Friday, December 2, 2016

Page 3 alphabetic indexing rules

Rule 4 single letters and abbreviations a personal name initials in personal names are considered separate indexing units abbreviations of personal names William Joseph Thomas and nicknames Louisville are index test they are written B business names single letters and business and organization names are indexed as written if single letters are separated by spaces index each letter as a separate unit and acronym A word formed from the first or first few letters of several words such as NASDAQ and are code is indexed as one unit regardless of punctuation or spacing abbreviated words MFG Corp Incorporated and names IBM ter Index this one unit regardless of punctuation or spacing radio and television station call letters KDKA wnbc are indexed as one unit Rule 5 titles and suffixes a personal name a title before a name dr. Miss mr. Mrs. Smith Professor her sister has seniority suffix 23 junior senior or professional suffix CRM DDS Mayer MD Ph.D Senator after a name is the last indexing unit numeric suffixes to 3 are filed before alphabetic suffixes jr. Hair Center Senior if a name contains a title and a suffix Miss Lucy wheeler DVM the title of Miss is the last unit Royal and religious titles followed by either a given name or a surname only princess and father Leo are indexed and filed as written B business names titles and business names Captain Hook's bait shop or index has written the word that is considered the last indexing unit when it appears as the first word of a business name real six prefixes articles and particles a for an article or particle in a personal or business name is combined with the part of the name following it to form a single indexing unit the indexing order is not affected by its space between a prefix and the rest of the name Alexander LaGuardia and the space is disregarded when indexing examples of Articles and particles are la de da de da de La Vela en vestidos de el dia de los Reyes Locos Matt Maher Saints and Santa Cento 6210 Turf and Vandy Vander Von Von der

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