| abridger | abr. |
| afterwards | aftw. |
| annotater | annot. |
| born | b. |
| collector | col. |
| company | co. |
| commentator | comment. |
| compiler | comp. |
| continuer | contin. |
| died | d. |
| department | dept. |
| editor | ed. |
| Great Britain | Gr. Br. |
| pseudonym | pseud. |
| publisher | pub. |
| superintendent | supt. |
| translator | tr. |
| United States | U. S. |
| veuve | vve. |
| wittwe | wwe. |
| include maiden name of married woman. | ( ) |
| include words or parts of words supplied. | [ ] |
| probably, perhaps | ? after a word. |
Use also the common abbreviations for political, military, professional, and honorary titles.