Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Canons of cataloguing. 3. General normative principles. 4. Evolution of the catalogue. 5. Recording. 6. Terminology. 7. Conflict of authorship. 8. Name of person. 9. Rendering of names. 10. Class index entry. 11. Cross reference index entry. 12. Single-volumed simple book. 13. Composite book and multi-volumed book. 14. Periodical publication. 15. Union catalogue of books. 16. Union catalogue of periodical publications. 17. National bibliography. 18. Indexing periodical. 19. Abstracting periodical. 20. Incunabula and non-book materials. 21. End matter.