G 340  Criticism / Commentaries  (General)

BACKGROUND:  A commentary is a work that criticizes or comments on another work.  This instruction provides guidelines for shelflisting commentaries on individual works.  For instructions on the classification of commentaries, see F 570 .

PROCEDURES:

1.  General rule

Follow successive Cuttering practices for subarranging separate works by an individual author (cf. G 65).

Note:  If the main entry of the original work is the name of a corporate body, treat the work as a commentary by assigning to it the same call number assigned to the original work followed by the term Suppl. (cf. G 220).

2.  Criticism/commentary on the first Cutter number

Assign the same call number to the criticism/commentary that was assigned to the original text in the original language, plus the digit 3.  Double Cutter by the main entry.

Example:

3.  Criticism/commentary on the second Cutter

Assign the same call number to the criticism/commentary that was assigned to the original text in the original language, plus the digit 3.  Add a digit or digits to represent the main entry.

Example:

4.  Criticism of original work not in LC collections

a.  Criticism on first Cutter.  If the original work would appear as part of the first Cutter, assign the Cutter number and add the digit 3.  Double Cutter by main entry.

b.  Criticism on second Cutter.  If the original work would appear as part of the second Cutter, apply the same procedures described in section 3 above.

5.  Criticism/commentary of a criticism/commentary

Cutter for the original criticism.  Add the digit 3 for the second criticism and add a digit for the main entry of the second criticism.

Example:

To return:

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