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W2 Examples

• Example 1:
  • 245 00 $a Australian life tables.
  • Call number breakdown
    • W2 Classification number
    • KA8 Table G number for Australia
    • A9 LC cutter for first title word "Australian"
  • 060 00 $a W2 KA8 $b A9

• Example 2:
  • 110 1_ $a India. $b Directorate General of Health Services.
  • 245 10 $a Annual report of the Directorate General of Health Services.
  • Call number breakdown:
    • W2   Classification number
    • JI4   Table G number for India
    • D5    LC cutter for "Directorate"
    • a      Workmark for first title word "annual"
  • 060 00 $a W2 JI4 $b D5a

• Example 3:
  • 110 2_ $a National Toxicology Program (U.S.)
  • 245 10 $a Annual plan for fiscal year…
  • Call number breakdown:
    • W2      Classification number
    • A        Table G for U.S. government agency
    • N48     LC cutter for first word of main entry "National"
    • a         Workmark for first title word "annual"
  • 060 00 $a W2 A $b N48a

Change of Country Boundaries

• For serials classed in W2, use the appropriate Table G notation for the country name used at the time of publication

• Example:
  • A serial entitled: "Administration report of the North-west Frontier Province" first published in 1922 is assigned the notation for India although the 651 assigned is Pakistan.
    • 060 00 $a W2 JI4
    • 650 12 $a Government Programs
    • 651   2 $a Pakistan