dictionary catalogue

British  

noun

1. a catalogue of the authors, titles and subjects of books in one alphabetical sequence

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Example Sentences

Rules for a dictionary catalogue by C. A. Cutter. 3d edition, with corrections and additions.

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It is a dictionary catalogue, on cards, in which the books are entered by author, by subject, and by title, when the title is distinctive.

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Here is where the subject catalogue, or the dictionary catalogue, combining the subjects and the authors under a single alphabet, comes into play.

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This is what is known as a "Dictionary catalogue"; but why is it preferable to any other?

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Thus he finds that there is no key which so quickly unlocks the stores of knowledge which a library contains, as a dictionary catalogue.

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