[LM_NET] Gen: Dewey Category

[Vicki Nelson <nelsonvl@ECTOR-COUNTY.K12.TX.US>]

Hi everyone.  I'm curious about your opinion on where you would shelve a book.  The 
title is:   The Horizon History of the British Empire, editor Stephen Sears.   The 
content of the book is just what the title implies: a historical overview of 
British Colonialism from beginning to end.  

Looking on Library of Congress, the Dewey Number is 325.3, Political Sciences, 
International migration and colonization.  SchoolCat shows the book in several 
places, 325s, 914s, 940.1, 942, and 943.  Most of our books in the 325s are on 
immigration to the US, and this book seems somewhat out of place there.

I've been pondering moving it to the 900s so that it is with the other books on 
Britain.  What do you think?  Would you leave it in the 325s or move it to the 
900s?  If so, what Dewey category would you choose?

Thanks for your input.

Vicki Nelson
nelsonvl@ector-county.k12.tx.us

Vicki Nelson
Librarian
Odessa High School
Ector County ISD

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