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library catalogue

library catalogue is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of library catalogue

plurallibrary catalogues

Questions about library catalogue

What is library catalogue the alternative spelling of?
Library catalogue is the alternative spelling of library catalog.

Words near library catalogue in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: library catalogue (page history and authors); library catalog (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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