Which is what I still do much of the time. Still have the Golden guide that was the required textbook for my freshman course in field ornithology at the University of Montana in 1978. Of course, it is horribly out of date in some ways, since it still lists "rufous-sided towhee" and "oldsquaw," instead of their modern names. But is is much more compact than Sibley's, and if I have look something up, still know about which page contains that info!
