Cutter Expansive Classification: Difference between revisions

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One of the features adopted by other systems, including Library of Congress, is the Cutter number. It is an alphanumeric device to code text so that it can be arranged in alphabetical order using the fewest characters. It contains one or two initial letters and Arabic numbers, treated as a decimal. To construct a Cutter number, a cataloguer consults a Cutter table as required by the classification rules. Although Cutter numbers are mostly used for coding the names of authors, the system can be used for titles, subjects, geographic areas, and more.

{| class=wikitable

|+Cutter table for second character

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! If the first letter is a... || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9

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! S

| S || a || ch || e || h–i || m–p || t || u || w–z

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! Qu

| Qu || || a || e || i || o || r || t || y

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|! other consonants |consonant
| || a || e || i || o || r || u || y

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! vowel

| b || d || l–m || n || p || r || s–t || u–y

|}

{| class=wikitable

|+Cutter table for additional characters

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| vowels ||! b2 || d3 || l–m4 || n5 || p6 || r7 || s–t8 || u–y9

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| additional letters || || a–d || e–h || i–l || m–o || p–s || t–v || w–z

|}