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library catalogs

library catalogs is the plural of library catalog.

Meaning of library catalog

Noun

library catalog (plural library catalogs)

  1. (library science) A register of all bibliographic items found in a particular library or group of libraries, such as those belonging to a university system spread out over several geographic locations.
    • Ever since the emergence of the written word, humans have scribbled down myths, stories, histories, and natural observations and worked tirelessly to gather and protect these fragments of a shared past. Evolving alongside, in the shadows of the written word, was one of the most versatile and...2017, Peter Devereaux, “Introduction”, in US Library of Congress, The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 12

Questions about library catalogs

What is library catalogs the plural of?
Library catalogs is the plural of library catalog.

Words near library catalogs in the dictionary

  1. library assistant
  2. library assistants
  3. library card
  4. library cards
  5. library catalog
  6. library catalogs
  7. library catalogue
  8. library catalogues
  9. library file
  10. library files
  11. library hand

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