classification

As a budding scientist Marco tries different ways of sorting his collection of stuffed animal toys before bedtime, but the animals have their own ideas.

"Follow Arvo as he goes about his day and explores the many things he encounters. As he sorts things into groups--from tools to books to cats to cheese--he finds so many different ways to make sense of the world"--Provided by publisher.

The teacher has decided that the children will change seats but that makes someone in the class unhappy. It takes a smart child and an understanding teacher to put things right.

Reviews the basics of cataloging for beginners, discussing cataloging-in-publication, descriptive cataloging, access points, subject headings, classification, computer coding, and copy cataloging, and including examples and exercises.

Examines the characteristics of living things and how they are classified into various groups, and describes the five main kingdoms of life.

Simple text and photographs teach young readers how to sort things.

Discusses the biological definition of living and nonliving objects, comparing and contrasting them.

"In 1934, a Belgian entrepreneur named Paul Otlet sketched out plans for a worldwide network of computers--or "electric telescopes," as he called them--that would allow people anywhere in the world to search and browse through millions of books, newspapers, photographs, films and sound recordings, all linked together in what he termed a r?seau mondial: a "worldwide web." Today, Otlet and his visionary proto-Internet have been all but forgotten, thanks to a series of historical misfortunes--not least of which involved the Nazis marching into Brussels and destroying most of his life's work. In the years since Otlet's death, however, the world has witnessed the emergence of a global network that has proved him right about the possibilities--and the perils--of networked information"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces the concepts and practices of cataloging and classification, covering cataloging in context, development of cataloging codes, electronic formatting, description and access, subject analysis, authority control, and administrative issues.