Library of Congress Cutter Table

• Initial vowels
• Initial consonants
• Initial S
• Initial Qu
• Initial Qa-Qt
• Numerals Example
• Expansion Table
• Translation Table
• Z cutter Table

 

After initial vowels
For the 2nd letter:	b - c	d - k	l - m	n - o	p - q	r	s - t	u - z
Use Number:	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

After initial consonants
For the 2nd letter:	a - d	e - h	i - n	o - q	r - t	u	y - z
Use Number:	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

After initial letter S
For the 2nd letter:	a - c	ch - d	e - g	h - l	m - p	t	u	w - z
Use Number:	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

After initial lettersQu
For the 2nd letter:	a	e	i	o	r	t	y
Use Number:	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

For initial letters Qa - Qt Use Numbers: 2 - 29

For expansion
For the letter:	a - d	e - h	i - l	m - o	p - s	t - v	w - z
Use Number:	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

Cuttering for Numerals

Use the Cutters .A12 - .A19

For example the book: 1981 commercial composite infrared index grating molecular index ... 1982. Has the Call number: QC 457 .A15 1982

Translation Table
.x	Original work
.x12	Polyglot (for work written in several languages)
.x13	English translation
.x14	French translation
.x15	German translation
.x16	Italian translation
.x17	Russian translation
.x18	Spanish translation

Unofficial Z Cutter Table for literature used at LC
A - B	Z5 - Z59
C - H	Z6 - Z69
I - N	Z7 - Z79
O - T	Z8 - Z89
U - Z	Z9 - Z99

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