A combination of leters and numbers used to distinguish an item with the same classification number and organize under that classification number alphabetically by author, title, or other entry. Named for the table used for this purpose first devised by C.A. Cutter.
A system created by C. A. Cutter which combines letters from an author's name and numbers assigned from a table to form part of an item's call number. The Cutter number, combined with the work mark, provides each item with a unique alphanumeric code which makes items within a given subject class fall into alphabetical order by author. In general, the Cutter number is based on the main entry (whether author or title) and the work mark is based on the title (if the main entry is not a title).
See Author number. atabase - A continuously updated computer file of related information, abstracts, or references on a particular subject, arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval. Databases are usually created and maintained with the aid of software known as a ‘database management system'. An on-line library catalogue is also a type of database - this time, of bibliographic records.
A letter/number combination appearing as the second element in a call number, which generally arranges the items within a subject classification by author and/or title
A book number based on the widely used scheme devised by Charles Ammi Cutter. In colloquial usage, synonymous with book number. See Book number. More specifically, the notation in a book number derived from the Cutter Three-Figure Author Table, the Cutter-Sanborn Three-Figure Author Table, or the OCLC Four-Figure Cutter Tables. The OCLC Four-Figure Cutter Tables are revised and expanded versions of the Cutter Three-Figure Author Table and the Cutter-Sanborn Three-Figure Author Table. PromptCat assigns Cutter numbers the same way the Cutter macro creates Cutter numbers. See also Book number.
an alphanumeric system devised by C. A. Cutter to represent personal names. It is used by libraries to subdivide works within the same class by the author's surname and the title of the work. For example, the Cutter number for John MacArthur's book entitled "The Book on Leadership" is M118b. M118 is the numeric value given to the name MacArthur and "b" represents the first word of the title "Book" ("A", "An" and "The" in any language are never considered when they are the first word in a title).
in the call number, a unique alphanumeric code which makes books within a given subject class fall into alphabetical order by author, used in large libraries. Go To