CONTENTS.

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