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Recorded Sound Section--Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division

INTRODUCTION

USING THE COLLECTIONS
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LC Online Catalog
SONIC
Card Catalog Supplement
Copyright Office Online Catalog
National and International Catalogs
Reference Works

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

CONCLUSION

RECORDED SOUND EXTERNAL SITES

VISIT/CONTACT

Library of Congress Catalogs and Finding Aids

Online and card catalogs provide access to information about those primarily responsible for a recording, such as composers, authors, actors, speakers, and performers. Searching for a particular person is therefore fairly straightforward. Subject searching is a little more difficult, requiring knowledge of the intricacies of searching by subject, using headings usually derived from Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). (For more about subject headings, see General Collections section Library of Congress Subject Headings.)

The four main catalogs for sound recordings are:

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