author catalog

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of author catalog

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

As soon as a book is classified enter it at once in your shelf-list—explained in a later chapter—and see that an author-card for it is put in the author catalog—explained later—with its proper number thereon.

From Project Gutenberg