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The card catalog
is an index to all the books, videos, slides, sound filmstrips, and
records in the library. There are three main types of cards in the
card catalog: author, title, and subject. An author card has
the author's name on the top line of the card. A title card has
the title on the top line of the card. A subject card has the
SUBJECT IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the top line of the card. If you were
looking up information on Pearl S. buck, for example, you might find
sources under the following headings:
- american
fiction -- History and criticism
- american
literature -- history and criticism
- authors
- authors --
american
- literature
-- history and criticism
- novelists
-- american
- Name
of author -- such as Buck, Pear S.
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