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Bibliographic classification system and the concept of tourism: a vision of the UDC

The inclusion of the area of Tourism in the Universal Decimal Classification System (UDC), one of the most important bibliographic classification systems. Concepts of the Tourism area substantiated an analysis of the ratings system and directed a discussion about the inclusion of the area in the UDC. Seek to analyze the classes in which Tourism is inserted through bibliographic research. It finishes with a revision proposal of the UDC and the inclusion of the Tourism as subclass 379.

Classification System; Universal Decimal Classification; Tourism


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