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.
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 In the past, translations under some authors were arranged by a language table in the PA schedule that has been superseded.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.
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)
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)
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.)
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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