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author catalog

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noun

Library Science.

  1. a catalog whose entries are listed by author, editor, compiler, translator, or other party considered to have responsibility for the creation or assembly of the work specified.

Etymology

Origin of author catalog

First recorded in 1910–15

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Arrange these cards alphabetically, by authors' names for an author catalog.

From A Library Primer by Dana, John Cotton

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