Books are to be entered under the:
_Surnames_ of authors when ascertained, the abbreviation “_Anon._”
being added to the titles of anonymous works. (1a
_Initials_ of authors’ names when these only are known, the last
initial being put first. (1b
_Pseudonyms_ of the writers when the real names are not
ascertained. (1c
_Names_ of _editors_ of collections, each separate item to be at the
same time sufficiently catalogd under its own heading. (1d
_Names_ of _countries_, _cities_, _societies_, or other _bodies_ which
are responsible for their publication. (1e
_First word_ (not an article or serial number) of the titles of
periodicals and of anonymous books, the names of whose authors are not
known. And a motto or the designation of a series may be neglected when
it begins a title, and the entry may be made under the first word of
the real title following. (1f
_Commentaries_ accompanying a text and _translations_ are to be entered
under the heading of the original work; but commentaries without the
text under the name of the commentator. A book entitled “Commentary on
. . . ” and containing the text should be put under both. (1g
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The _Bible_, or any part of it (including the Apocrypha), in any
language, is to be entered under the word Bible. (1h
The _Talmud_ and _Koran_ (and parts of them) are to be entered under
those words; the _sacred books_ of other religions are to be entered
under the names by which they are generally known; references to be
given from the names of editors, translators, etc. (1i
The respondent or defender of an academical _thesis_ is to be
considered as the author, unless the work unequivocally appears to be
the work of the praeses. (1j
Books having _more than one author_ to be entered under the one first
named in the title with a reference from each of the others. (1k
_Reports_ of civil actions are to be entered under the name of the
party to the suit which stands first on the title-page. Reports of
crown and criminal proceedings are to be entered under the name of the
defendant. Admiralty proceedings relating to vessels are to be put
under the name of the vessel. (1l
_Noblemen_ are to be entered under their titles, unless the family name
is decidedly better known. (1m
_Ecclesiastical_ dignitaries, unless popes or sovereigns, are to be
entered under their surnames. (1n
_Sovereigns_ (other than Greek or Roman), _ruling princes_, _Oriental
writers_, _popes_, _friars_, _persons canonized_, and all other persons
known _only_ by their first name, are to be entered under this first
name. (1o
_Married women_, and other persons who have _changed_ their names, are
to be put under the last well-known form. (1p
A _pseudonym_ may be used instead of the surname (and only a reference
to the pseudonym made under the surname) when an author is much more
known by his false than by his real name. In case of doubt use the real
name. (1q
A _society_ is to be entered under the first word, not an article, of
its corporate name, with references from any other name by which it is
known, especially from the name of the place where its headquarters are
established, if it is often called by that name. (1r
_References._—When an author has been known by more than one name,
references should be inserted from the name or names not to be used as
headings to the one used. (1s
References are also to be made to the headings chosen:
from the titles of all novels and plays and of poems likely to be
asked for by their titles; (1t
from other striking titles; (1u
from noticeable words in anonymous titles, especially from the names
of subjects of anonymous biographies; (1v
from the names of editors of periodicals, when the periodicals are
generally called by the editor’s name; (1w
from the names of important translators (especially poetical
translators) and commentators; (1x
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from the title of an ecclesiastical dignitary, when that, and not the
family name, is used in the book catalogd; (1y
and in other cases where a reference is needed to insure the ready
finding of the book. (1z
[note] 70. C. A. Cutter, S. H. Scudder, C. B. Tillinghast. Reprinted
from the _Library journal_, 8: 251–254. The rules of the Library
Association of the United Kingdom were printed in the _Library
journal_, 6: 315–316. The Bodleian cataloging rules are given in the
_Library journal_, 8: 298–301.[/note]