Re: Cataloging US history

[Melissa Davis <mbdavis@TENET.EDU>]

I use the US History numbers. Both the Revolution and the Civil War have
specific numbers for individual battles. While these can be longer than I
usually use, our US History collection (especially the Civil War) is
fairly large so longer numbers help separate the books better.
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On Thu, 5 Jan 1995, Fred Muller Newton wrote:

> I do not blindly use copy cataloging but rather try to catalog relative
> to my library using Dewey guidelines.  Lately I have been questioning
> where I have my US history books for specific battles.
>       Currently I have them in the State's location with a location code
> afterwards.  ie Pilgrims and such are in MA, Battle of Yorktown is in New
> York.
>       Should such things be in US history or in their state's history?
> Let's make this a general discussion.
>                  Fred Muller
>