WebDewey Number Building Life science examples November 2012

Overall workflow Find starting number/span with add instruction, else find base number Click Start/Add System displays notation specified by add instruction or displays Table 1 (in final step) Number building complete? As needed, user navigates to next number/span with add instruction or base number Verify the number is correct, click Save User term box appears, select user terms User term needs to be changed? Edit term, click Update Additional term needed? Create additional term, click Add Select term to set as caption Save as institutional or personal visibility Verify presence in the hierarchy Contribute to Dewey Editors (optional) If not contributed to Dewey Editors, new number visible only to institution or person No Yes NoYes No

Process of building Rare and endangered orchids Navigate to this number/span ClickNumber built so far Caption of last number/notation added 584.4Start584.4Orchidales :1Add584.91General topics of natural history of plants Add Rare and endangered plants

Results of process of building Rare and endangered orchids

Process of building Reproductive behavior of snakes Navigate to this number/span ClickNumber built so far Caption of last number/notation added Start597.96Serpentes (Snakes) :1Add General topics of natural history of animals Add Behavior relating to life cycle

Results of process of building Reproductive behavior of snakes

Process of building Parasitic diseases in fish Navigate to this number/span ClickNumber built so far Caption of last number/notation added Start Parasitic diseases :1-2Add Specific kinds of organisms Add Specific kinds of animals 597Add Cold-blooded vertebrates

Result of building Parasitic diseases in fish