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TSD / Cataloging and Metadata Management: Fundamentals of the NLM® Classification

Table G

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Expanded Country Notations

  • While not practiced at NLM (with the exception of W2 serials), local institutions may expand Table G to better accommodate materials in their collection
  • Table G provides a state or political unit breakdown only for the United States and Great Britain
  • A work that is limited to a city, or a state, province or its equivalent, takes the geographic notation for the state or country, or for the smallest area below the national level that has its own notation
  • Other heavily used state or country notations may be modified to form county (province, state, etc.) or city notations by the addition of .1 (county) or .2 (city) to the appropriate notation
  • The modified Table G numbers are not included the NLM Classification Table G outline

Expanded Country Notation Examples
Table G Subordinate Political Unit
AM3 Maryland
     AM3.1 M7      Montgomery County
     AM3.2 B2      Baltimore
DC2 Canada
     DC2.1 B8      British Columbia
     DC2.2 V2      Vancouver
FE5 England
     FE5.1 M6      Middlesex
     FE5.2 L6      London

The expanded country notation below for Australia is an example of how a cataloging agency may expand the notation of a state, country, etc. when the need arises. This kind of pattern can be used for any single country number


Table G Organizational Entity
KA8 Australia
     .C6      Commission of Inquiry into Poverty
     .D3      Department of Health
     .D32      Department of Labor and Immigration
     .D34      Department of Science
     .D4      Department of Social Security
     .H6      Hospitals and Health Services, etc.
KA8.1  
     .A8      Australian Capital Territory
     .N3      New South Wales
     .N6      Northern Territory
     .Q3      Queensland, etc.
KA8.2  
     .A3      Adelaide
     .B8      Brisbane
     .C2      Canberra, etc.


Last Reviewed: January 17, 2024