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
United States—Special Instructions
- Special provisions are made for United States government documents published at the federal, state or local level
- Works pertaining to the internal affairs of the various departments or agencies of the U.S. Federal Government, with the exception of the Armed Forces, use the Table G cutter "A"
- Publications pertaining to the internal affairs of the Armed Forces take the following Table G cutters:
- A1 Department of Defense
- A2 Department of the Army
- A3 Army Air Forces (to 1947)
- A4 Department of the Air Force
- A5 Department of the Navy
- AA1 is used for materials pertaining to the United States as a whole but not to the internal affairs of the government
- AA1 is used also for materials that span four or more states or territories, unless there is a number for the region
- Each state is provided with a separate number
- The only city appearing in Table G is New York City
