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Please Note
*Items listed are available only to qualified users of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped program through NLS cooperating libraries and to those libraries requesting interlibrary loan services for blind and/or handicapped individuals.

List of Catalogs

• Subject Catalogs
Catalogs containing books of a given subject including westerns, romances, and mysteries are also available.

• National Library Service Voyager Catalog
An international online catalog for audio and braille materials. that will search the entire NLS database. Two hints: 1. choose NLS Only under "Location" and 2. make sure to specify the format you are looking for. Then, phone, write or email your local library for the blind and physically handicapped with the "RC" or "BR" numbers you would like to receive.

• Braille Book Review
Braille Book Review is produced by NLS every other month revealing new titles available through the service in braille. You may have this publication sent to your home in braille or on computer disk. To receive the books listed, phone, send or email the "BR" numbers to your reader advisor.

• Talking Book Topics
Talking Book Topics is produced by NLS every other month revealing new titles available through the service on cassette. You may also have this publication sent to your home on cassette, in large print, or on computer disk. To receive the books listed, phone, send or email the "RC" numbers to your reader advisor.

Staff Picks

• BTBL Staff Picks
This list of staff favorites includes titles and authors, annotations, "RC" or "BR" numbers, book length, and notations on whether the book includes sex, violence or strong language.

• A Treasury of Good Reading PDF icon
This catalog is the result of a poll that asked Michigan librarians, "What are your three favorite books?" All of the selections include an annotation and the "RC" or "BR" number used to identify titles under the system established by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.


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