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Nancy Drew 17: Legend of the Crystal Skull Hints
What am I supposed to be doing with the card catalog?
1 of 11: Right next to Henry is a wooden file cabinet with a bunch of index cards with the names of books on them. If you've been in an older library recently, you'll recognize this as a card catalog -- a way librarians have of keeping track of books.
2 of 11: You don't have to read them all the books or even write down the titles, since only some of them are important. But which ones?
3 of 11: After you've read the journal in the secret room, come back here to see what you see.
4 of 11: Once you've read the section titled "A Librarian's Tale" in Bruno's book, look through all the cards again, and Nancy will now make a remark about one of them.
5 of 11: Now look at the shelf above the card catalog to find that same book --
6 of 11: -- with a combination lock on it, rats! Now what?
7 of 11: The name of the book tells you something, and so did the page in the journal.
8 of 11: Look at all the cards again, and this time write down the numbers on all the books that have to do with "eyes." The titles you need to note are:
