Card Catalogue

•A method by which the library puts a

system of all its acquisition is through a
card catalogue. A filing cabinet contains
all the cards that are arranged in
alphabetical order. Guide letters on the
front of each drawer tell what cards are
in drawer.
 Title Card
• Which presents the title of each book on the first line
on the card TITLE OF
• It begins A or An and The is listed on the second word. THE
BOOK

Z675 Using your high school library 2nd ed. 1910

R68
• Rossof. Martin,
New York H.W. Wilson/1964/ AUTHORS
CALL
NUMBER 110 p. illus. BIRT/DEATH

1. School libraries(High School)

AUTHOR NAME AND
DATE OF
# OF
PUBLICATION
PAGES
 AUTHORS
AUTHOR Card BIRT/DEATH
TITLE OF
THE
• List of author’s last name. BOOK

Z675 Rossof. Martin, 1910

NAME AND
Using your high school library 2nd ed. DATE OF
PUBLICATION
R68
CALL New York H.W. Wilson/1964/
NUMBER 110 p. illus.

1. School libraries(High School)

AUTHOR
# OF
PAGES
 SUBJECT Card
• Use when you know the title and author but you don’t know the story
all about. Subject

Z675 School libraries(High School) 1910

R68
Rossof. Martin,
New York H.W. Wilson/1964/ AUTHORS
CALL
NUMBER 110 p. illus. BIRT/DEATH

AUTHOR Using your high school library 2nd ed. NAME AND
DATE OF
# OF TITLE OF
PUBLICATION
PAGES THE
BOOK