From this film, students will learn something of the overall organisation of a typical American high school library - how to use the card catalogue; the principles of the Dewey decimal system; and how to use the encyclopaedia, the Reader’s Guide, and the vertical file.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
005912
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Information storage and retrieval systems
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Libraries - United States
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Libraries and readers
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Libraries and students
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Library catalogs
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → School libraries
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Literature → Libraries and readers
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Information storage and retrieval systems
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)