My books are in no order whatsoever, except for Eleanor Burns' books. They are all together. But, my magazines I've got separated by the kind of magazine, such as all the "Quilt" are together, "Love of Quilting", etc., and then I separate them by year and then by month, so if I want a particular one, I can find it. They are all in magazine holders bought at Office Depot. I used to keep a binder that held copies of the index page for each magazine with the ones I really liked highlighted. I had to quit doing that though because the binder got so cumbersome and I didn't want to start a Volume II. Now, I just keep them in the plastic magazine holders and put a small "sticky note" that sticks out above top of the page on the patterns I'm interested in.