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REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. What are the two major classification systems? How are they
different?
2. Describe the four volumes of Dewey Decimal Classification,
Twenty-first Edition.
3. In a Dewey library, what tools are used for assigning the
complete call number? Explain and give an example.
4. In a library using the Library of Congress Classification system,
how is a complete call number constructed? Explain and give an
example.
5. What are the ten main classes of the Dewey system?
6. What are the letters used for classes in the Library of Congress
Classification system?
7. How do the book numbers differ in Dewey and LC systems?
8. Outline the procedures for assigning Dewey numbers.