card catalogs

• The library has many kinds of materials to help you in your schoolwork – books, encyclopedias, newspapers, and magazines.

In the Library• Although the librarians are always glad to be of help, finding a material on your own is a good exercise of independence, and an opportunity to explore the library.

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The Card Catalog• It is a method by which the library puts a system of all its acquisition.

• A filing cabinet contains all the cards that are arranged in alphabetical order.• Guide letters are on the front of each drawer tell what cards are in the drawer.• There are three types of cards in the card catalog.

Title Card

• The first is the title card.

• It presents the title of each book on the first line of the card.• A title that begins with a, an, and the is listed on the second word.

Author Card• The author card lists each book by the author’s last name.

Subject Card

• The subject card lists each book of non – fiction by the name of its subject.

Call Number

• Each non – fiction book has a call number.• It appears on all three cards and on the book itself.• It can help us find any book in the library

Thank you!

By Eileen B. Aycardo