SCIENTIFIC PERIODICAL LITERATUKE COMMITTEE. 727 



It is intended, in addition, to include in the catalogue all 

 other periodicals, whether in public or private possession, which 

 the committee find to be available, and which are not already 

 included in the public libraries mentioned. With this end in view 

 a circular is being issued so as to obtain information of the nature 

 required for this purpose. 



Your committee recommends, at the suggestion of the South 

 Australian members, that, in compiling a complete list of the 

 scientific serial periodical literature in Adelaide, information 

 should be sought from the following: — 



The University Library. 



The Public Library. 



The Parliamentary Library. 



The Royal Society. 



The Geographical Society. 



The Ornithological Society. 



The Astronomical Society. 



The School of Mines Department. 



The Agricultural Department. 



The Central Board of Health, and 



The Supreme Court. 



Further, that each professor of the University should be asked to 

 indicate any of the periodicals regularly received by him or by 

 other private individuals interested in his subject. Also that the 

 leading booksellers be asked what periodicals are supplied regu- 

 larly to continuous subscribers. 



With regard to the methods of carrying out the work pro- 

 posed your committee report as follows : — 



It is proposed in New South Wales to adopt a scheme provid- 

 ing for classification and cataloguing of periodical literature, 

 utilizing primarily the titles of the periodicals. In the case of 

 the publications of societies of different countries and localities, 

 additional geographical entries will be made by way of cross re- 

 ference. In carrying out the cataloguing of titles the significant 

 word in the title should be employed for the alphabetical order, 

 t.g.. Journal Royal Geographical Society should be entered 

 primarily as Geographical, Royal Society of London, primarily 

 under London, Royal Society of. In this connexion it may be 

 pointed out that such words as " Royal " occurring in a title are 

 practically valueless for indexing purposes. 



Publications of State departments should be indexed primarily 

 nnder the name of the State, but in all such cases cross references 

 entries should be made alphabetically under the name of the sub- 

 ject-matter of the publication. 



