OCLC Dewey Cutter
The Dewey Cutter Program is a free software program that automatically provides cutter numbers from the OCLC Four-Figure Cutter Tables (Cutter Four-Figure Table and Cutter-Sanborn Four-Figure Table) upon input of text. It works with Windows, and Linux thanks to Wine (Wine is not an emulator). Cutter enhances your classification efficiency.
The Cutter number, or Cutter, is an alpha-numeric device for representing words or names by using one or more letters followed by one or more arabic numerals used decimally. The combination of letters and numbers, called the Cutter, follows the classification number and is preceded by a decimal point. It is named for Charles Ammi Cutter, who developed several tables using letters and numbers to achieve an alphabetical arrangement within a given class. Book numbers and some subdivisions in the LC classification schedules are types of Cutter numbers. In the shelflist and on the shelf, the Cutter is the means by which an alphabetical arrangement of books is achieved.