RE: All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XVI
06-04-2020, 07:28 AM (This post was last modified: 06-04-2020, 07:29 AM by Bob Schroeck.)
06-04-2020, 07:28 AM (This post was last modified: 06-04-2020, 07:29 AM by Bob Schroeck.)
Hm. Did a quick bit of research, because the question had recently occurred to me as well.
Basic Library Skills, 5th Edition says yes. So do the few other resources that explicitly mention the issue.
The Chicago Manual of Style (2017 ed.) specifically mentions an exception for when such particles are part of a name, then notes that it is a matter of systemic choice whether you respect the space between when alphabetizing.
The Filing Rules for the (US) Library of Congress agrees on the exception: "Initial articles in place names and personal names. Treat initial articles that form a part of place names and personal names as an integral part of the heading and regard them in filing. "
Basic Library Skills, 5th Edition says yes. So do the few other resources that explicitly mention the issue.
The Chicago Manual of Style (2017 ed.) specifically mentions an exception for when such particles are part of a name, then notes that it is a matter of systemic choice whether you respect the space between when alphabetizing.
The Filing Rules for the (US) Library of Congress agrees on the exception: "Initial articles in place names and personal names. Treat initial articles that form a part of place names and personal names as an integral part of the heading and regard them in filing. "
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....