AuthorToble Three-Figure CUTTER-SANBORN

1969) REV|STON, ISWANSON-SWtFr A. 1969 @ RICHARD CUTTER,

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How to Use the Cutter-Sonborn Tqble

1. Find the fi.st few letters of the author's su.name ot th. Cuttd-San\1rnTable. Use only the bold face letter shown iD the combintion and the umber nelt to it (i.e. A757 for ArDold, Margar.t; K49 for Kimball, John; L676 fo. Lewis, Sinciair; 5869 for Stoddard, Solomon.) The loltowing camptes indicate how four books, 11on the second Wo.ld War, by fou. ditrereot autho.s (Arnold, Kinbll, Lewis and Stoddard) would be mLed -with 940.54 as the classi6cationnumbe.t atd A757, K49' L676 and 5869 as the respectiveCutter-Sarborn numbers.

2. Occasionl]y there will be no number that lits name dactly. In that case us the preceding nmber. For example: Andrews, Helen woutd be under 566 (Andrews, E.) which is the precedins tuber; not under A567 (Andrews, J.) the 3. When two authors shre the same number, it is advisable to add a digit. A good number to select is 5, s there is thcn loom on both sides for additioml interpolation s .ecessary.For examplc: A book alredy in the collectiot by Richard Colby would be C686. A new book to be added to the sme classication number by another author named Colby would need a different author number. A book by Simeon Colby could lhen be C6865. This leavesroom for the inserrion of addiC6862, C6863 and C6864. tionl authors bet\reen Richad and Simeon-using (It is best to avoid using I and 9, iT possible, since the use of eithr wouid mean going to tth fiSure wheD notho uthor had to be inseried.) To accomodate book by Johr Clby, it would be necdsary to go to the previous number - which is C685. In this caseit is wise to dd a digil cuch as C6855, sincean author beginning with Colbu would clse a cornict.

4. For shdving purposesJCurter-Sanborn numbe$ within anv given clasN should be consideredas a decimal arraryemett. For example: C685, C685s, C686' C6862, etc. (Not C685, C686, C68ss, C6862.) 5. A work marl is used to distinguish ditrere.t titles by the same uthor. Thb is a tetter taket from the rst key word in the tide. Thus:,1 Wtr's Natebaok by MauShm would b designatd M449w i and Ol Hunan Bondzeewold be M449o. ln the case of voludnous authors, the use of two lette$ for the work mL is advisable. Thus: Dicken's Daid Coplerfcld would be D548da and ,oney and San D548do. (Note: A lower caseletter or letters is sed fot the \a/ork mark, rther than a capital letler. It is impetative that a s$ipt I be used so that there will be no confusion with the Dumber l.) In the case of books h series. bv ihe same author, all in the same classication it ts and bginning wiih the sne wod -sch as Zaidelberg's Hoo to Dtuu... For exampleI Ho to Drau Cattont advisable to se key 'lords fo. the work marL. would be Z2lhc; ^nd Hau to Dtuu PeoPk wold be Z21hp. (This method avoids d"N:\ely lon8 work mdls, suc as h. ho. how. howr') 6. The use of zero should be avoided, becuse it is asily conJsed with the letter O. That is why there are no zeros used in the tble. 7. Names beginning with Mc, M' and Mc are ail teated as though thev were spelled Mc. Thus Mcclella would be Ml26 ad M'Clintock wolid be MI27. 8. "lhe Cutter-sanban rdrl,r re particularly well suited io fiction. Books bv uthors with similar surnamesare more easilvlocated on the shlfif there is a number on the spine. Fo! exmplei Low would be Lgl2 and Lowe Lgl3. 9. Very often a ma;n entry is under tide, e.g. periodicls, anonvmous works, governmert publicatiots, almanacs, encyclopedis, etc ln this case the Cutter_ Sanborn number is tket from the first word in the title (qclusive of articles.) n qample woutd be 5888 for ?id Sror./o/ lh. Wise Men; t{ra Alna,z. would be w927 (There is, of course, no work ark') 10. I order that ll bioglaphie, of the same persot will stand together on the shelf,the Cutte!-Sanborn nmbcr is taken from the name of the biographee,not the autho.. All biographiesof Lincoln would beundr L736. The wo't marL in this caseis Ilot from the title but is the frrst lettd of the thor's surname Thus: Charnwood's biography of Lincolt would be L736c. When there are many books aboui a pe$on' the use of a second letter is soetimes necessary. Fd cxample: CuetrCs biographv of Lincoln wotrld be L736cu.

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