Using the Catalogs

General instructions for locating materials are given in How Do I Find a Book?. The following information is specific to the topic at hand.

CATNYP, the online catalog which lists items acquired by the Library since 1972 (as well as most of the entries from the Dictionary Catalog) employs subject headings beginning with Shaker or Shakers. For example:

Shaker Architecture
Shaker Art
Shaker Chairs
Shaker Cookery
Shaker Decorative Arts
Shaker Drawing Shaker Furniture
Shaker Textile Fabrics
Shaker Women
Shakers (the subject heading for general historical and pictorial works)
Shakers--Doctrines
Shakers--History
Shakers--Hymns
Shakers--Industries
In addition the subject heading Shakers is also subdivided geographically as in Shakers New York

The subject headings for the Dictionary Catalog and CATNYP may also be employed as key word searches. In so doing it is necessary to place the conjunction and between the appropriate words. For example:

             Shaker and cookery
             Shaker and art
             Shakers and dress
             Shakers and history

The Dictionary Catalog , which lists the Library’s holdings through 1972, uses the following subject headings:

Shakers
Shakers--Doctrine
Shakers--Drama
Shakers--Dress
Shakers--Fiction
Shakers--Govt. and Discipline
Shakers--History
Shakers--Jurisprudence
Shakers--Music
Shakers--Periodicals
Shakers--Poetry
Shakers--Rites

The subject headings for Shakers begin in volume 658, page 540, of the Dictionary Catalog and conclude in volume 659, page 4. The vast majority of entries from the Dictionary catalog now appear in CATNYP.

NB: In recent years the Research Libraries have microfilmed some of the more fragile items which appear in the Dictionary Catalog. Since some of the materials on Shakerism have been microfilmed, the call number in the Dictionary Catalog may have been changed to reflect the film format. Check the item in CATNYP or consult a librarian.