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WT 1-39 Reference Works | |
WT 100-166 Geriatrics | |
WT 500 Chronic Disease | |
Reference Works | |
WT 1 |
Societies
(Cutter from name of society)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Includes ephemeral membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify substantial lists with directories. Classify annual reports, journals, etc., in W1.
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Collected works (General) | |
WT 5 |
By several authors
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WT 7 |
By individual authors
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WT 9 |
Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)
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WT 11 |
History
(Table G)
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WT 11.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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WT 13 |
Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WT 15 |
Classification. Terminology
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WT 16 |
Tables. Statistics
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WT 17 |
Atlases. Pictorial works
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Cf. QZ 17 for tissue pathology of disease.
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WT 18 |
Education
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Classify here works about education.
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WT 18.2 |
Educational materials
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.
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WT 19 |
Schools, departments, and faculties of geriatrics
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WT 20 |
Research (General)
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Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.
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WT 21 |
Geriatrics as a profession. Ethics. Peer review
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WT 22 |
Directories
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WT 22.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Laboratories, institutes, etc. | |
WT 23 |
Collective
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WT 24 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of institution)
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WT 25 |
Laboratory manuals. Technique
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WT 26 |
Equipment and supplies
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Classify catalogs in W 26.
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WT 26.5 |
Informatics. Automatic data processing. Computers (General)
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Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.
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Hospitals, dispensaries, clinics, old age homes, etc. | |
WT 27 |
Collective
(Table G)
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WT 27.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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WT 28 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of hospital)
(Table G)
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Museums, exhibitions, etc. | |
WT 28.5 |
Collective
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WT 28.6 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of museum, etc.)
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WT 29 |
Day care centers and programs
(Table G)
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WT 29.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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WT 30 |
Surveys. Medicosocial problems of gerontology and chronic disease
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WT 31 |
Medical care plans. Long term care
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Include here works on Medicare. Classify works on nursing care only in WY 152.
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WT 32 |
Laws
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WT 32.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WT 33 |
Discussion of law
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WT 33.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WT 39 |
Handbooks. Resource guides
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Geriatrics | |
WT 100 |
General works
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WT 104 |
Aging process.
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Classify works on aging tissue here. Classify works on the aging organ or system with the organ or system.
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WT 115 |
Nutritional requirements. Nutrition disorders
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WT 116 |
Longevity. Life expectancy. Death
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Cf. WS 200 for death of children, and other specific topics related to death, e.g., Attitude to death BF 789.D4, etc.
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WT 120 |
Popular works (General). Geriatric hygiene
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Include here autobiographical case histories. Example: Mills. Notings of a nonogenarian. Classify popular works on a particular subject by subject.
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WT 141 |
Physical examination. Diagnosis. Diagnostic methods. Monitoring
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WT 145 |
Geriatric psychology. Mental health
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Classify works on geriatric psychiatry in WT 150.
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WT 150 |
Geriatric psychiatry. Mental disorders of aging
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Classify works on specific disorders with the disorder; on geriatric psychology in WT 145.
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WT 155 |
Senile dementia. Alzheimer's disease
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Cf. WM 220 for dementia and presenile dementia.
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WT 166 |
Therapeutics (General or not elsewhere classified)
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Chronic Disease | |
For children, see WS 200. | |
WT 500 |
General works
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