4.1.2. Initials, Abbreviations, and Acronyms in Cuttering
Cuttering follows the ALA Filing Rules (1980 ed.), which is basically word-by-word filing. Initials, abbreviations, and acronyms are filed as words with U.S. and Gt. Brit. as two exceptions.
| EXAMPLES: | U.S. | Cutter for United States |
| WHO | Cutter for WHO | |
| Gt. Brit. | Cutter for Great | |
| St. | Cutter for St | |
| Ste. | Cutter for Ste | |
| Mc | Cutter for Mc (not Mac) NLA Mc cuttered as Mac In our Cutter - no Mc | |
| MEDLARS | Cutter for Medlars | |
| Dr. | Cutter for Dr | |
| IVth | Cutter for IVth | |
| T cells | Cutter for T |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/cataloging/shelf.html#cutter1
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