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ble. See Fig ure 6.5 for a sam ple page from the Four-Fig ure Cut ter
Ta bles, which can be found in OCLC Spe cial Re port at <oclc.org/oclc/
re search/pub li ca tions/review96/cut ter.htm>.
For ex ample, the call num ber for the book Per sonal Power by Arleen
Labella is 650.14.L112. The Dewey num ber for this book is 650.14, in -
dicating the sub ject of the book. To be more ex act, 650 is for the sub ject
Man age ment and aux il iary ser vices, and .14 is one of the sub divisions
for 650 in dicating the more spe cific topic Success in ob taining jobs and
pro mo tion. The au thor num ber .L112 gives this book an exact lo cation
on the shelves, be tween a book on the same topic by Lab (.L111) and an -
other book on the same topic by Labi (.L113).
More il lustrations on how to de cide on the author num ber are de -
scribed here. For au thor Sam uel Baker, the au thor num ber is .B177.
Margaret Armstrong’s au thor num ber is .Ar58. For Ed ward Smith, the
author num ber is .Sm55. When the author’s name falls be tween two
numbers, the first one is used. For ex ample, for au thor Tidd, .T438 is
the ap propriate au thor num ber. For au thor Range, .R163 is the right
choice. The num ber next to the au thor’s name is cho sen ac cording to
instructions printed in the Cut ter book, such as us ing the first two let -
ters of an au thor’s name if the first let ter is a vowel.
Occasionally two or more call numbers will be the same, mak ing it
difficult to de cide on their ab solute lo cation on the shelves. In this case,

FIGURE 6.4. Sam ple from C. A. Cut ter’s Three-Figure Author Table

L 1 M
La 11 Ma Lamo 19 Mc K Lann 28 Mai
Lab 111 Maag Lamond 191 '' Kai Lanne 281 Maie
Labau 112 Maas Lamor 192 '' Kau Lan ner 282 Mailf
Labi 113 Mab Lamorr 193 '' Ke Lannes 283 Mailles
Labori 114 Mabill Lamou 194 '' Kee Lanno 284 Maimo
Labro 115 Mabl Lampa 195 '' Kell Lano 285 Mainf
Lacane 116 Macaf Lampe 196 '' Ken Lanot 286 Mair
Lachau 117 Macal Lamper 197 '' Kenep Lanou 287 Maiso
Lacho 118 Macan Lampl 198 '' Kener Lanoye 288 Maiu
Lacom 119 Macas Lampr 199 '' Keners Lanq 289 Maju

Source: Cutter Tables, Inc. Reprinted by Permission.