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Have you ever wondered

What is a Card Catalog?Why do we need one?and

Created by Jan Strahan Bayfield Middle School 2010Bibliographical SystemRecord of books, novels, computer files, graphics, anthologies, and other materialsSearch for an item by:AuthorSubjectTitleKeyword/Category

Locate an Item by:Dewey Classification Number/ Non-FictionAuthors Last Name/ Fiction

Organization

Physical Card Catalog

Card

Dewey #TitlePublishing Information:Place, Company & DateAuthorSubjectOnline Card Catalog

Notice you can search by : Title, Author, Subject & KeywordNon-Fiction Card

Dewey Class # (Non-Fiction)AuthorPublishing Information:Place, Company & Year

Click Show cardFiction Card

Click Show CardFictionAuthorPublishing Information:Place, Company & YearLibrary of Congress

Interesting Facts Founded in 1800Worlds Oldest Federal Cultural InstitutionLargest Library Collection & Card Catalog in the worldAlmost 142 million items650 miles of bookshelvesReceives almost 22,000 items per day and processes 10,000 per dayHome of the U.S. Copyright OfficeIncludes International Collections; World Digital LibraryApproximately Half of Collection in 470 different Foreign Languageshttp://www.loc.gov/about/facts.html

Library Layout

Digital Media Website

Works CitedBrown, Mather. Thomas Jefferson. 2005. .DNSFR. HomelandSecurity.03/15/2010. .Library of Congress. About the Library. 10/06/2009. 03/15/2010. .Library of Congress. Digital Collections and Services. 10/06/2009. 03/15/2009. < http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html>.SFSU. Library of Congress and National Recording Registry 2008. 06/11/2009.03/15/2010..Vermue, Ed. Dewey Card Catalog. 12/18/09. 03/22/2010..