The HU Libraries use Library of Congress call numbers for materials acquired after 1975. The first resource to use to find books in one of the HU Libraries is the Howard University Libraries Catalog, Sterling . Yes, there is still a card catalog in the library. Some books published before 1975 are not yet entered in Sterling. For these pre-1975 library materials, use the card catalog.
Periodicals are continuous publications such as journals, newspapers, or magazines.
Sterling includes records for periodicals received by the various libraries in the HU Libraries system. Sterling does not include information on the articles within those periodicals. To find periodical articles, use periodical indexes. When you want to find articles on a subject, articles by a specific author or authors, you need to use one or more periodical indexes. First determine what kind of periodicals you want.