Document (#20599)

Author

Okocha, K.F.

Title

¬An analysis of the inadequate treatment of African staple crops literature by Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme

Source

African journal of library, archives and information science. 8(1998) no.1, S.23-30

Year

1998

Abstract

Discusses the shortcomings of the DDC in the indexing of African staple crops, namely cassava, cocyam, ginger, Irish potato, sweet potato and yam. These include structural deficiencies of nonanalysis, excessive cross referencing and over synthesis. Suggests amendments to the DDC scheme to counter these shortcomings

Object

DDC

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