 The card catalog is a cabinet of trays which provides an alphabetical index to all the books in the library. Cards are used to make it easier to add new books or remove books that are lost or missing. Each tray of cards is labeled on the outside to indicate the part of the alphabet which it contains. For example, you might find that the first drawer was labeled A--Ap. This would mean that it contained all of the cards which carried names beginning with letters of that section of the alphabet. Inside the trays are guide cards which stand higher than the other cards and which further aid you in locating the correct catalog card. Fiction and nonfiction books may be listed
at least three times in the card catalog: (1) by the title of the
book, (2) by the subject of the book, and (3) by the author of the book.
Each listing has similar information. Each listing includes information
such as the author's name, the title of the book, the place of publication,
the publisher, the copyright date, the number of pages, and the types of
illustrations, among other things. The main difference is in what
information appears on the top line of the card. On a title card,
the title appears on the top line. On a subject card, the subject
appears on the top line. On an author card, the author appears on
the top line.
1. Author 2. Title 3. Subject |
