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

by Charles A. Cutter

128. In analyticals it is well to give the date of the book referred to and also, though less necessary, to state the pages which contain the article. Many readers will not notice these details, but they will do no one any harm and will assist the careful student.

STYLE.

CATALOGUE.

• A. HEADINGS.
  • Type, [130]–134. Italics, [131]. Pseud., [135], [136]. Ed., [137]. Family name, [138]. Christian name, [139], [140]. To distinguish authors of the same name, [139]–144. To distinguish subject headings, [145]. Dashes, [146]. References, [147].
• B. TITLES.
  • Order, [148], [149]. Abridgment, [150]–160. Articles, [151], [152]. Unnecessary words, [153], [153½]. Dates, [154]. Initials, [155]. Abbreviations, [156]. Numbers, [157]. Position, [158]. “Same,” [159]. Words to be retained, [160]–164. Analyticals, [164]. Exact copying, [165]. Language, [167], [168]. {62} Translations, [168], [169]. Transposition of the article, [170]. Anon., [171]–173. Lord, Gen., ed., [174]. Transliteration, [175].
• C. EDITIONS, [176], [177].
• D. IMPRINTS.
  • The parts of an imprint and their order, [178]. Transliteration, [179]. Abbreviations, [180]. Two or more places, [181], [182]. Publisher’s name, [183]. Colophon, [184]. Dates, [185]–194. Number of volumes, [195]. Typographical form, [196]. Maps, [197].
• E. CONTENTS, [198]–200, AND NOTES, [201].
• F. REFERENCES, [202], [203].
• FF. LANGUAGE, [204].
• G. CAPITALS, [205], [206].
• H. PUNCTUATION, ACCENTS, BRACKETS AND PARENTHESES, ITALICS, etc., [207]–212.
• I. ARRANGEMENT.
  • Order of the English alphabet, [213]. Headings, [214]–239. Person, place, title, subject, form, [214]. Forenames, [215], [216]. M’, etc., [217]. Family names nearly alike, [218]. Family names the same, [219]. Forenames the same, [220]. Forenames not generally used, [221], [222]. Forenames changed, [223]. Titles, Sees, [224]. Possessive case, [225]. Greek and Latin names, [226]. Compound names, [227]–232. Pseudonyms, [233]. Incomplete names, [234]. Signs, [235]. Every word regarded, [236]. Abbreviations, [237]. Titles, [240]–252. Under an author, [240]–248. Editions, [242], [243]. Numerals, [244]. Translations, [245]. Biographies, etc., [246]. Criticisms, [247]. Analyticals, [248], [249]. Under countries, [250]–252. Synopsis, [252]. Bible, [252]. Contents, [253]. Subjects, [254]–258. Homonyms, [254]. Topical arrangement, [255]. Chronological arrangement, [256]. Cross-references, [257]. Divisions, [258].
• J. ETC.
  • Supplement, [259]. An economy, [260]. Incunabula and other rare books, [261].

VI. STYLE.

129. Uniformity for its own sake is of very little account; for the sake of intelligibility, to prevent perplexity and misunderstanding, it is worth something. And it is well to be uniform, merely to avoid the question, “Why were you not consistent?” {63}

A. HEADINGS.

130. Print headings in some marked type.

Either heavy-faced (best, if it can be had not too black), small capitals (handsome), or italics (least pleasing); never capitals (ugly and hard to read). Christian names should be in ordinary type; to make them like the heading is confusing, to have a special type for them would be extravagant.

131. Italicize titles of honor and similar distinguishing words.