P5P^ yC-NRLF %, ''13 ,v/ g. 1«1/ CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH RULES FOR FILING CARDS IN THE DICTIONARY CATALOGUES OF THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH SECOND EDITION PITTSBURGH CARNEGIE LIBRARY 1917 <^ A*^ Preface to the Second Edition The following" rules, based on those found in ihc fourth edition of Cutter's "Rules for ,a dictionary catalogue," have been compiled for the use of assistants in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. They apply to the filing of printed cards, the form used in all the card catalogues of this Library. No attempt has been made to set forth or defend any rules of entry followed in cataloguing; these rules for arrangement presuppose the acceptance of certain catalogue entries which are followed in this Library. Rules which do not necessitate any deviation from the strictly alphabetical order are not given. For example, no statement is made about the filing of names differing but slightly in spelling, as Green and Greene, Brown and Browne, etc., because they are filed alphabetically in two files as spelled. Some aids have been incorporated to guide the untrained assistant, such as the entries for articles in foreign languages. The alphabetical rather than the logical arrange- ment has been adopted to facilitate quick reference. Very few changes have been made in this edition, the onh- one of importance being under "New York," on pages 24 and 25. The rules represent the practice followed by the Catalogue Department and were compiled for publication by Margaret Mann, Chief Cataloguer. Harrison VV. Craver, January 26, 191 7. Librarian. 357473 Rules for Filing Cards Abbreviations. Arrange abbreviations as if spelled in full (except Mr and Mrs), and elisions as if one word. Example ABC of swimming. American Iron and Steel Association. American Jewish Historical Society. American Library Association. A. L. A. booklist. A. L. A. catalog. American Library Institute. Art de linguistique. Art de I'instruction. Art d'economiser. Art des mines. Art d'etre grandpere. Art digne. Art d'instruire. Dr Latimer. Doctor Luke. Dr North. Mozart, W. A. Mr Dooley. Mrs Tree. Much ado about nothing. Who goes there? \yho'd be king? Who's who. Whose home is the wildefness. Arrange proper names beginning with M', Mc, St., Ste. as if spelled Mac, Saint, Sainte. Example Maclaren, J. M. Saint Pierre, J. H. Bernardin de. M'Laren, J. T. St. Vincent, J. J. McLaren, L. L. Ste. Anne des Monts. M'Laren, R. S. Sainte-Beuve, C. A. MacLaren, W. W. V 6 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH Added entry. See Author arrangement. — Place (country, state, city). Ampersand. Character "&" is alphabeted as "and," "et," "uiul," etc., according to the language used. Example Art & craftsmanship. Art & artistes au i8e siecle. Berlin & the German empire. Berlin & seine bauten. Analytical entries. Author. File by author and title underscored in contents, disregard- ing author and title of the main book. Subject. File first by subject at top of card, second by author of analytical underscored in contents and third by title of analytical. If there is no author in contents file by the author of the main book. Sample cards Donnay, Maurice. Clark, Barrett Harper, ed. 842 C51 Three modern plays from the French, with a preface by Clayton Hamilton. 1914. Holt. Contents: The prince d'Aurec, by Henri Lavedan. — The pardon, by Jules Lemaitre. — The other danger, by Maurice Donnay. England. History. Norman period. Oman, Charles William Chadwick, ed. 942 024h History of England, v. 2, 4-5. 1904-05. Methuen. V.2. England under the Normans and Angcvins, 1 066-1 272, by H. W. C. l3avis. V.4. England under the Tudors, by A. D. Innes. V.5. England under the Stuarts, by G. M. Trevelyan. China. Politics and government. Johnson, Samuel, 1822-82. 299 J36 Oriental religions and their relation to universal religion; China. 1877. Contents: Elements: The Chinese mind. — Labor. — Science. — External relations. — Ethnic type. — Resources. — Structures: Education. — Government. — Language. — Litera- ture.— History. — Poetry. — Sages: Rationalism. — Confucius. — Doctrine of Confucius. — Influence of Confucius. — Mencius. — Beliefs: Foundations. — Buddhism. — Missionary failures and fruits. — Tao-ism. — -Philosophy. "Fung-shui," p. 715-717- Apostrophe. See Punctuation marks. RULES FOR FILING CARDS 7 Articles. Disregard article at the beginning of an entry, but consider if not the first word. Example The man of his time. Man of mark. A man of the age. Man of the world. The man of yesterday. Un homme d'affaires. L'homme de neige. Homme du peuple. L'homme qui rit. Frau Holde. Die Frau Marchesa. Frau Sorge. Eine frau wie du. Frau Wilhelmine. Articles in foreign languages Danish or Norwegian. Plural Singular II. common den det en et de [di] the a Dutch. Singular Plural m. f. n. iiom. de de het, 't de gen. des der des der dat. den der or de het den ace. den de het, 't de m. f. n. notii. een eene een gen. eens eener eens dat. eenen ot een eener or eene eenen or een ace. eenen or een eene een the French. Singular Plural Before vowel m. /. m &-f. m. &■ f. num. le la V les gen. du dela del' des dat. au a la al' aux ace. le un la une 1' les the 8 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH Articles in foreign languages — continued. German. Singular m. f. nom. der die gen. des der dot. dem der ace. den die nom. ein eine gen. eines einer dat. einem einer ace. einen eine Hungarian. a, az the egy a n. das des dem das ein eines einem ein Plural m. f. n. die der den die the Italian. Singular Before vowels m. m. f. m. & f. nom. ace. il . lo' la V gen. del dello della deir - th dat. al alio alia air abl dal dallo Plural dalla dair Before vow els »(. ni. f. m. f. nom. ace. i gli le gli^ le gen. del degli delle degli delle dat. ai agli alle agli alle abl. dai dagli dalle dagli dalle Y the ' lo is used before 5 followed by another consonant; also before 3. - The ! of gli is elided only when the following word begins with an /. m. f. no>n . ace. un una gen. d'un d'una dat. ad un ad una abl. da un da una Latin. No articl es. Lithuanian. No articl es. Norwegian. See Danish or Norwegian. RULES FOR FILING CARDS Articles in foreign languages — continued. Polish. No articles. Portuguese. Singular Plural f. m. f. o a OS as the um uma a Spanish. Singular in. f. n. noni. el la lo gen. del de la de lo dat. al, para el a la, para la a lo, para lo ace. el, al la, a la lo, a lo Plural m. f. y the Neuter has no plural iioin. los las gen. dat. de los a los, para los de las a las, para las - the ace. los, a los las, a las un una a Swedish )n. & f. den Singular n. det Plural de the en ett a Associations. Sec Place, compound names of places, subjects, societies, institutions. — Place (country, state, city). y Author arrangement. 1. Author as main entry. 2. Author as secondary entry. 3. Works about an author. I. Author as main entry. Arrange in one alphabet works either written, compiled, edited, translated, or written jointly with another. Author of analytic, under- lined in note or contents, should be filed in its alphabetical place in the above group, arranged by the title of the analytic rather than the title of the book. In case title of separate work and of analytic are the same, file separate work first. See also Analytical entries. 10 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH Author arrangement — continued. 2. Author as secondary entry. Arrange in one alphabet, after all authors as main entry, all second- ary author entries. These include added entries under compiler, editor, translator, illustrator, publisher. Arrange these secondarily by the main author of the book, not by title. 3. Works about an author. Arrange in one alphabet, after all secondary entries, the works about an author. Arrange these secondarily by the author of the book; if an analytical entry, arrange secondarily by author of the analytic. Anonymous works about an author file secondarily under the title of the work. Example 1. Lang, Andrew. Ballads of books. Lang, Andrew, and others. A batch of golfing papers. Lang, Andrew, comp. Blue poetry book. Lang, Andrew. Complete works. Lang, Andrew, & Lang, John. Highways and byways in the Border. Lang, Andrew. Marett, R. R. ed. Anthropology and the classics. Contents: Homer and anthropology, by Andrew Lang. Lang, Andrew. Homer and the epic. Lang, Andrew, & Mason, A. E; W. Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley, & Lang, Andrew. Parson Kelly. Lang, Andrew, ed. Red fairy book. 2. Lang, Andrew, tr. Homer. Iliad; tr. by Andrew Lang. Lang, Andrew, and others, tr. Homer. Odyssey; tr. by Andrew Lang. Lang, Andrew, ed. Lang, Mrs Leonora Blanche. Book of saints and heroes. RULES FOR FILING CARDS n Author arrangement — continued. 3. Lang, Andrew. Gosse, E. W. Andrew Lang. Lang, Andrew. James, Henry. Lang; a biography. Lang, Andrew. Lang, Andrew. Letters. Lang, Andrew. Matthews, Brander. Aspects of fiction. Contents: American literature. — The penalty of humor. — Two Scotsmen of letters; Andrew Lang, R. L. Ste venson. See also Bible. — Homer. — Periodicals. — Place (country, state, city). — Shakespeare, William. — Wagner, Richard. Bible. Arrange as follows: I. Whole Bible. 1. Bible treated as author, i. e. text. a. English text. Arrange alphabetically by title. b. Foreign texts. Arrange alphabetically by name of language. 2. Bible treated as subject, i. e. works about the Bible. Arrange alphabetically under the various subdivisions. Example Bible. Whole. Antiquities. Bible. Whole. Authority, inspiration, criticism. Bible. Whole. Bibliography. Bible. Whole. Biography. II. Old testament. I and 2 arrange as in whole Bibl6. 3. Collections of single books. (Except 4 and 6.) 4. Hexateuch, Pentateuch, etc. Arrange according to number of books included, the col- lection containing the largest number coming first. 5. Single books, arranged in the order of the English version, illustrative works on each book following the editions of the text of that book. 6. Collections of the prophetical books follow the Song of Solomon. 7. Apocrypha. 8. Pseudepigrapha. III. New testament. I and 2 arrange as in whole Bible. 12 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH Bible — continued. 3- 4- 5- 6. 7- Collections of single books. (Except Gospels and Epistles.) Gospels. Single books, arranged as in Old testament. Collections of the Epistles follow the Acts. Apocrypha. Arrangement of books of the Old testament. Genesis. Exodus. Leviticus. Numbers. Deuteronomy. Joshua. Judges. Ruth. Samuel. Kings. Chronicles. Ezra. Nehemiah. Esther. Job. Psalms. Proverbs. Ecclesiastes. Song of Solomon. Isaiah. Jeremiah. Lamentations. Ezekiel. Daniel. Hosea. Joel. Ainos. Obadiah. Jonah. Micah. Nahum. Habakkuk. Zephaniah. Haggai. Zechariah. Malachi. Apocrypha. Pseudepigrapha. Arrangement of books of the New testament. Matthew. Mark. Luke. John. Acts. Romans. Corinthians. Galatians. Ephesians. Philippians. Colossians. Thessalonians. Timothy. Titus. Philemon. Hebrews. James. Peter. John, Epistles. Jude. Revelation. Apocrypha. Business firms. See Firms. Charters (as subhead). See Place (country, state, city). Chronological arrangement. See Congresses. — History. — Maps. — Per- sonal names, forenames and surnames the same. City. See Geographical names. — Place (country, state, city). Classical names. See Personal names, Greek and Latin. Compiler. See Author arrangement. Compound forenames. See Forenames. Compound names of places, subjects, societies, institutions. See Place, compoimd names of places, subjects, societies, institutions. Compound personal names. See Personal names, compounded of two names. — Personal names with prefix. RULES FOR FILING CARDS 13 Compound words. See Hyphened words. — Place, compound names of places, subjects, etc. Conferences. See Congresses. Congresses. When congresses and conferences are distinguished by number or date, arrange by number or date, not alphabetically. Example International Congress of Applied Chemistry (7th), Lon- don, 1909. International Congress of Applied Chemistry (8th), Wash- ington and New York, 1912. Constitution (as subhead). See Place (country, state, city). Corporate entry. See Place, compound names of places, subjects, so- cieties, institutions. — Place (country, state, city). Country. See Place (country, state, city). County. See Geographical names. Dates. See Numerals. Directories (as subhead). See Place (country, state, city). Edition. See Title. Editor. See Author arrangement. Elisions. See Abbreviations. Family names. See Personal names compounded of two names. Figures. See Numerals. Firms. When a publisher or a firm name is same as personal name, file by forename in its alphabetic place among -the personal names. If firm name has no forename file after personal names. Exatnple Jones, J. C. Jones (L. M.) & Son, N. Y. Jones, R. B. Jones (Robert) Company, Philadelphia. Jones, Robert Henry. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. Pittsburgh. Jones, Miller and Co. N. Y. Jones, Smith and Brown, Boston. V 14 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH Foreign titles. See Translations. Forenames. Forenames used as headings precede surnames. Example Christian II. Christian, James. The Christian. Caine, Hall. Christian art. Headings like Charles, George, Henry, etc., arrange in the follow- ing groups: Saints. Popes. Sovereigns. Princes and nobility. Others. The saints are arranged secondarily by their usual appellatives, the popes by their number. Sovereigns in alphabetic order of countries and under countries numerically. Other persons are arranged secondarily by their usual appellatives. Example John, St. John of Damascus, St. John X, pope. John XXI, pope. John, king of England. John V, king of Portugal. John III, king of Sweden. John of Austria, prince. John IV, duke of Bretagne. John, duke of Burgundy. John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster. John of Fordun. John of Parma. John of Salisbury, hp. John, Griffith. John Crerar Library, Chicago. John Halifax, gentleman. Note that emperors are not to be separated from kings. Such names as Frederick William, Ernest August Charles, Char- lotte Augusta, Marie Antoinette, may be regarded as compound fore- names. They should be arranged in the above groups, the compounds of each group following the single names. See also Personal names, forenames and surnames the same. / RULES FOR FILING CARDS 15 Geographical names. When the same word serves for several kinds of heading the order is: person, place, subject, title. Exajnple Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo (animal). Buffalo Bill's wild West show. Washington, George. Washington (state). Washington, D. C. Washington, Pa. Washington Adams in England. Washington county, Pa. Washington Literary Society. When states and cities have the same name arrange first state (of- ficial followed by non-official entries), second city (official followed by non-official entries). County of the same name is filed in its alphabetical place and the word county is considered in alphabeting. The filing of New York county is an exception to this. For its arrangement see example under Place (country, state, city). Example Washington (state) — Geological survey. Washington, D. C. Washington (D. C.) Playground Association. Washington, Pa. Washington and Jefferson College. Washington College. Washington county. Ohio. Washington county. Pa. Washington in Lincoln's time. Washington national monument. Washington (state) University. See also Place, compound names of places, subjects, etc. — Place (country, state, city). — Subject (as subhead). Government entries. See Place (country, state, city). Greek names. See Personal names, Greek and Latin. i6 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH History. When the history of a country is subdivided by periods or events, these subdivisions are arranged chronologically, not alphabetically. Example U. S. History. Colonial period. U. S. History. Revolution. U. S. History. War of 1812. U. S. History. Civil war. U. S. History. Reconstruction period. The Revolution and the Civil war are subjects which include so much material that they have been subdivided. The subdivisions are arranged alphabetically. Example U.S. History. Civil war. Bibliography. U.S. History. Civil war. Biography. U.S. History. Civil war. Campaigns and battles U.S. History. Civil war. Finance. U. S. History. Civil war. Poetry. Homer. Arrange entries in the following order: 1. Collected works arranged alphabetically by title. 2. Commentaries and criticisms on collected works arranged alphabetically by author. 3. Dictionaries and concordances. 4. Separate works in one alphabet arranged by title. Under each work arrange first the texts, then books about it, ar- ranged secondarily by author of book. 5. Homer for children. Example 1. Homer. Opera Grjeco-Latina. Homer. Works. 2. Homer. Gierke, A. M. Familiar studies in Homer. Homer. Lawton, W. C. Art and humanity in Homer. RULES FOR FILING CARDS 17 Homer — continued. 3. Homer. Autenrieth, Georg, ed. Homeric dictionary. Homer. Ebeling, Heinrich, ed. Lexicon Homericum. 4. Homer. Battle of the frogs and mice (text). Homer. Battle of the frogs and mice (criticism). Homer. Hymns (text). Homer. Hymns (criticism). Homer. Iliad (text). Homer. Iliad (criticism). Homer. Odyssey (text). Homer. Odyssey (criticism). 5. Homer. Brooks, Edward. Story of the Iliad. Homer. Church, A. J. Stories from Homer. Hyphened words. Arrange as if separate words, disregarding hyphen. Example Happy home. Happy-Thought Hall. Happy thoughts. But file as one word the following: Anti-Christ. Bi-centennial. Con-tect (weekly). Co-operative. Pre-historic. Pre-Raphaelite. To-day. See also Place, compound names of places, subjects, etc. i8 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH Illustrator. See Author arrangement. Initial articles. See Articles. Initials. Arrange all entries beginning with initials only before those begin- ning with full words of same initial letter. File initials standing for the name of a person before those beginning a title. Example T., H. T.,J. T., L. G. T., V. T. R. in cartoons. T. Square Club. T. Tembarom. Tabb, John Banister. Table talk. See also Abbreviations. Institutions. Sec Place, compound names of places, subjects, societies, institutions. — Place (country, state, city). International congresses. See Congresses. Inverted subject heading. See Subject (as subhead). Joint author. File with other works by the first author, disregarding the name of the second author. Sec examples under Author arrangement. Latin names. See Personal names, Greek and Latin. Mc, Mac. See Abbreviations. Main entry. Sec Author arrangement. Maps. Arrange alphabetically by name of place. If there be more than one entry under a place arrange chronologically. Example Maps — Paris. Maps — Pennsylvania. Maps — Pennsylvania. (1884.) Maps — Pennsylvania. (1885.) Maps — South America. RULES FOR FILING CARDS . 19 Mr and Mrs. Sec Abbreviations.— Personal names, titles of honor and distinction. Music. Arrange in two files. 1. Books about music. 2. Musical scores. Examples of headings and subheadings for musical scores Music. Chamb er music. Music. Chambi er music. Quartets. Strings Music. Chamb er music. Quintets. Music. Piano. Music. Piano. Concertos. Music. Piano. Duets. Music. Piano. Mazurkas. Music. Piano. Sonatas. New York. See Place (country, state, city). Noblemen. See Forenames. Numerals. Arrange titles beginning with numerals as if the figures were writ- ten out in the language of the rest of the title. Example Nineteenth army corps. Achtspannig. 19th century almanac. 1813; kriegsbild. Nineteenth century prose. Acids. Arrange numerals in English, 100, 1,000, 100,000 S^s if spelled out, one hundred, one thousand, one hundred thousand; not a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand. Such numbers over 1,000, as 1,500, 2,300, 1,000,000, arrange as if spelled out, one thousand five hundred, two thousand three hundred, one million; not fifteen hundred, twenty- three hundred, ten hundred thousand. English and German numerals indicating years form an exception to this, and 1800, 1900, etc. are arranged as if spelled eighteen hundred, nineteen hundred, achtzehn hundert, neunzehn hundert, but correspond- ing French numerals are arranged as if beginning with mil, thus 1812 is arranged as if spelled mil huit cent douze. Official publications. See Place (country, state, city). Order of entries. See Person, place, subject, title, having the same name. Ordinances (as subhead). See Place (country, state, city). 20 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH Periodicals. When a periodical is used as an author, always file after entry for periodical itself. Example Review of reviews; monthly. Review of reviews. Annual index of periodicals and photographs. Review of reviews. Pittsburg; a new great city. V Person, place, subject, title, having the same name. When the same word serves for several kinds of heading the order is: person, place, subject, title. Example Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo (animal). Buffalo Bill's wild West show. Washington, George. Washington (state). Washington, D. C. Washington, Pa. Washington Adams in England. Washington county, Pa. Washington Literary Society. Washington (state) University. - \/ Personal names compounded of two names. Arrange personal names compounded of two names, with or with- out a hyphen, after the first name but before the next longer word; all author names file before all subjects or titles beginning with the same name. Surnames with "family," "dynasty" or "house" should follow plain surname and not be mixed with compound names or titles beginning with surname. Example Wood, William Wallace. Lloyd, William. Wood family. Lloyd family. Wood-Jones, Frederic. Lloyd Brothers, Cincinnati. Woodberry, George Edward. Lloyd George, David. Lloyd George family. Lloyd-Williams, Richard. Lloyd guide to Australasia. Lloyd Library. RULES FOR FILING CARDS 21 V Personal names, forenames and surnames the same. When surnames and forenames are the same arrange chronologi- cally if dates are given. Names without dates precede those with dates. If there are several they may be filed by epithet or title of honor, such as Capt., Rev., Sir. Example Scott, Walter, M. A. Scott, Sir Walter. Scott, Walter, 1854-96. Scott, Walter, b. 1876. V Personal names, Greek and Latin. Arrange Greek and Latin personal names by their patronymics or other appellatives. Example Dionysius. Dionysius Areopagita. Dionysius Chalcidensis. Dionysius Genuensis. Personal names, titles of honor and distinction. Pay no attention to prefixes as Mrs, Sir, Lady, etc., or to suffixes, as bp., graf, comte, baron, etc. unless forenames are the same, in which case use to distinguish. If there is no forename, but only a title or such term as Mother, Uncle, Professor, file before entries with forenames. Example Ross, Mother. Ross, Professor. t Ross, A. C. * Ross, M. R. y' Personal names with prefix. A personal name with prefix is considered as one word. Exaftiple Demonstration. Leslie. Demophilus. Le Soudier. De Morgan. Lessing. Demosthenes. Saint-Amand. Ducal palaces. . Sainte-Beuve. Du Chaillu. Saintly lives. Duchess of Malfi. Tenant of Wildfell hall. Lame dog's diary. Ten Eyck. La Motte Fouque. Tennis. Lamplighter. Vanadium. Van Buren. Vanity fair. 22 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh. Sec Place (country, state, city). Place, compound names of places, subjects, societies, institutions. Arrange compound names of places and names of societies and in- stitutions as separate words. Example New, John. New Hampshire. New legion of Satan. (Title.) New Sydenham Society. New thought. Newark. Newfoundland. Newspapers. 1/ But arrange as single words compound words which are printed as one. Example Book-binding. See Bookbinding. Book-keeping. Book-plates. Bookbinding. Bookkeeping for retail stores. Books and reading. Bookselling. Place (country, state, city). 1. Works by a country, state or city as author. 2. Works about a country, state or city. 3. Associations, institutions or titles beginning with name of country, state or city. I. Arrange in one alphabet works by a country, state or city as author, or author as secondary entry. In these entries the name of place is followed by dash and name of government department. Secondary entries are filed secondarily by title, not by main author of book. Exatnple Canada — Geological survey. Annual report. Canada — Geological survey. Young, G. A. Descriptive sketch of the geology of Canada. Issued by the Canada geological survey. RULES FOR FILING CARDS 23 Place (country, state, city) — continued. Canada — Geological survey. Guide book. Canada — Geological survey. Reports of progress. In a few cases the period is used instead of dash after name of place in official entries, but this does not change the order. These are for form headings such as. Constitution, Statutes, Charter, Directories and Ordinances. 2. Arrange in one alphabet after works by a country, state or city all works about a country, state or city. In these entries the name of the place is followed by period and subdivision. 3. Arrange in one alphabet after works about a country, state or city all associations, institutions and titles beginning with its name. Disregard the comma which often follows the name of place in this form of entry. Country f 1. U. S. — Chemistry bureau. U. S. — Forestry division. U. S. — Post office department. U. S. — President. U. S. Statutes. U. S._ — War department. 2. U. S. History. U. S. Post office. (For books about the department.) U. S. President. (For books about the presidents.) 3. U. S. catalog. U. S. Steel Corporation. State 1. Pennsylvania — Agriculture, Department of. Pennsylvania. Constitution. Pennsylvania — Education commission. Pennsylvania — State library. 2. Pennsylvania. Description and travel. Pennsylvania. History. Pennsylvania. Militia. 3. Pennsylvania farmer. Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society. Pennsylvania stories. Pennsylvania University. 24 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH Place (country, state, city) — continued. 1. P P P P P P P P 2. P P P P P City ttsburgh — Assessors. ttsburgh. Charter. (As author.) ttsburgh — Council. ttsburgh. Directories. ttsburgh — Health bureau. ttsburgh. Ordinances. ttsburgh — Public education board. ttsburgh — Water bureau. ttsburgh. Charities. ttsburgh. Charter. (For books about the charter.) ttsburgh. History. ttsburgh. Municipal improvement. ttsburgh. Public education board . (For books about the board.) ttsburgh. Streets. ttsburgh. Academy of Science and Art. ttsburgh almanac. ttsburgh. Chamber of Commerce. ttsburgh mercury. ttsburgh Survey. ttsburgh the powerful. ttsburgh University. In filing cards under New York, arrange 1. New York (state). a. as author. b. as subject. 2. New York (colony). 3. New York (county). 4. New York (city). a. as author. b. as subject. 5. All titles, associations, periodicals, etc. beginning with New York. This includes city and state associations. The word city or state when enclosed in parentheses is to be disregarded in filing. Example New York (state) — Botanist. New York (state) — Education department. RULES FOR FILING CARDS 25 Place (country, state, city) — continued. New York (state). Geology. New York (state). History. 2. New York (colony) — Council. 3. New York (county) — Court house board. 4. New York (city)— Health department. New York (city) — Police department. New York (city). Description. New York (city). Police department. (For books about the department.) New York (city). Poor. 5. New York architect. New York (state), Chamber of Commerce. New York City Christian Science Institute. New York, City Club. New York Edison Company. New York (city), Merchants' Association. New York musical gazette. New York, Shakespeare Society. New York Tribune. Sec also Geographical names. Place subdivisions under subject. See Subject (as subhead). Popes. See Forenames. Possessive case. See Punctuation marks. Prefixes. Sec Personal names, titles of honor and distinction. — Per- sonal names with prefix. Princes. See Forenames. )/ Pseudonyms. Arrange pseudonyms after the corresponding real name. Example Andrew, pseud. Andrew, St. Andrew, St. pseud. Andrew, John. Andrew, John, pseud. Andrew, John Albion. Publisher. See Firms. / Punctuation marks. Disregard punctuation marks and apostrophe. The possessive case singular should be arranged with the plural. 26 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH Example Boys' and girls' book. Boy's book of rhyme. Boy's Odyssey. Boys of 1812. Boys of Fairport. Bo5^s' own book. Rulers. See Forenames. Saints. See Forenames. Same name used for several kinds of heading. See Geographical names. Secondary entry. Sec Author arrangement. — Place (country, state, city). "See also" cards. "See also" cards follow entry of same heading. Example Children. Children. See also. Children. Care and training. Children. Care and training. See also. Series. When a series entry consists of an author and title, arrange with other works by the same author as main entry, and arrange secondarily by the author of the individual book in the series. In case of num- bered monograph series, arrange numerically. Example Minnesota University. Alumni record. Minnesota University. Current problems. (Series.) Minnesota University. President's report. Minnesota University. Studies in the physical sciences and mathematics. (Series.) Minnesota University. Vocations open to women. Shakespeare. Arrange entries in the following order: I. Collected works in one alphabet. RULES FOR FILING CARDS . 27 Shakespeare — continued. 2. Separate plays in one alphabet, arranged by name of play. Under each play arrange first the texts of the play, then works about the play, arranged secondarily by author of book. The poems of Shakespeare file after the separate plays and before works about Shakespeare. 3. Works about Shakespeare and the plays in general arranged alphabetically under subheadings. Example 1. Shakespeare, William. Complete works. Shakespeare, William. Dramatische werke. Shakespeare, William. Works. 2. Shakespeare, William. As you like it (text). Shakespeare, William. As you like it (criticism). Shakespeare, William. Hamlet (text). Shakespeare, William. Hamlet (criticism). Shakespeare, William. Winter's tale (text). Shakespeare, William. Winter's tale (criticism). Shakespeare, William. Poeins. Shakespeare, William. Sonnets. Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis. 3. Shakespeare, William. Biography. Shakespeare, William. Costume of the characters. Shakespeare, William. Criticism. Shakespeare, William. Music. Shakespeare, William. Plots. Shakespeare, William. Sources. Shakespeare, William. Stories of the plays. Shakespeare, William. Wit and humor. 28 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH Societies. Sec Place, compound names of places, subjects, societies, institutions. — Place (countrj', state, city). State. Sec Geographical names. — Place (country, state, city). Statutes (as subhead). See Place (country, state, city). Subject. Sec Author arrangement. Works about an author. — History. — Maps. — Music. — Person, place, subject, title, having the same name. — Place, compound names of places, subjects, societies, in- stitutions. — Shakespeare. n Subject (as subhead). Arrange subheads of any subject alphabetically under subject. When a subject has country or place subdivisions do not mix with other sul)- heads but file in a second group after them. Example Railroads. Railroads. Bibliography. Railroads. Construction. Railroads. Laws. Railroads. Periodicals. Railroads. Relation to the state. After guide marked "Special localities" file by place. Railroads. England. Railroads. Iowa. Railroads. New York (state). Railroads. New York (city). Railroads. Russia. Railroads. United States. File subheads separated from subject by comma in one file with those separated by period. Example Ethics. Dictionaries. Ethics, Family. Ethics, Practical. Ethics, Social. Ethics. Societies. Ethics, State. RULES FOR FILING CARDS 29 Notice that Painting, Mechanical is not a subhead of Painting, but a separate subject. Surnames. See Personal names, forenames and surnames. V Title. The arrangement of title entries is first by the heading words; if they are the same, then by the next word; if that is the same, by the next; and so on. Every word, article (except initial article), and prepo- sition included, is to be regarded. Example Uncovenanted mercies. Under a cloud. Under the ban. Under the greenwood tree; a novel. Under the greenwood tree; a poem. Under which king. The undone task. The undone task done. If two or more titles under an author's name are the same, dis- tinguish by edition or date. If they are the same to the first semicolon, distinguish by what follows. Example Thorndyke, E. L. Educational psychology. 1903- Thorndyke, E. L. Educational psychology. 3v. 1913-14. Rocheleau, W. F. Great American industries; minerals. Rocheleau, W. F. Great American industries; products of the soil. Rocheleau, W. F. Great American industries; transportation. Stories by foreign authors; German. Stories by foreign authors; Italian. Stories by foreign authors; Scandinavian. See also Abbreviations.— Ampersand.— Articles.— Author arrange- ment.— Hyphened words.— Initials.— Numerical figures.— Person, place, subject, title, having the same name.— Place (country, state, city).— Punctuation marks. — Translations. .X 30 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH Titles of honor. Sec Personal names, titles of honor and distinction. Translations. Translations and originals are not kept together, but each transla- tion is arranged alphabetically under the author, by its own title. Example Maeterlinck, Maurice. Der blaue vogel. Maeterlinck, Maurice. The blue bird. Maeterlinck, Maurice. Death. Maeterlinck, Maurice. Life of the bee. Maeterlinck, Maurice. Monna Vanna. Maeterlinck, Maurice. La mort. Maeterlinck, Maurice. L'oiseau bleu. Maeterlinck, Maurice. La vie des abeilles. If titles are exactly the same for a book in a foreign language and for its English translation, or, for an English book and its foreign translation, file English title first. Translator. Sec Author arrangement. Transposed subject headings. See Subject (as subhead). Umlaut. a, o, ii, in German to be considered a, o, u. a, a, se, 6, 0, in Danish and Swedish to be considered a, o. If two names are spelled exactly alike except for the umlaut, arrange by the forenames. Example Muller, Heinrich. Miiller, Heinrich. Miiller, Johann. Muller, Johann. When written oe, ae, ue, use both letters in filing. Example Goethe. Hueffer. Gold. Huffman. RULES FOR FILING CARDS 31 United States. See Place (country, state, city.) Wagner, Richard. Arrange entries in the following order. 1. General writings, not including autobiography or correspond- ence, in one alphabet. 2. Opera scores arranged alphabetically. 3. Opera texts, including librettos and works about separate operas, arranged alphabetically. Under each opera arrange first text of opera, then works about it. 4. Criticism of works arranged alphabetically by name of author of book. * 5. Stories of the operas taken collectively, in one alphabet, ar- ranged by name of author of book. 6. Biography of Wagner. In this arrangement all autobiography is filed first, followed by lives of Wagner, arranged secondarily by the author of book. Example 1. Wagner, Richard. Die kunst und die revolution. Wagner, Richard. Oper und drama. 2. Wagner, Richard. Lohengrin (score). Wagner, Richard. Parsifal (score). Wagner, Richard. Tristan and Isolde (score). 3. Wagner, Richard. \j, , , , Lohengrin (text). " ' '„• ;' '._- Wagner, Richard. . - • Lohengrin (criticism). * ' ' Wagner, Richard. Parsifal (text). Wagner, Richard. Parsifal (criticism). 32 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH Wagner, Richard — continued. 4. Wagner, Richard. Gautier, Judith. Wagner and his poetical work. Wagner, Richard. Krehbiel, H. E. Studies in the Wagnerian drama. Wagner, Richard. Newman, Ernest. Study of Wagner. 5. Wagner, Richard. Barber, Grace Edson. Wagner opera stories. Wagner, Richard. Frost, W. H. Wagner story book. Wagner, Richard. McSpadden, J. W. Stories from Wagner. 6. Wagner, Richard, & Liszt, Franz. Correspondence. Wagner, Richard. Family letters. Wagner, Richard. Mein leben. Wagner, Richard. Chamberlain, H. C. Richard Wagner. Wagner, Richard. Finck, H. T. Wagner and his works. Wagner, Richard. Muncker, Franz. Richard Wagner. Gaylamount ^ Pamphlet Binder Gaylord Bros., Inc. Stockton, Calif. T.M. Reg. U.S. Pat. on THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY