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DB / Metadata Management Program (MMP): Fundamentals of the NLM® Classification

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Definition and Purpose

  • Table G is a cutter system of notations that provides geographical or jurisdictional arrangement of materials under specific class numbers in the NLM Classification
  • The use of Table G permits a shelving order which is controlled geographically and alphabetically (generally)

Geographic Tables

  • The "Table G" geographic Cutter tables are provided at https://classification.nlm.nih.gov/tableg. To search this page, click on the hyperlinked Table of Contents or use the browser find command: Control + f

Screen capture of the Table G Notation TOC.



Last Reviewed: April 16, 2021