Searching the library

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 22610

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Allyse at m... wrote:

> This isn't 
> just *any* library, it's a *school* library! As such, there ought 
to 
> be some kind of catalog in place. Even if it's just the equivalent 
of 
> the Dewey Decimal system rather than a charm that sends your wand 
> whizzing off to touch books with the pertinent information, there 
> ought to be *something*.
> 

There may well be something that we just havent heard about yet.  We 
know that there is some sort of categorization system because when 
(in PS/SS) the trio are trying to find out what Hagrid is up to they 
go to the section of the library that Hagrid has taken a book from.  
In that section they find books on dragon-raising.  That seems to 
imply a basic-level, Dewey Decimal-type system which gives info on 
title, author, publisher and maybe a few subject categories, but 
would not give you info on whether any particular book contained a 
word such as "Flamel" or a phrase such as "substance which allows one 
to breathe under water."

Actually, that doesnt really exist in the muggle world yet, either.  
You would think it would be a cinch for wizards though -- just put a 
"Indexus Totalus" charm on the whole library.

--Joywitch