Professional paper

Classification of psychology and psychiatry according to UDC in the National and University Library in Zagreb

Gornik Andrea orcid.org/0000-0002-8788-7438 ; Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Erceg Marina ; Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

The article describes principles and practice in classification of documents from the
field of psychology and psychiatry according to Universal Decimal Classification in the
National and University Library in Zagreb (Croatia). A significant proportion of documents in these two fields are related or are interdisciplinary in nature and are assigned a
combination of classification numbers from both psychology and psychiatry. Since the assignment of more than one classification number for the content is frequent – one of the
practical problems a subject specialist faces in everyday practice is the decision as to
which of the UDC numbers assigned to the content is the most relevant for shelf arrangement.

Keywords

psychology; psychiatry; classification; Universal Decimal Classification; UDC; National and University Library, Zagreb

Hrčak ID:

165600

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/165600

Publication date:

20.12.2006.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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