When you want to see if a library has the book you want, you can use the catalogue in the Library. Most catalogues of books in a library take the form of small cards kept in boxes. One way of arranging the cards is in ABC order by the family names of the writers.
当你想知道图书馆是否有你想要的书时，你可以使用图书馆目录。图书馆的大多数图书目录都是以小卡片的形式放在盒子里，排列这些卡片的方式之一是按作者的姓氏字母排序。
Catalogue cards usually give the following important information: (1) the name of the writer, (2) the shelf-mark, that is, the Dewey number which helps people to find where the books are, (3) the title of the book, (4) the year of publication and the publisher, and (5) the number of pages in the book.
目录卡片通常提供以下重要信息：(1) 作者姓名，(2) 书架号，也就是帮助人们知道书的位置的杜威分类号，(3) 书名，(4) 出版年份和出版社，(5) 书的页数。
