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LITERATURE CUTTERING SCHEMES

In each section of the "P" schedules for the literature of special languages or countries there are classes within period subdivisions for individual authors and their works in all literary forms. Follow instructions in each classification schedule carefully.

PA (Latin and Greek)

Classical:

Follow the instructions in the classification schedule; however, always adjust to local practice where necessary. In the past, translations under some authors were arranged by a language table in the PA schedule that has been superseded. The table used a letter plus up to three Arabic numerals (e.g., French: F5-7). UCLA used the table, but substituted the following instructions:

Continue to use this if already established under an author.

Medieval and Modern:

If the author has been established in the shelflist, follow what has been used for that author. When establishing a new author, cutter to maintain alphabetical sequence and use scheme for PQ & PT.

PB (Celtic, i.e., Irish, Gaelic (Scottish), Welsh (Cymric), Breton, Cornish, Gallic)

PC (Romanian literature; Catalan Literature)

PF (Friesian literature)

PG (Slavic, Baltic and Albanian literature)

Follow the instructions given in the LC classification schedules for individual voluminous authors. For individual non-voluminous authors, use the following table of subdivisions:

Column 1                Column 2 
Author                  Author 
(1 classification       (cutter number) 
  number) 
                        (x = first letter of author's name plus 2 or 
                        3 numbers from appropriate cutter table) 

A1                      xA1 *       Collected works.  By date. 
                                    For translations, add letter for
                                    language (e.g., xA1S for Spanish)

A11                     xA11        Collected works.  By editor 
                                    (Column 1: 2nd cutter; 
                                    Column 2: work mark) 

A14                     xA14        Selections (not of one 
                                    particular type).  Short stories 
                                    By date 

A15                     xA15        Collections of novels.  By date

A16                     xA16        Collections of essays, 
                                    miscellanies, etc.  By date 

A17                     xA17        Collections of poems.  By date 

A19                     xA19        Collections of plays.  By date 

A2                      xA2         Autobiography.  By date **

A3                      xA3         Letters (general collections) 
                                    By date 

A32a-z                  xA32a-z     Letters to a particular person; 
                                    work mark by recipient 

A4                      xA4         Journals.  By date 

A5-Z4                   xa-z        Separate works (Column 1: single 
                                    cutter for title; Column 2: work 
                                    mark)

Z5A-Z                   xZ5a-z      Biography and criticism 
                                    (Column 1: 2nd cutter is for author
                                    of biography or criticism; 
                                    Column 2: work mark for same)*

Z6A-Z                   xZ6a-z      Bibliography (Column 1: 2nd cutter 
                                    is for author of bibliography; 
                                    Column 2: work mark for same)*

Z7                      xZ7         Conversations.  Adaptations. 
                                    Interviews 

Z8                      xZ8         Indexes.  Concordances 

For criticism of a separate work, use the call number for the work in Column 1 and Column 2 followed by the capital letter Z and a work mark for the author of the criticism. Applies to Z7 and Z8 as well.

PH (Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures)

PJ (Egyptian, Coptic, Hamitic, Semitic literature)

PK (Indo-Iranian. Indo-Aryan. Iranian literatures; Armenian literatures; Caucasian literature)

PL (Literatures of Eastern Asia, Oceania, Africa, e.g., Turkish, Chinese, Tibetan, Tagalog, Zulu, etc.)

If the author has been established in the shelflist, follow what has been used for that author. When establishing a new author, cutter to maintain alphabetical sequence and use scheme for PQ & PT.

For Turkish, use scheme for PQ & PT for double cutters and scheme for PR & PS for work marks.

For Azarbajani and Thai, use scheme for PR & PS.

PM (American Indian literature, literature in artificial languages, Esperanto, etc.)

PQ & PT (Romance literature; e.g., French, Italian, Spanish, Spanish American, Portuguese; Germanic literature)

Follow the instructions given in the LC classification schedules for individual voluminous authors. For individual non-voluminous authors, use the following table of subdivisions:

Column 1                Column 2 
Author                  Author 
(1 classification       (cutter number) 
  number) 
                        (x = first letter of author's name plus 2
or 
                        3 numbers from appropriate cutter table) 

A1                      xA1         Collected works.  By date.
                                    For translations, add letter for
                                    language (e.g., xA1S for Spanish)

A11                     xA11        Collected works.  By editor
                                    (Column 1: 2nd cutter; 
                                    Column 2: work mark) 

A14                     xA14        Selections (not of one 
                                    particular type).  Short stories 
                                    By date 

A15                     xA15        Collections of novels.  By date

A16                     xA16        Collections of essays, 
                                    miscellanies, etc.  By date 

A17                     xA17        Collections of poems.  By date 

A19                     xA19        Collections of plays.  By date 

A2-Z4                   xA2-Z4      Separate works.  Cutter from 
                                    title of separate work 

Z48                     xZ48        Letters (general collections) 
                                    By date 

Z49                     xZ49        Letters (to one person); add 
                                    work mark for recipient and date 

Z5                      xZ5         Autobiography, journals. 
                                    By date 

Z5-A-Z                  xZ5a-z      Biography and criticism 
                                    (Column 1: 2nd cutter is for author
                                    of biography or criticism; 
                                    Column 2: work mark for same) ** 
 
Z6A-Z                   xZ6a-z      Bibliography (Column 1: 2nd cutter
                                    is for author of bibliography; 
                                    Column 2: work mark for same) 


Z7                      xZ7         Conversations.  Adaptations. 

Z8                      xZ8         Indexes.  Concordances 

For criticism of a separate work, use the call number for the work in Column 1 and Column 2 followed by the capital letter Z and a work mark for the author of the criticism. Applies to Z7 and Z8 as well.

PR & PS (English literature; American Literature)

Follow the instructions given in the LC classification schedules for individual voluminous authors. For individual non-voluminous authors, use the following table of subdivisions:

Column 1                Column 2 
Author                  Author 
(1 classification       (cutter number) 
  number) 
                        (x = first letter of surname plus 2 or 3 
                        numbers from appropriate cutter table) 

A1                      xA1         Collected works.  By date.
                                    For translations, add letter for
                                    language (e.g., xA1S for Spanish) 

A11                     xA11        Collected works.  By editor 
                                    (Column 1: 2nd cutter; 
                                    Column 2: work mark) 

A14                     xA14        Selections (not of one 
                                    particular type).  Short stories 
                                    By date 

A15                     xA15        Collections of novels.  By date


A16                     xA16        Collections of essays, 
                                    miscellanies, etc.  By date 

A17                     xA17        Collections of poems.  By date 

A19                     xA19        Collections of plays.  By date 

A2                      xA2         Autobiography.  By date  

A3                      xA3         Letters (general collections) 
                                    By date 

A32                     xA32        Letters to one person.  Add
work 
                                    mark for recipient.  By date 
A4                      xA4         Journals.  By date  

(Titles of separate works a-z are filed here in the shelflist) 

A5-Z4                   xa-z        Separate works (Column 1: single
                                    cutter for title; Column 2: work
                                    mark) 

Z5A-Z                   xA5-Z5      Biography and criticism (2nd
                                    cutter is for author of 
                                    biography or criticism) *

Z6A-Z                   xZ6a-z      Bibliography (Column 1: 2nd cutter
                                    is for author of bibliography; 
                                    Column 2: work mark for same) *

Z7                      xZ7         Conversations.  Adaptations. 

Z8                      xZ8         Indexes.  Concordances 

For criticism of a separate work, use the call number for the work in Column 1 and Column 2 followed by the capital letter Z and a work mark for the author of the criticism. This applies to Z7 and Z8 as well.

PT (German, Dutch and Scandinavian literature)


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Last updated: 18 October, 1995

Maintained by Cataloging Department, University Research Library, UCLA. 
Louise Ratliff, Editor
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