Cutter Table
After initial vowels |
b |
d |
l-m |
n |
p |
r |
s-t |
u-y |
After initial letter S
|
a |
ch |
e |
h-i |
m-p |
t |
u |
w-z |
After initial letters Qu
|
|
a |
e |
i |
o |
r |
t |
y |
For
initial letters Qa-Qt |
2-29 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
After other initial consonants
|
|
a |
e |
i |
o |
r |
u |
y |
For expansion |
|
a-d |
e-h |
i-l |
m-o |
p-s |
t-v |
w-z |
The following examples show Cutters that would be used if entries already shelflisted conform to the table on the previous page. In most cases, Cutters must be adjusted to file an entry correctly and to allow room for later entries.
Vowels |
S |
Q |
Consonants |
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IBM |
.I26 |
Sadron |
.S23 |
Qadduri
|
.Q28 |
Campbell |
.C36 |
Idaho |
.I33 |
Scanlon |
.S29 |
Qiao |
.Q27 |
Ceccaldi |
.C43 |
Ilardo |
.I4 |
Schreiber |
.S37 |
Quade |
.Q33 |
Chertok |
.C48 |
Import |
.I48 |
Shillingburg |
.S53 |
Queiroz |
.Q45 |
Clark |
.C58 |
Inman |
.I56 |
Singer |
.S57 |
Quinn |
.Q56 |
Cobbleston |
.C63 |
Ipswich |
.I67 |
Stinson |
.S75 |
Quorum |
.Q67 |
Cryer |
.C79 |
Ito |
.I87 |
Suryani |
.S87 |
Qutub |
.Q88 |
Cuellar |
.C84 |
Ivy |
.I94 |
Symposium |
.S96 |
Qvortrup |
.Q97 |
Cymbal |
.C96 |
Note: Do
not end a Cutter with the numeral 1 or 0.
b. Cuttering for numerals. When Cuttering for Roman or Arabic numerals, use the Cutters .A12 - .A19. However, if entries already in the shelflist have been assigned "documents numbers" (e.g. .A5 for the corporate heading United States ...) Cutter numerals to file directly behind those entries. Because of the infinite range of numbers, choose a Cutter toward the center of the available span when Cuttering for the first numeral in a class. This will allow room for both smaller and larger numbers. Follow this practice even with relatively low numbers since decimal fractions are filed in numeric order before the number 1.
Examples:
QC457 |
|
.A15 |
1981 commercial composite
infrared index, grating molecular |
1982 |
index ... 1982. |
QC457 |
|
.A154 |
1981 commercial composite infrared
index, grating numerical |
1982 |
index ... 1982. |
QC457 |
|
.A156 |
1981 commercial composite
infrared index, grating spec-finding |
1982 |
index ... 1982. |