Cataloging: Fundamentals of the NLM® Classification
Module 5—Table G (Geographic Notations)
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Introduction
Module 1
Overview of NLM Classification
Module 2
Using the Online NLM Classification
Module 3
Components of NLM Call Numbers
Module 4
General Principles
Module 5
Table G
Module 6
Form Numbers
Module 7
Bibliographies and Related Materials
Module 8
Classification of 19th Century Works and Early Printed Books
Module 9
Continuing Resources
Geographic Tables
- The geographic tables of the NLM Classification consist of nine geographic regions
- Additionally, special provision is made for international agencies that frequently publish materials related to medicine
- Each broad region or group is identified by a letter
- A—United States (Federal Government)
- AA1—United States (as geographical area)
- D—Americas
- F—Great Britain
- G—Europe
- H—Africa
- J—Middle East and Asia
- K—Australasia
- L—Islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
- M—International Agencies
- P—Polar Regions
- A—United States (Federal Government)
- "Table G" information is not supplied in the NLM Classification Index
Format of Geographic Cutter Numbers
- The notation for a specific jurisdiction is composed of two letters and one or two numbers
- The first letter of a notation represents the broad geographical region or jurisdiction, and the second one is the first letter of the name of a smaller region which can be a country, or, in the case for the states of the United States, a state
- Do not confuse a letter "I" with a number "1", or a letter "O" with a number "0"
Example of Table G Listing
H Section—Africa
- VII. AFRICA
- HA1—Africa [continent]
- HA12—Africa South of the Sahara [region]
- HA14—Central Africa [region]
- HA15—Eastern Africa [region]
- HA2—North Africa [region]
- HA21—Western Africa [region]
- HA25—Southern Africa [region]
- HA4—Algeria [country]
- HA6—Angola [country]
