Biography Table Cutter Numbers


Apply this table to an individual biography class number where the name of  the biographee is on the first Cutter and the biographee is given as the first subject heading. 

 

This table is from the Cataloging and Shelflisting Manual:  Shelflisting, G320.


Biography Table

.x

Cutter for the biographee

.xA2

Collected works. By date.

.xA25

Selected works. Selections. By date

     Including quotations

.xA3

Autobiography, diaries, etc. By date

.xA4

Letters. By date

.xA5

Speeches, essays, and lectures. By date

     Including interviews

.xA6-Z

Individual biography and criticism.

     By main entry

          Including criticism of selected works, autobiography, quotations,

          letters, speeches, interviews, etc.

 

In .xA6-Z, do not Cutter lower than A6. Suggested Cutter numbers for

entries beginning with A are:

 

Aa-Af          A6-699

 

Ag-Al          A7-799

 

Am-Ar        A8-899

 

As-Az          A9-999

The Translation Table can be applied to the .xA6-Z of the Biography Table.  Do not use the Translation Table with the .xA2-.xA5 area.


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