Part 2 — CONTENTS.
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PREFATORY NOTE • 3
CONTENTS • 5
GENERAL REMARKS • 7 Objects • 8 Means • 8 Reasons for Choice Among Methods • 8 Definitions (with a note on classification) • 8
ENTRY (Where to enter) I. Author-Entry • 15 Catalogue • 15 A. Authors • 16 (a.) Personal • 17 (i.) Who is to be considered author • 17 (ii.) What part of the name is to be used • 20 (iii.) What form of the name is to be used • 24 (b.) Corporate • 27 B. Substitutes for Authors • 33 C. References • 35 D. Economies • 37 II. Title-Entry • 38 Catalogue • 38 Titles • 38 III. Subject-Entry • 45 Catalogue • 45 Subjects • 46 (a.) Entries considered separately • 49 (i.) Choice between different subjects • 49 (ii.) Choice between different names • 49 (b.) Entries considered as parts of a whole • 57 IV. Form-Entry • 59 V. Analysis • 60
STYLE (How to enter) Catalogue • 61 VI. Style • 62 A. Headings • 63 B. Titles (Abridgment, etc.) • 67 C. Editions • 73 D. Imprints • 74 E. Contents and Notes • 78 F. References • 79 G. Language • 80 H. Capitals • 80 I. Punctuation, etc. • 81 J. Arrangement • 83 (a.) Headings • 83 (b.) Titles • 88 (c.) Contents • 92 (d.) Subjects • 93 K. Etc. (Sets, Rare books, etc.) • 98
APPENDICES I. Condensed Rules for an Author and Title Catalog. A. American Library Association • 99 B. Library Association of the United Kingdom • 103 C. Bodleian • 104 D. Dewey’s Rules • 107 II. Transliteration. A. American Library Association • 108 B. Sanskrit • 112 C. Semitic • 113 D. Russian • 114 III. Book sizes (American Library Association) • 115 IV. Alphabetical Order (Edmands) • 116 V. Abbreviations • 119 VI. Other Catalogues for Librarians • 126 VII. Bibliographical aids in cataloguing • 128
INDEX • 135