card catalogue

noun

a catalogue of books, papers, etc, filed on cards

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Examples from the Web for card catalogue

A card-catalogue would be a good system for keeping that record, I should think, with dates of the arrival of the cases.
Short Stories of the New America|Various
I give the numbers in the order in which they are arranged in the card-catalogue.
Studies in Central American Picture-Writing|Edward S. Holden
Phyllis smiled to herself from where she was investigating the card-catalogue.
The Rose Garden Husband|Margaret Widdemer