Dec 4, 2024 · This guide discusses the origins, history, and continuing research value of the Library of Congress card catalog, the predecessor to the Library's current online catalog.

Oct 18, 2023 · This guide discusses the origins, history, and continuing research value of the Library of Congress card catalog, the predecessor to the Library's current online catalog.

The Main Card Catalog, located adjacent to the Main Reading Room on the first floor of the Jefferson Building, contains subject, author, title, and some other cards for most books …

Dec 4, 2024 · This guide discusses the origins, history, and continuing research value of the Library of Congress card catalog, the predecessor to the Library's current online catalog.

The Main Card Catalog, located in the Main Reading Room, contains subject, author, title, and some other cards for most books cataloged by the Library through 1980 (1978 for subject cards).

Oct 3, 2020 · When an item was cataloged into the library, a set of cards was created. Each item would have a title card, and most would have an author card. Then there would be multiple …

Nov 13, 2024 · The card catalog fills 385 drawers and contains over 410,000 individual catalog cards. Each of the links below leads to a digitized copy of one whole drawer of cards. Scroll …

Aug 1, 2023 · How do you find a book in the library? The first step in finding a particular book in the library is by looking in the card catalog. The card catalog is a file cabinet containing cards. …

Nov 5, 2015 · Until automated catalogs came along, the way to locate a book was to look it up in a card catalog, usually by title, author or subject. With the information on the card, you could …

Use a card catalog to perform subject searches. Robust card catalogs contain approximately 450 main subject headings, such as "music," "law," "agriculture" and "biography," according to The …