Cutter Table

 

 After initial vowels
for the second letter:
use number:

 b
2

 d
3

 l-m
4

 n
5

 p
6

 r
7

 s-t
8

 u-y
9

 After initial letter S
for the second letter:
use number:

 a
2

 ch
3

 e
4

 h-i
5

 m-p
6

 t
7

 u
8

 w-z
9

 After initial letters Qu
for the second letter:
use number:

 

 a
3

 e
4

 i
5

 o
6

 r
7

 t
8

 y
9

 For initial letters Qa-Qt
use numbers:

 2-29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 After other initial consonants
for the second letter:
use number:

 

 a
3

 e
4

 i
5

 o
6

 r
7

 u
8

 y
9

 For expansion
for the letter:
use number:

 

 a-d
3

 e-h
4

 i-l
5

 m-o
6

 p-s
7

 t-v
8

 w-z
9

 

xamplesThe 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

 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.