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Using the CatalogsGeneral instructions for locating materials are given in the Research Guide, How Do I Find a Book?. The following information is specific to the topic at hand. Information on materials catalogued, recatalogued, or added to the collections after 1971 will be found in the Library's online catalog, CATNYP. The four-volume list of Library of Congress Subject Headings, which are used in CATNYP, may be consulted in the General Research Division's Reading Room and elsewhere. Cookbooks are found under the heading Cookery, with its many subdivisions. Representative related subjects are:
in addition to headings for specific foods, beverages, cooking processes, etc. Materials acquired by the Library prior to 1972 will be found in the 800-volume Dictionary Catalog. Again, the heading for cookbooks is Cookery. The New York Public Library Research Libraries' Catalog of Cookbooks (*RS-VT 84-24 or JFF 94-1159) is a two-volume compilation of all entries which appear under that heading. International cookery, for example, is found under Cookery--Receipts. Related headings in the Dictionary Catalog include Domestic Economy and Woman. The overwhelming majority of entries catalogued before the mid-1950s, under the Billings classmark VT (cookbooks under VTI), are located at the Library's Annex storage facility. These must be requested in advance but are usually available within 24 hours. |