its place
  in the Dewey Number browse index (Browse button),
  to the pop-up Tables window (Tables button), or
  to a new Search or Browse (Search/Browse
  drop-down box at top)

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Navigation (2)
Use Notes and Terms icons to navigate within
long records

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Navigation (3)
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Navigation Browse
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Navigation Tables (1)
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Navigation Tables (2)
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WebDeweys access points

• Six browse indexes
• Eight search indexes, all with Boolean
  capabilities
• Top-down navigation of schedules and tables

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Browse Dewey numbers (with captions)index
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Browsing for 338.4759
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Browse for a table number
Use two dashes when browsing for a table number.
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Browsing for T2--99
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Other browse indexes

• Two types of browse index standard and KWIC
• Using a standard browse index is like looking at
  the index in a book
• Your input is matched from left to right
• It is not searched for throughout the index
• KWIC (Key Word in Context) brings together
  instances of your term wherever it occurs in an
  index phrase

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Browse all mapped LCSH forstandard (1)
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Browse all mapped LCSH forstandard (2)
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Browse the LCSH (KWIC) index forstandard (1)
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Browsing the LCSH (KWIC) index for standard (2)
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Browsing the Relative Index (1)
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Browsing the Relative Index (2)
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Browsing

• Browsing is useful when
• You are looking for built numbers and know the
  base number
• You are looking for the interdisciplinary number
  or main number for a topic
• A search for the word is likely to generate too
  many results
• You are unsure of the spelling of a term
• You are unsure of the place of the term in the
  phrase (use a KWIC index)

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Using the work area (Internet Explorer)
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Useful web pages

• Dewey web site http//www.oclc.org/dewey/
• 025.431 The Dewey blog http//ddc.typepad.com/
• DeweyBrowser http//www.oclc.org/resear
  ch/researchworks/ddc/browser.htm
• Dewey Documentation http//www.oclc.org/support/d
  ocumentation/dewey/
• Dewey FAQ http//www.oclc.org/support/questions/
  dewey/
• DDC RSS Feeds http//www.oclc.org/dewey/syndicat
  ed/rss.htm
• DDC Questions?
• dewey_at_loc.gov (Dewey Editorial Office)
• dewey_at_oclc.org (Licensing, group purchases, LIS
  program)
• Call Dewey 1-800-848-5878 ext 6346
• 1-614-764-6346