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The way I was taught to remember this was aphabetically--Author,
Subject, Title. Gladys

Kathryn Frech wrote:
>
> On 1 Feb 01, at 17:54, Anita Drain <adrain@PANESU.ORG> wrote:
>
> > Does CATHER., WILLA (the subject) come before Cather, Willa (the author)
> > in card catalogs? -- I apparently should have paid closer attention during
> > one of my classes!
>
> My goodness, but that brings back the memories!
> Ah, the long-ago days (3+ years ago) when I too
> had to worry about such things, before graduating
> to worries about how to make the computer catalog
> behave properly.... <g>
>
> Anyway, I dug out my old rules-sheet that I had
> for my aides, and found this:
>
> -----------------------------
>
> 4. When the same word is used for different kinds of headings,
> the
>    order is: Person < Place < Subject < Title.
>    I.e., Washington, George (author)    before
>          Washington, George (subject)   before
>          Washington, D.C.               before
>          Washington College             before
>          Washington in war times (title)
>    Remember that entries of a word followed by a comma come
> before
>    entries of the same word as the first of two or more words.
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> > Thanks in Advance,
> >
> > Anita Drain, Media Director
> > Hay Springs School Library
> > Hay Springs, NE
> > adrain@panesu.org
>
> --
> Kathryn Frech, Librarian
> Seton Catholic Central H.S.
> Binghamton, NY  USA
> (lib@stny.rr.com)
>
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--
Gladys Nielsen
Library/Media Specialist
Rochester School
Rochester, VT 05767
phone: 802-767-3161
fax:   802-767-9646
rochlib@sover.net

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