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Classify

Classify is a prototype service designed to support the assignment of classification numbers for books, DVDs, CDs, and many other types of materials.

Overview

The prototype provides access to more than 36 million WorldCat records that contain Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) numbers, Library of Congress Classification (LCC) numbers, or National Library of Medicine (NLM) Classification numbers.

The records are grouped using the OCLC FRBR Work-Set algorithm resulting in a work-level summary of the class numbers assigned a title. You can retrieve a classification summary by ISBN, ISSN, UPC, OCLC number, or author/title. Some examples are:

Examples:

link to The omnivore's dilema link to Persepolis link to Akahige link to O' brother where art thou? link to Girl with Pearl Eering in Spanish link to On writing by Stephen King

Get Started

Visit the prototype to view classification information for a title including a chart showing the top classes.


Project Team