catalog cards
Drawer-filed book records
Catalog cards are index cards used in libraries to record information about books and other materials.
Each card lists a work's title, author, subject, and location, filed alphabetically in wooden drawers.
Before computerized databases, the card catalog was the primary way patrons searched library collections.
She flipped through the catalog cards looking for books on ornithology.
- filing cabinetFurniture for organized papers
- filing systemsStructures for organizing documents
- Dewey Decimal SystemLibrary cataloging by numbers
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- cross-referencingVerifying by consulting elsewhere
data retrieval · handwriting styles · reference desk · paper trail · library science · call numbers · alphabetical order · bookplates · typewriters · old school
- library itemsbookshelf, books, bookcase, bookshelves, shelves
- library sciencecall numbers, Library of Congress, holdings, collections, stacks
- catalogingcataloguer, RDA
- library catalogssubject index, call number, call numbers, Dewey Decimal, library collections
- index cardsflashcards
- filing systemsfiling systems, filing cabinets, file cabinets, manila folders, tickler file
catalog cardsonline catalog
Browsable digital product listing
digital catalog · search engine · keyword search · library database · Google Books
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