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Somethings that can be found in the catalog are:

• Books, DVD, magazines, recordings, newspaper

Somethings that aren’t in the catalog are:

• Journal, diaries, websites

Work of Fiction

Tittle: The Penultimate Peril
Author: Lemony Snicket
Call number: PS3558 .A4636 P46 2005
Location: Juvenile Collection
Status: Regular Loan
Due Date: On Shelf

things that can be found: books, ebooks, archives, dvds, news papers, magazines journals

things that cant be found: popular magazines, websites

• Title of the book:Psychology licensure and certification : what students need to know / edited by Thomas J. Vaughn.
• Author of the book:Vaughn, Thomas J.
• Call number for the book: BF80.8 .P78 2006
• Location for the book: Baruch
• Status of the book:Regular Loan
• Due date:Look On Shelf

I found that I was able to find Electronic sources and books as well as their call numbers, locations and statuses however I was not able to find any websites or archival information.

Title: The Metamorphosis

Author: Franz Kafka

Call number:PT2621 .A26 A26 2004

Location: City College

Due Date: Look On Shelf

Status: Reserve Loan

The catalog can find novels, Textbooks, and other physical produced works but can’t find information that is posted exclusively on websites.

• Title of the book – To Kill A Mocking Bird
• Author of the book – Harper Lee
• Call number for the book – PS3562.E353 T6 2006
• Location for the book – Baruch
• Status of the book – On Shelf

In the CUNY library catalog you can find books, textbooks, newspapers, magazines, DVDs, electronics resources, laserdiscs, sound recordings, and musical scores. You cannot find newly released textbooks/dvds/cds?

Title: The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
Call Number: PS3603 .O4558 H86 2009
Location: Staten Island – Stacks 3rd Floor
Status: Regular Loan
Due date: 9/14/11

• Tittle of the Book: Interpreter of Maladies
• Author of the Book: Lahiri, Jhumpa.
• Call Number: PS 3562 .A316 I58 1999
• Location: Baruch, Borough of Manhattan CC, Bronx CC, Brooklyn, City College
• Status: Regular Loan/ Due Date: Look on shelf

Materials that can be found in the catalog are all types of books like novels, biographies, textbooks, etc. Materials that cannot be found are popular magazines.

Using the CUNY Library catalog, you can find various things such as:

• Variations of a certain book
• Where the books are being held
• The type of format that it’s in – whether it be books, sound recordings, DVDs, etc.
• Subjects that are included within the book
• The details of a book: publisher, year, status, call number, table of contents, author bio, etc.

Things that you can’t find consists of:

• Themes in book?

Title: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Author: William Shakespeare ; edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine
Call Number: PR2831 .A2 M68 2004
Location: Lehman College
Status: Reserve Loan

The library catalog is certainly a very useful resource. There are many things that can be found in using the library catalog. The library catalog gives a great amount of information about books, DVDs, magazines, and journals.  It also gives the summary, genre, and call number of any book.

Title of the Book: Romeo and Juliet
Author of the Book: William Shakespeare
Call Number: PR 2831 .A2 L48 2000
Location: Stacks
Status: Regular Loan
Due Date: Look on Shelf

The kind of materials that can be found in a catalog is all the books that contain your word of search either in the description of the novel, the title of the novel or even in the author’s name. Also, in the catalog you can find the location, the call number, the status, and a description in a novel. In the catalog you can’t find the whole magazine and not even websites.  The novel I have searched is Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. The call number of this novel is PR2831. A2E94 2003. This book is found on the fifth floor. The status of a book is a regular loan.

The Namesake
Lahiri,Jhumpa
PS3562 .A316 N36 2004
Baruch College
Regular Loan
The types of materials that can be found in the catalogs are the books themselves,their locations, their call numbers, authors, the dates they were published,genres,etc. The catalogs don’t show you the critiques or reviews of the book.