2. Verb. (third-person singular of catalog) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Catalogs
1. catalog [v] - See also: catalog
Medical Definition of Catalogs
1. Ordered compilations of item descriptions and sufficient information to afford access to them. Files of bibliographic records, created according to specific and uniform principles of construction and under the control of an authority file, which describes the materials contained in a collection, library, or group of libraries. Catalogs include also lists of materials prepared for a particular purpose, such as exhibition catalogs, sales catalogs, garden catalogs, medical supply catalogs. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catalogs
Literary usage of Catalogs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1908)
"In order to present to the library world the forms used in these catalogs the
present edition of "Author headings" was compiled, and clearly states, ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1922)
"As the time for spring orders comes and the travelers appear with catalogs and
lists of new books, this subject is one which is again vitally to ..."
3. Proceedings by American Pomological Society (1913)
"Ac to Absurd Illustration* In catalogs. Does it not lie within the province of
this society's work to take same action looking to the correction of the ..."
4. Phi Delta Kappan by Phi Delta Kappa (1912)
"catalogs, bulletins, and commencement addresses assure us that the student is "on
his ... All this is in the catalogs. But the educational philosophy of the ..."
5. Papers and Proceedings of the ... General Meeting of the American Library by General Meeting, American Library Association (1898)
"As to national catalogs, we have finished the Surgeon-general's Catalogue, ...
There have appeared two monthly catalogs, one by Cedric Chivers and one by ..."
6. Annual Bulletin ...: Books Added to the Main (Ryerson) Library by Grand Rapids Public Library (Mich.)., Grand Rapids Public Library (Mich (1913)
"Transactions, v.-29.-. 29 v. in 30 R 6213.Am3 American library association.
List of subject headings for use in dictionary catalogs. ..."
7. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"22 and other bulletins, 750 fly circulars, 1500 canning recipes, catalogs and
magazines, 1700 library catalogs, 4500 score cards, a list of 1000 names to ..."
8. Transactions by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1919)
"... but a use exactly comparable with the use of the Spanish language in catalogs
for Spanish America and is no more the adoption of the metric system than ..."
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