Book classification is a vocabulary of book classification. According to the content, form, genre and reader's use of books, under the guidance of certain philosophical thoughts, books of various disciplines are divided into several categories according to their subject contents by using the principle of knowledge classification and logical methods. Each category is divided into many subclasses, and each subclass is divided into molecular subclasses.
Every kind of book can be classified into a certain category, and each category has a category number. Classification and terminology table is a collection of category numbers and categories with hierarchical structure. Chinese phonetic alphabet and Arabic numerals are used for mixed numbering, one letter represents a big category, and the alphabetical order reflects the order of big categories, and the disciplines subdivided under big categories are composed of Arabic numerals.
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The relevant requirements of book classification stipulate that:
1, the classification is divided into more than seven levels, and it is basically divided into five levels, which is treated as common sense. All central colleges, comprehensive branches, professional libraries and subject reference rooms can use this classification level method to classify books.
2. Basic humanities disciplines: A philosophy, B religion, C ethics, D logic, E aesthetics, F psychology, G language, H literature, I art, J politics, K economy, L military, M law, N education, O sports, P media, Q information, R management, S commerce, T history, U archaeology, V nationality, W life, etc.
3. According to the category of books, books are divided into works (works, theoretical works and applied works), academics (annotations, evaluations, contention, research, textual research and translation), teaching (school textbooks, social training textbooks, self-study textbooks, reference materials, handouts, learning materials, popular reading materials, practice experiments and exam problem sets, teaching syllabus) and help (dictionaries and encyclopedias).
Baidu Encyclopedia-China Library Book Classification