2. What is a Card Catalog? Why do we need one? Created by Jan Strahan Bayfield Middle School 2010

3.  Bibliographical System  Record of books, novels, computer files, graphics, anthologies, and other materials Search for an item by:  Author  Subject  Title  Keyword/Category Locate an Item by: o Dewey Classification Number/ Non-Fiction o Author’s Last Name/ Fiction

4. Physical Card Catalog

5. Card Dewey # Title Publishing Information: Place, Company & Date Author Subject

6. Online Card Catalog

7. Non-Fiction Card Dewey Class # (Non- Fiction) Author Publishing Information: Place, Company & Year Click Show card

8. Fiction Card Click Show Card Fiction Author Publishing Information: Place, Company & Year

10. Interesting Facts Founded in 1800 World’s Oldest Federal Cultural Institution Largest Library Collection & Card Catalog in the world Almost 142 million items 650 miles of bookshelves Receives almost 22,000 items per day and processes 10,000 per day Home of the U.S. Copyright Office Includes International Collections; World Digital Library Approximately Half of Collection in 470 different Foreign Languages http://www.loc.gov/about/facts.html

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12. Digital Media Website

13. Works Cited Brown, Mather. “Thomas Jefferson”. 2005..http://research.history.org/pf/images/people/thomasJefferson.jpg DNSFR. HomelandSecurity.03/15/2010.. http://dnsfr.com/library_of_congress.jpg Library of Congress. About the Library. 10/06/2009. 03/15/2010..http://www.loc.gov/about/facts.html Library of Congress. Digital Collections and Services. 10/06/2009. 03/15/2009..http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch- SFSU. Library of Congress and National Recording Registry 2008. 06/11/2009.03/15/2010.. http://jpllmusicnews.files.wordpress.co m/2009/06/library-of-congress.jpg 3/15/2010 Vermue, Ed. Dewey Card Catalog. 12/18/09. 03/22/2010..http://www.oberlin.edu/library/special/oberlin/deweycata log/carddrawer-small.jpg