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Homonyms in Dewey Decimal Classification Edition 18: Case Studies


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Presents case studies of incidence of homonyms in DDC numbers requiring the use of area notations and historical divisions. Suggests the use of "0" as the indicator digit for Time isolate instead of "0" to resolve the homonym.
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P. Gangadhara Rao
Department of Library Science, University of Madras, Madras 600 005
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P. Gangadhara Rao
Department of Library Science, University of Madras, Madras 600 005, India

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Presents case studies of incidence of homonyms in DDC numbers requiring the use of area notations and historical divisions. Suggests the use of "0" as the indicator digit for Time isolate instead of "0" to resolve the homonym.