Rules for a Dictionary Catalogue / U. S. Bureau of Education Special Report on Public Libraries—Part II, Third Edition

by Charles A. Cutter

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N. B.—An INDEX, in which the foregoing rules are given in full in an alphabetical arrangement, is in preparation.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

• A’, Ap. See Prefixes.
• Ä, pp. [103], [104], [107].
• Abbott, Ezra, p. [3].
• Abbreviations, §§ [156], [180], pp. [103], [107].
• — list of, pp. [118]–119.
• — arrangement of, § [239].
• Abridgment, §§ [150]–160, p. [101].
• Academies, § [56].
• Accents, § [208].
• Accessions book, pp. [126], [127], [128].
• Acts of legislative bodies, § [41].
• Adaptations. See Epitomes.
• Additions, p. [101].
• Admiralty proceedings, p. [100].
• African names, p. [109].
• Almanacs, §§ [73], [109]109.
• Alphabeting, pp. [103], [106].
• — J: Edmands’s rules for, p. [116].
• Alphabets, p. [107].
• Alternative titles, §§ [161], [205].
• Alumni. See Colleges.
• Ambiguity, p. [104].
• American, used for U.S., p. [54].
• American Library Assoc. catalog rules, p. [99].
• American reference books, p. [129].
• Analytical references, § [203]; p. [14].
• — when to be made, §§ [65], [110], [125]–128, [164].
• — arrangement of, § [248].
• — date of, § [194].
• Annuals, § [73].
• Anonymous, defined, p. [9].
• Anonymous biographies, subject-word entry for, § [87].
• Anonymous works, §§ [2], [55], [68]–72, [86] a, [87], [88] a, [170]–173, p. [103].
• — author’s name in title entry of, § [173].
• — changed titles of, § [82], [83].
• — forming parts of others, § [71].
• — when considered so, p. [104].
• — reference books for, p. [130].
• Anthologies. See Collections, form entry.
• Apocrypha, p. [100].
• Appended, § [195].
• Apprentices’ Library, N. Y., p. [3].
• Arabic numerals, §§ [117], [187], [191], pp. [103], [107].
• Arabic writers, § [19] e.
• — transliteration of Arabic names, § [36].
• Arrangement, § [213]–258, pp. [103], [106].
• Art, reference books on, p. [130].
• Articles, §§ [76], [151], [152].
• — place of, when transposed, § [170].
• — not noticed in arrangement, §§ [241], p. [117].
• “Articles to be inquired of,” § [47].
• Assemblies, §§ [52], [53].
• Associations, § [56].
• Asterisks, p. [105].
• Asyndetic, defined, p. [9].
• Attributed books, § [2].
• Auctioneers, § [10].
• Author defined, p. [9].
• Author entry, p. [12], §§ [1]–67, [126] c.
• Author name, arrangement of works under, p. [103].
• — when omitted, p. [104].
• Authors having the same name, how to distinguish, §§ [139], [141], p. [101].
• — uncertain, § [2].

• Banks, § [56] c.
• Baronet, title, § [144].
• Belgian reference books, p. [130].
• Benevolent societies, § [56].
• Bible, § [68], pp. [100], [105].
• — arrangement of titles under, § [252].
• Biblical names, p. [108].
• Bibliographies, p. [106].
• Bibliography, § [116].
• Binder’s title, p. [14].
• Biographical reference from fiction, § [87].
• Biographies, economy in entry of, § [67].
• — anonymous, §§ [68], [87].
• — of kings, etc., § [94].
• — in collected works, 126 d.
• — arrangement of, § [246], p. [106].
• — when separated from criticisms, §§ [246], [247].
• Bishops, entry of, § [20] b.
• — charges, § [47].
• Bodleian Library, catalog rules, p. [104].
• Book sizes, A. L. A. committee on, p. [115].
• Booksellers, § [10].
• Boston Athenæum, p. [7].
• Boston Mercantile Library, p. [7].
• Boston Public Library, p. [7].
• Botany, reference books on, p. [130].
• Brackets, §§ [165], [166], [171]–173, [209], [210], pp. [102], [103], [104], [107].
• Breviaries, § [51], p. [105].
• British Museum, p. [3].
• British noblemen, § [21].
• Buildings, § [56] g.
• Bureaus. See Government publications.

• Calendars of documents, § [43].
• Canons omit forenames, § [20] b.
• Canonized persons. See Saints.
• Capes, § [29].
• Capitals, §§ [205], [206], pp. [101], [104].
• — in German, p. [107].
• Caption, p. [14].
• Cardinals. See Eccles. dignitaries.
• Cartographers, § [8].
• Cases, oblique, in titles, § [80].
• Catalog of accessions, books ordered, missing, etc., pp. [126], [127].
• Catalog rules, Amer. Lib. Assoc., p. [99].
• — Bodleian Library, p. [104].
• — English Lib. Assoc., p. [103].
• — Mr. Dewey’s, p. [107].
• Cataloging, list of books useful in, pp. [128]–133.
• Catalogs, p. [105].
• — how entered, §§ [10], [11], [39].
• — table of different kinds of, pp. [11], 12.
• Catch-word entry, p. [13].
• — reference, p. [14], §§ [86], [89].
• Catechisms, § [51].
• Cathedrals. See Churches.
• Centimeters, size of book in, pp. [102], [115].
• Century, not given in early books, § [185].
• Changed names, §§ [22], [60].
• Changed titles of anonymous works, §§ [82], [83].
• Charges, episcopal, § [47].
• Chrestomathies, § [16].
• Christian name. See Forename.
• Chronograms, § [187].
• Chronological arrangement of subjects, § [256].
• Church of England, p. [105].
• Churches, §§ [51], [56].
• Cities, § [40], pp. [99], [107].
• — cross-references from, § [119].
• Civil actions, § [114], p. [100].
• Class, defined, p. [9].
• — its relation to subject, p. [11].
• Class entry, p. [11].
• Classed catalogs, pp. [11], 12.
• Classes of citizens, § [55].
• — of persons, cross-refs. from, § [119].
• Classical names, §§ [36], [226], p. [108].
• Classification, pp. [3], [9]–12, § [118].
• Collections, §§ [59], [68], p. [104].
• — arrangement of, § [149].
• — form entry for, § [122].
• — subject entry for, § [92].
• — of an author’s works, arrangement of, p. [106].
• Collective titles, § [59] c.
• Collectors, § [59].
• College societies, § [56].
• Colleges, § [56].
• Colon names, p. [122].
• Colophon, § [184].
• Columbia College catalog rules, p. [107].
• Commentaries, §§ [12], [60], pp. [99], [105];
• — arrangement of, p. [106].
• Commentators, pp. [103], [105].
• Comments, § [115].
• Committees and commissions, § [54].
• Compilers. See Editors.
• Composers of music, § [9], p. [105].
• Compound entries. §§ [106], [107].
• Compound names, §§ [23], [60], [106], [107], [227]–232, pp. [101], [105].
• Compound subject-names, inversion of, § [107].
• Compound words, arrangement of, § [232].
• Concordances, § [17], p. [106].
• Conferences, § [52].
• Confessions of faith, § [51].
• Congress, § [41].
• Congresses, §§ [49], [60].
• Contents, §§ [198]–200, p. [102].
• — arrangement of, § [253].
• Continuations, §§ [13], [60].
• — denoted by dashes, p. [103].
• Contractions. See Elisions.
• Conventions, §§ [52], [60].
• Coöperation committee, A. L. A., p. [99].
• Copyright, date of, p. [102].
• Corporate entry, §§ [39]–56, p. [99].
• Corporations, entered under name or place, § [56].
• Correspondence, writers of a, § [3].
• Councils, ecclesiastical, §§ [53], [60].
• Countries, p. [99].
• — as joint authors, § [3].
• — cross refs. from, § [119].
• — arrangement under, § [250]–252, [258].
• Country and person, choice between, § [94].
• Country and event, § [95].
• Country and subject, § [96], 97.
• Courtesy titles. See Titles of honor.
• Courts, § [40].
• Creeds, § [51].
• Criminal trials, p. [100].
• Criticisms of anon. works, § [72].
• Criticisms, when to be separated from biographies, §§ [240], [246], [247].
• Cross reference, p. [14], §§ [117], [119], [257].
• Cyclopædias. See Encyclopædias.

• D’, de, § [24], p. [105].
• Daily, § [78].
• Danish names, § [36].
• Danish reference books, p. [130].
• Dashes, § [146], pp. [102], [103], [105], [118].
• Date of publication, §§ [184]–194, p. [102].
• Dates in title, § [154].
• Days, abbreviations for names of, p. [125].
• De, de la, § [24], p. [105].
• Debate, participants in a, § [3].
• Defender of a thesis, §§ [5], [60], pp. [104], 105.
• Definitions of terms, pp. [8]–15.
• Denominations, religious, § [51].
• Des, § [24], p. [105].
• Designers, §§ [7], [8], [60].
• Dewey, Melvil, his catalog rules, p. [107].
• Dialects, p. [107].
• Dictionaries, § [124].
• Dictionary catalog defined, p. [12].
• Dictionary and systematic catalogs, § [118].
• Digests of laws, § [42].
• Dignitaries, §§ [19], [20], p. [100].
• Directories, § [63].
• Dissertations. See Theses.
• Distinctive epithets, language of, § [143].
• Divisions, under headings, §§ [255], [256], [258].
• Documents, calendars of, § [43].
• Dots, omissions indicated by, pp. [101], 104.
• Double entry, under subjects §§ [93]–96, [108].
• Double title pages, § [91].
• Drama, §§ [84], [122].
• Du, § [24], p. [105].
• Duplicate list, p. [126].
• Dutch names, § [36].
• Dutch reference books, p. [130].
• Dziatzko, K: § [5].

• East Indian names, § [19] e, p. [108].
• Ecclesiastical councils, §§ [53], [60].
• Ecclesiastical dignitaries, §§ [20] b, [60], p. [100].
• Ecclesiastical districts, § [40].
• Economies in author entry, § [62]–67.
• — in subject entry, §§ [94], [96], [97], [108], [110]–112, [118], [260].
• Editions, §§ [159], [176], [177], p. [102].
• — arrangement of, §§ [242], [243], [260], p. [106].
• — language of, p. [107].
• Editors, §§ [18], [137], pp. [9], [99], [103], [104], [105].
• — of periodicals, § [59] a.
• Elisions, § [239].
• Edmands, J:, rules for alphabeting, p. [116].
• Egyptian names, p. [108].
• Encyclopædias, p. [13], § [124].
• English, use of capitals in, p. [101].
• English reference books, p. [130].
• Engravings, §§ [7], [8], [60].
• Entry, defined, p. [12].
• — where to enter, §§ [1]–128.
• — how to enter, §§ [129]–261.
• Episcopal charges, § [47].
• Epitomes, § [14].
• Eschatology, § [117].
• Essays, § [126] d.
• Evening, § [78].
• Events, § [95].
• Exact copying, § [165], p. [101].
• Excerpts, § [16].
• Extracts, §§ [74], [240].

• False dates, § [188].
• False place of publication, § [188].
• Family names. See Surnames.
• Fiction, §§ [75], [122].
• — subject entry under, § [87].
• Firms, § [56] c.
• First word, what it is, §§ [76]–79.
• — entry, §§ [75]–80, pp. [12], [99].
• — reference, p. [14], §§ [84], [85].
• First words of a title to be retained, §§ [134], [162].
• Foreign languages, transliteration in, p. [102].
• — rules for capitals in, § [205], p. [102].
• Foreign names, §§ [23] b, c, [24], p. [105], [109].
• Foreign phrases as titles, § [77].
• Forenames, §§ [19], [130], [139]–141, [155], [215], [216], [219]–223.
• — abbreviations of, p. [119].
• — arrangement of, p. [118].
• — in parentheses, p. [104].
• — persons known by, p. [104].
• Form, p. [13].
• Form, typographical. See Size.
• Form entry, p. [13], §§ [122]–124.
• — classification by, p. [10].
• Forts, § [26].
• Fragments, p. [106].
• French reference books, p. [131].
• Friars, §§ [19] c, [60], pp. [100], [104].
• Friends, Society of, reference books for, p. [133].
• Full, defined, p. [7].
• Future life, § [117].