catalog
Organized item register
A catalog is a systematic list or record of items, typically organized for easy reference.
Libraries maintain catalogs of their holdings; retailers publish catalogs displaying merchandise available for purchase.
The verb catalog means to create such a list or to add items to one: She spent the afternoon cataloging her vinyl collection.
In extended use, catalog can describe any comprehensive enumeration: a catalog of complaints.
The spelling catalogue, with the silent -ue ending, is preferred in British English.
Collection overseer
- accessionAttainment of high office
- exhibitionPublic display of items
- provenanceRecord of ownership
- artifactHuman-made historical object
acquisition · deaccession · conservation · repatriation · vitrine · collection · holdings · bequest
Alphabetical guide to contents
- bibliographyList of cited works
- citationMention of a source
- directoryFile system container
- handbookCompact reference guide
guide · manual · annotation · appendix · glossary · concordance · abstract · keyword
Stored historical records
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- treasuryStored organizational funds
- assemblageCollected group of things
compendium · library · gallery · repository · assortment · selection · ensemble · set
Goods kept for sale
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- goodsThings for sale
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- suppliesResources for a task
stockpile · backstock · quantities · availability · SKU · database · tracking · barcode
Printed promotional material
- priceMonetary value assigned
- orderingPlacing in sequence
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
- mail-orderPurchasing goods remotely via catalog
IKEA · showroom · merchandise · offerings · sale · advertisement · leaflet · booklet
Systematic grouping by traits
- systematicsScience of classifying organisms
- typologyClassification by shared traits
- categorizationArranging into groups
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
genus · species · cladistics · phylogeny · binomial · morphology · Linnaeus · Dewey
curator
Collection overseer
- accessionAttainment of high office
- exhibitionPublic display of items
- provenanceRecord of ownership
artifact · acquisition · deaccession · conservation · repatriation · vitrine · collection · holdings · bequest · donation
index
Alphabetical guide to contents
- bibliographyList of cited works
- citationMention of a source
- directoryFile system container
handbook · guide · manual · annotation · appendix · glossary · concordance · abstract · keyword · searchable
archive
Stored historical records
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- treasuryStored organizational funds
assemblage · compendium · library · gallery · repository · assortment · selection · ensemble · set · series
stock
Goods kept for sale
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- goodsThings for sale
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
supplies · stockpile · backstock · quantities · availability · SKU · database · tracking · barcode · manifesto
brochure
Printed promotional material
mail-order · IKEA · showroom · merchandise · offerings · sale · advertisement · leaflet · booklet · wishlist
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
- systematicsScience of classifying organisms
- typologyClassification by shared traits
- categorizationArranging into groups
nomenclature · genus · species · cladistics · phylogeny · binomial · morphology · Linnaeus · Dewey · indexing
- librarylibrarian, book stacks, books, library card, bookshelves
- retailretail sales, Amazon, marketplace, clearance, sale
- advertisingad, ads, ad campaign, ad campaigns, advertising campaign
- auctionsauction, bidding, bid, auctioneer, auction house
- documentsdocument, news, email, report, letter
- Americanismsaluminum, fixin' to, apartment, howdy, candy
catalogjumble
Confused disorderly collection
chaos · mess · disarray · clutter · hodgepodge
catalogunrecorded
Not written down
unlisted · undocumented · uncatalogued · unindexed · unregistered
- card catalogIndexed library reference collection
- catalog salesPurchases via printed listings
- back catalogArtist's past recordings
- book catalogOrganized inventory of volumes
- catalytic converterExhaust detoxification unit
- library catalogCollection location system
catalyst, cataloging, catalogs, cataloged, catalytic, catalysis, cataloguing, cataloger, catalase