Abbreviations

Here are entered general works on abbreviations of words and phrases. Works on abbreviations pertaining to a topic are entered under headings of the type [topic -- Abbreviations.] Works on abbreviations pertaining to a topic in a language other than English are assigned two headings: 1. [topic -- Abbreviations. 2. Abbreviations, name of language.]

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• Abbreviations, Bulgarian
• Abbreviations, Czech
• Abbreviations, English
• Abbreviations, French
• Abbreviations, German
• Abbreviations, Greek
• Abbreviations, Hebrew
• Abbreviations, Hungarian
• Abbreviations, Italian
• Abbreviations, Latin
• Abbreviations, Macedonian
• Abbreviations, Polish
• Abbreviations, Russian
• Abbreviations, Serbo-Croatian
• Abbreviations, Slovak
• Abbreviations, Slovenian
• Acronyms
• Code names
• Aramaic language -- Abbreviations
• Associations, institutions, etc. -- Abbreviations
• Bibliography -- Abbreviations
• Information science -- Abbreviations
• Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- Abbreviations
• Law -- Abbreviations
• Libraries -- Canada -- Abbreviations
• Libraries -- United States -- Abbreviations
• Library science -- Abbreviations
• Medicine -- Abbreviations
• Military art and science -- Abbreviations
• Naval art and science -- Abbreviations
• Paleography, Latin -- Abbreviations
• Political science -- Abbreviations
• Science -- Abbreviations
• Technology -- Abbreviations
• Techology -- Abbreviations

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• Symbols used in the National Union Catalog of the Library of Congress. (Washington, 1954), by Library of Congress. Union Catalog Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of abbreviation in medicine and the related sciences. (Philadelphia, F. A. Davis Co., 1960), by Edwin Benzel Steen (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of abbreviations and contractions commonly used in general mercantile transactions ... . (London: E. Wilson, 1902), by William George Cordingley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Vocabulary of German military terms and abbreviations. Army war college, September, 1917, reprint of a British document. (Washington, Govt. print. off., 1918), by Great Britain War Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• List of journals indexed for MEDLINE / National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. ([Bethesda, MD : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine ; Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.], 2005-) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abbreviations used in the Dept. of Agri. for titles of publication. (Washington, D.C., [U.S. Govt. print. off., 1939]), by Carolyn Whitlock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Authors' & printers' dictionary; a guide for authors, editors, printers, correctors of the press, compositors, and typists, with full list of abbreviations; an attempt to codify the best typographical practices of the present day, by F. Howard Collins ... with the assistance of many authors, editors, printers, and correctors of the press... (London, New York [etc.] H. Milford, 1921), by F. Howard Collins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Instruktionen für die alphabetischen kataloge der preuszischen bibliotheken vom 10. mai 1899. (Berlin, Behrend & co., 1915) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• ...Symboles internationaux. (Londres, Waterlow & sons limited, 1914), by International Electrotechnical Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Symbols used in the National Union Catalog of the Library of Congress. (Washington, 1959), by Library of Congress. Union Catalog Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Symbols used in the National Union Catalog of the Library of Congress. (Washington, 1960), by Library of Congress. Union Catalog Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technical terms used in bibliographies and by the book and printing trades, by Axel Moth. (Forming a supplement to F. K. Walter's Abbreviations and technical terms used in book catalogs and in bibliogrpahies.) (Boston, The Boston Book Co., 1915), by Axel Moth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instruktionen für die alphabetischen kataloge der preuszischen bibliotheken vom 10. mai 1899. (Berlin, Behrend & co., 1909) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Abbreviations and technical terms used in book catalogs and in bibliographies / by Frank Keller Walter. (Boston : F. W. Faxon Company, 1919, c1912), by Frank Keller Walter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abbreviations and technical terms used in book catalogs and in bibliographies, (Boston, The Boston book company, 1915), by Frank Keller Walter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abbreviations used in book catalogues ... (Boston, Boston book co., 1906), by Mary Medlicott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Author's & printer's dictionary; a guide for authors, (London, New York [etc] H. Frowde, 1912), by F. Howard Collins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Author & printer. A guide for authors, (London, New York, etc., H. Frowde, 1905), by F. Howard Collins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Abbreviations and technical terms used in book catalogs and in bibliographies, (Boston, The Boston book company, 1912), by Frank Keller Walter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abbreviations and technical terms used in book catalogs and bibliographies, (Boston. The Boston book company, [1919?]), by Frank Keller Walter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Abbreviations and signs, ([Chicago] Pub. by the Committee on education, United typothetae of America, 1918), by Frederick William Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A list of abbreviations used in book catalogues. Edited by E.H. Woodruff ... ([New York, 1887]), by Edwin Hamlin Woodruff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Forsog til en ordbog for bogsamlere, af Svend Dahl. (Kobenhavn, V. Pio [etc.], 1919), by Svend Dahl (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Symbols. (New York, Wiley, 1917), by Frederic Augustus Parkhurst (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Current abbreviations [by] George Earlie Shankle ... (New York, The H.W. Wilson company, 1945), by George Earlie Shankle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technical terms used in bibliographies and by the book and printing trades, by Axel Moth. (Forming a supplement to F. K. Walter's Abbreviations and technical terms used in book catalogs and in bibliographies) (Boston, The Boston book company, 1915), by Axel Moth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Suggested symbols for plans, maps and charts. (Washington, 1936), by United States. National Resources Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Allen's Dictionary of abbreviations and symbols; over 6000 abbreviations and symbols commonly used in literature, science, art, education, business, politics, religion, engineering, industry, war, by Edward Frank Allen. (New York : Coward-McCann, inc., [1946]), by Edward Frank Allen (page images at HathiTrust)

• Reference aid : abbreviations and acronyms used in the Bulgarian press / [editor, Thomas W. Appich. (Washington, D. C. : Foreign Broadcast Information Service ; Springfield, VA : sold by National Technical Information Service], 1994), by United States. Joint Publications Research Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Czech and Slovak abbreviations, a selective list, edited by Paul L. Horecky. (Washington, 1956), by Library of Congress. Slavic and Central European Division (page images at HathiTrust)

• A dictionary of abbreviations, (London, G. Routledge & sons, ltd.;, [1916?]), by Edward Latham (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An expeditious method of writing in common characters, whereby the business of the desk may be shortened about one-half; useful to all descriptions of penmen ... Systematized by rules and arranged examples, and proved in the composition of a pleasing tale. By John Bennett ... (London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1829), by John Bennett (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Civilian's dictionary of wartime abbreviations and alphabetics : including a pictorial story of BGR products. (Detroit, Mich. : Barnes-Gibson-Raymond Division of Associated Spring Corporation, c1945) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on English punctuation : designed for letter-writers, authors, printers, and correctors of the press, with an appendix, containing rules on the use of capitals, a list of abbreviations, hints on the preparation of copy and on proof reading, specimens of proof-sheets, etc. / by John Wilson. (New York : Woolworth, Ainsworth, c1871), by John Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of modern acronyms & abbreviations. (Indianapolis, H. W. Sams, [1963]), by Milton Goldstein (page images at HathiTrust)
• A concise dictionary of abbreviations. (New York : Tudor Pub. Co., 1961), by George Mayberry (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on English punctuation. With an appendix, containing rules on the use of capitals, a list of abbreviations, hints on the preparation of copy and on proof-reading, specimen proof-sheet, etc. (Boston, Crosby, Nichols, 1856), by John Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Current abbreviations [by] George Earlie Shankle ... (New York, The H.W. Wilson company, 1945), by George Earlie Shankle (page images at HathiTrust)

• Manuel de paléographie latine et française du IVe au XVVIIe siècle : suivi d'un dictionnaire des abréviations avec 23 facsimilés en phototypie / par Maurice Prou. (Paris : Alphonse Picard, 1890), by Maurice Prou (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Manuel de paléographie latine et française, par Maurice Prou ... (Paris, A. Picard et fils, 1910), by Maurice Prou (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The record interpreter: a collection of abbreviations, (London, Stevens and sons, limited, 1910), by Charles Trice Martin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dictionnaire des abréviations : latines et françaises usitées dans les inscriptions lapidaires et métalliques, les manuscrits et les chartes du moyen âge / par L.-Alph. Chassant. (Paris [France] : A. Aubry, 1862), by Alphonse Chassant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire des abréviations latines et françaises, (Evreux, Cornemillot, 1846), by Alphonse Antoine Louis 1808- Chassant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire des abréviations latines et franc̨aises usitées dans les inscriptions lapidaires et métalliques, les manuscrits et les chartes du moyen age, par L.-Alph. Chassant ... (Paris, A. Aubry, 1866), by Alphonse Chassant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manuel de paléographie latine et française du VIe au XVIIe siècle : suivi d'un dictionnaire des abréviations avec 23 facsimilés en phototypie / par Maurice Prou. (Paris : A. Picard, 1892), by Maurice Prou (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The record interpreter: a collection of abbreviations, Latin words and names used in English historical manuscripts and records. Compiled by Charles Trice Martin. (London : Reeves and Turner, 1892), by Charles Trice Martin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dictionnaire des abréviations latines et françaises usitées dans les inscriptions lapidaires et métalliques, les manuscrits et les chartes du moyen âge / par L.-Alph. Chassant. (Paris : A. Aubry, 1862), by Alphonse Chassant (page images at HathiTrust)

• Der Abbreviator. Hilfsbuch für Schriftsetzer, Korrektoren, Verlagsbuchhändler u.s.w. Herausgegeben von Fr. Aug. Frauendorf ... (Leipzig, Frankenstein & Wagner, [1888]), by Fr. Aug Frauendorf (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Die tachygraphischen abkürzungen der griechischen handschriften. Von dr. Oskar Lehmann ... Mit genehmigung des Kgl. Sächsischen ministeriums des inneren herausgegeben vom Kgl. Stenographischen institut zu Dresden. Mit 10 tafeln in lichtdruck. (Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1880), by Oskar Lehmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sokrashchenīi͡a v grecheskikh rukopisi͡akh : preimushchestvenno po latirovannym rukopisi͡am S.-Peterburga i Moskvy / Grigoriĭ T͡Sereteli. (Sanktpeterburg : Tip. I.N. Skorokhodova, 1904), by G. F. T͡Sereteli (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sokrashchenīi͡a v grecheskikh rukopisi͡akh : preimushchestvenno po datirovannym rukopisi͡am S.-Peterburga i Moskvy. S 30 tablit͡sami / Gregoriĭ T͡Sereteli. (Sanktpeterburg : Tip. Imp. Akademīi nauk, 1896), by G. F. T͡Sereteli (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Notes on abbreviations in Greek manuscripts, (Oxford, Clarendon press, 1889), by Thomas W. Allen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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