November 7 there was an oil spill in San Francisco Bay, and November 11 there was a much larger oil spill in the Kerch Strait that links the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
Interdisciplinary works on oil spills are classed in 363.7382 Oil as an environmental pollutant, e.g., Oil Spills First Principles: Prevention and Best Response. Works on water pollution engineering aspects of dealing with oil spills are classed in 628.16833 Oil spills, e.g., Oil Spill Response in the Marine Environment.
An interdisciplinary work on a specific marine oil spill near land that treats the impact both on the water and the coast is classed with the area number for the land affected. An interdisciplinary work on the spill in San Francisco Bay might be classed in 363.7382097946 Oil as an environmental pollutant in the San Francisco Bay Area (built with 363.7382 plus T1—09 Geographic treatment plus T2—7946 West central counties of California ["Class here San Francisco Bay Area"], following instructions under 362-363 Specific social problems and services). An interdisciplinary work on the spill in the Kerch Strait might be classed in 363.7382094752 Oil as an environmental pollutant in Caucasus area of Russia (built with T2—4752 Caucasus area of Russia, which has Krasnodar territory in the including note). The Kerch Strait is between Russia and Ukraine; the Table 2 notation for the Russian side is used for works that treat equally the impact on both areas, following the first-of-two rule.
Wow! Is the only word for this site. New to a librarian's job, and this site is a goldmine so far as I am concerned. Pl can you help. How would you classify Shoko Tendo's " Memoirs of a gangster's daughter" under the Dewey System. SM
Posted by: gauri | November 23, 2007 at 03:23 AM