It seems like a saw a banker's box type index card file at my Staples or Office Depot. I will look more deliberately next time I'm in.

How about using a CD storage box of some kind? It's taller than you need for 3x5s, but the width is right, and you can get index card-sized tabs at an office supply store to organize the cards (I pay $0.08 each at the University Bookstore here. A great investment).

I just saw some nice ones in Target's back-to-school section. They have some rather hip products under the label "Independent Studies." $4.99, I think. I'm sure there are also many, many other choices.

Take look at recipe boxes. Recipe cards are usually 3 by 5, so the boxes are useable for any 3 by 5 card collection. You might have to search for the features you want, but Ebay has pages and pages of recipe boxes up for sale.

New plain ones are typically available at craft stores, such as JoAnn Fabrics or Michael's, and are often quite reasonable in price.

Decorated cardboard boxes often show up at TJ Maxx, Marhsall's and Steinmart, and can be in various sizes suited to 3 by 5 and other card sizes.

Gotta think outside the office supply box on this one!

Dallee

Great idea on the recipe boxes!

If you don't mind sifting through a whole heap of cutesy kitchen kitsch, a Froogle search for "recipe card boxes" yields some interesting results. Here, for instance, is a roll-top, 80s bread box style wooden index card holder:

http://www.brandsplace.com/0117-rb-132470.html

This lead seems promising. Thanks!

Anyone read Japanese?

At the bottom of this page is my ideal wooden index card box.

http://www.correct.co.jp/06cat/ip/ct_57.html

Hmmm... Now how would I go about ordering it?

I think I've seen some nice things at the Container Store, too.

I believe I saw a nice wooden drawer at Ikea. I could not find this on their webpage But I am pretty sure I seen this in their store.

Next time I am by the one locally (25 Some miles away) I will take a look and post some more info.

Alan

Did anybody ever come up with an answer to this? How can you order?

And -- in a perfect world, how many drawers would you want in a system?

I first thought one long drawer would be plenty. But even thinking about pulling out one long drawer and having everything all in the same drawer makes me itch, for some reason. Then I thought, "Two drawers, one for personal and one for writing/professional." But then I started thinking, Maybe I want four drawers, one for home projects, one for ... etc., etc.

I don't want an entire big card catalog, but I'm having trouble figuring out how many drawers I do want.

How do you or would you keep your cards, if you had enough to keep stored and not always carrying them all with you?

I'm a little slow getting back to this thread, but here is the product I was thinking about. Found it at Staples.
http://www.jamiephelps.com/images/indexcardstorage.jpg