Library card catalog cabinet, Amazon.com: library file cabinetFiling Rules at American Library Association.

Even though library catalogs are online, with built-in programming to create screen displays of search results in alphabetic order, and the software we use will arrange lists for us at the click of a mouse, there are still times we need filing rules to provide consistency.For libraries that arrange fiction by the author's last name, it may be necessary to refer to a set of filing rules to determine the proper sequence of works.

The rules for the arrangement of records in card, book, or online are presented in the ALA Filing Rules.These are "letter-by-letter" rules.They do not distinguish among the types of access points.

The names beginning with M', Mc, and Mac are listed in alphabetical order.

Eva Marie Saint Nicholas was at Christmas Santa Barbara Mission Spelling bees.The lectures are by Genevieve Palace Stinson.

The classic guide to filing catalog cards is the ALA Rules for Filing Catalog Cards.They have provisions for observing hierarchy in the form of catalog entries.