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- Title
Developing SciGator, a DDC-Based Library Browsing Tool.
- Authors
Lardera, Marco; Gnoli, Claudio; Rolandi, Clara; Trzmielewski, Marcin
- Abstract
Exploring collections by their subject matter is an important functionality for library users. We developed an online tool called SciGator in order to allow users to browse the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) classes used in different libraries at the University of Pavia and to perform different types of search in the OPAC. Besides navigation of DDC hierarchies, SciGator suggests "see-also" relationships with related classes and maps equivalent classes in local shelving schemes, thus allowing the expansion of search queries to include subjects contiguous to the initial one. We are developing new features, including the possibility to expand searches even more to national and international catalogues.
- Subjects
DEWEY decimal classification; CLASSIFICATION of books; DECIMAL classification; LIBRARY shelving; LIBRARY science
- Publication
Knowledge Organization, 2017, Vol 44, Issue 8, p638
- ISSN
0943-7444
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5771/0943-7444-2017-8-638