Question

You need to write an essay about hot air ballooning. You know you've seen a good book on this topic, but you can't remember the name of the book or the name of the author. How could you most easily find this book in the library? A. Look under "balloons" in the Readers' Guide. B. Locate the title card for the book in the card catalog. C. Locate the subject card for the book in the card catalog. D. Locate the author card for the book in the card catalog.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

C. Locate the subject card for the book in the card catalog.

Step-by-step explanation:

There are some different ways in order to look for a book in the library in an easy way, depending on the information that we could have in our hands about it.

The card catalogs are the documents that contain the most relevant information about the books that it is possible to find in the library, and they are classified according to three different topics as follow:

1. Subject card

2. Title card

3. Author card

As in this case, when the author and the title of the book is unknown, it would be necessary to look for the book taking into consideration the subject.