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The card catalogs in the Library Reading Room.

Catalogs:

The Park's collections are partially represented in three different online catalogs depending upon format; card catalogs that list the complete catalog information are available in the Library Reading Room.

• Published items (e.g., books, periodicals, etc.) cared for by the Library can be found in Worldcat and in the NPS Combined Library Catalog. A LibX browser plugin for the NPS Combined Library Catalog is available for Firefox and for Internet Explorer browsers.
• For finding aids to archival collections cared for by the Historic Documents Dept., search the Online Archive of California and the NPS Museum Collections Catalog which lists archival collections, photographs and manuscripts.
• Artifacts in the care of the Collections Dept. are also in the NPS Museum Collections Catalog.
• All types of items are included in the NPS Focus Digital Library & Research Station, which also searches the NPS Combined Library Catalog, as well as other resources.

Research Guides and Additional Finding Aids:

• Finding Photographs in the Historic Document Collections (Research Guide, Adobe Acrobat .pdf file, 815Kb)
• Finding aids and collections newly available for research, and not yet fully incorporated into our online catalogs.

Bibliographies of holdings compiled by Park staff:

• Balclutha bibliography, compiled by Chris Edwards with the assistance of Diane Cooper, August 8, 2004. A selection of recommended resources available in the Library. (Adobe Acrobat .pdf file, 2 p.)
• Women in maritime history, compiled by Lisbit Bailey, January 31, 2007. Items in the Library by and about women. (Adobe Acrobat .pdf file, 45 p.)