GENERAL REMARKS • 7
OBJECTS • 8
MEANS • 8
REASONS FOR CHOICE AMONG METHODS • 8
DEFINITIONS (with a note on classification) • 8
ENTRY (Where to enter) • 15
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) • 61
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