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subject catalog

American  

noun

Library Science.
  1. a catalog having entries listed by subject only.


Etymology

Origin of subject catalog

First recorded in 1885–90

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The books on the shelves and the cards in the subject catalog are arranged in simple numerical order, all class numbers being decimals.

From A Library Primer by Dana, John Cotton

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