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whole work, and use the ti tle of the part as a sub heading. If the item
has a con secutive num ber, use it as part of the sub heading for the uni -
form ti tle. If the item con sists of three or more un numbered parts, use
the uni form ti tle for the whole work fol lowed by Se lec tions. (Rules
25.6 A1 B1 B3)

Ex am ples: Dick ens, Charles
[Hard times]
See Dick ens, Charles. Dick ens’ new sto ries
Hard times
See
Dickens, Charles. Hard times
Gib bon, Ed ward
[History of the de cline and fall of the Ro man
Em pire. Se lec tions]
Homer
[Iliad. Book 1-6]

3. Use the col lective ti tle Works for com plete works of a per son.
Use the col lective ti tle Se lec tions for items con sisting of three or
more works in var ious forms. Use the fol lowing col lective titles for
complete works of a per son in a sin gle form: Cor re spon dence, Es-
says, Novels, Plays, Poems, Prose Works, Short Stories, Speeches. If
the col lection or se lection of works is in a dif ferent lan guage, add the
language to the collective title in the brack ets. (Rules 25.8 A, 25.9 A,
25.10 A, 25.11 A)

Examples: Maugham, W. Somerset
[Works]
Com plete works
Maugham, W. Somerset
[Se lec tions]
Selected writings of Somerset W. Maugham
Maugham, W. Somerset
[Plays. Se lec tions]
Six great plays of Somerset W. Maugham

Maugham, W. Somerset