Rules for Filing Alphabetize the orders by title, making sure that you're not alphabetizing by author. In this order, the Title is at the top.
In this order, the author is at the top. Make sure you look below and file under the title.

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When filing there are certain exceptions:

Do not file under the word The, A or An.

Example: The title : The Green Snail would be filed under Green Snail.

A Green Snail would also be filed under Green Snail

Quotations are ignored

"I'm filing!" She said, would be filed under Im Filing

Dashed Words are treated as one word:

Baby-Sitting: A manual, would be filed under Babysitting

Make sure you file letter by letter

I Like Teddybears would be filed before In A Library because I is one word and is shorter than In.

Another example: On My Desk would go before Only My Love. On is shorter than only, so it goes before.

Numbers are filed in their own special folder titled numbers:

4 Years in Paris would be filed under 4. However, if it is written in word format it is filed under the letter:

Four Years In Paris would be filed in the F folder under Four.