This is quite cool. Where it says this in the notes, you can add the topics of the bibliography after the decimal point, therefore, a bibliography of biographies is at 016.92, because 016 is bibliographies and 920 is biographies. A bibliography of works on philosophy would be 016.1 because philosophy is 10(0). If the other schedule number has numbers after the decimal point, we need to include those, but leave out the decimal point. So 016 and 808.83 becomes 016.80883.
I am learning about the breaking up of the numbers too. Looking at philosophy when browsing the numbers using WebDewey, you can see that the second zero is shaded out. I'm not quite sure how to explain with words why this is, but I do understand it... It is to to with that being its base number - the 1 in the hundreds column represents the philosophy & psychology section, the 0 in the tens column represents philosophy (if it were a 5 in the tens column we would be going down the psychology track). The 0 in the units column isn't representing anything at this point because we are referring to the genral category of philosophy... not sure if that explains it clearly, but I do understand it!
Ok, time for Exercise 6...
Exercise 6: Number building: Combining schedule numbers
Select appropriate numbers for the following topics:
1. A subject bibliography on elementary education
016 bibliographies, 372 Elementary education, therefore 016.372
2. Practice teaching geography at the secondary level
Geography 910,
After a lot of hunting for teaching and secondary level, under 375 Curricula: "For curricula of a specific subject for a specific level other than elementary level and for more than one level , see the subject, plus notation T1--071 from Table 1 , e.g., curricula for health 613.071 ; "
373.910? or 910.373? 373 being Secondary Education... Teaching is 371.102.....
Ok so having studied the answer.... Education tells us this: "Class comprehensive works on education in a specific subject and on secondary, higher, and adult education in a specific subject with the subject, plus notation T1--071 from Table 1 , e.g., education in science 507.1 ", so I have to put Geography first (910) then combine it with 071 from table 1 (which I kind of explored and found even though I haven't learned about the tables yet...), so the answer is 910.071... no, it's 910.71. I really need to learn about these tables. Feeling frustrated about the order in which it is working through these things expecting me to apply things I have not learned yet! Grrr... Ok on to the next one.
3. Patriotic instrumental music
784 Instruments and instrumental ensembles and their music
781.599 Patriotic, political, military music
so 784.781599....? GRRRRR... It reverted to the full version of WebDewey, no wonder I was confused... Patriotic music is 781.5, so it would be 784.7815...?
But wait! Under 780 Music it says this: Unless other instructions are given, class a subject with aspects in two or more subdivisions of 780 in the number coming last , e.g., sacred vocal music 782.2 (not 781.7 ), so that would make it 784... But wait, apparently I need to look out for "interesting subdivisions" because if I go down to the subdivision "General principles of instruments and instrumental ensembles and their music", there is a note: "Add to base number 784.1 the numbers following 781 in 781.1-781.7 , e.g., performance techniques 784.14 " which means that I can take the numbers after 781 of patriotic music and add it to the 784 of intrumental ensembles, to get 784.5... no, it has to be added to 784.1 because that is the subdivision we got down to and it applies to the topic, so combining 784.1 General principles, musical forms, instruments with 781.5 Patriotic music creates 784.15! Finally!!
4. History of the British Isles in Norman times.
941 British Isles
941.02-941.05 Norman period through House of Tudor period, 1066-1603
Note: "Add to base number 941.0 the numbers following 942.0 in 942.02-942.05 , e.g., period of House of Tudor 941.05"
941.02 Great Britain --1066- 1154, Norman Period
Therefore: 941.02
Yay, I got one right all by myself! :D
Time to pack for my weekend away...
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