[Sca-librarians] "Mc" vs. "Mac"

[Tammy Ackerson]

The APA style guide says to treat "Mc" and "Mac" literally, so that
"Mac" comes between "Mab" and "Mad" and "Mc" comes between "M[b]" and
"M[d]."  I'm not sure any style guide still uses the separation style
that so many of us remember less than fondly from our earlier years.

http://www.owled.com/apa3.html

Tammy/Sorcha
Library Specialist
University of Wyoming
George W. Hopper Law Library


On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:06 AM,  <snspies at aol.com> wrote:
> It's been "a few" years since I last had to alphabetize "Mc"s and "Mac"s in
> a bilbiography, and I was wondering what the current rule is.  Are the "Mc"s
> considered to be "Mac"s, or are they put under "Mc"?  (Frustrating memories
> of high school floating around here ... .)
>
> Nancy