author catalog

noun

, Library Science.

1. a catalog whose entries are listed by author, editor, compiler, translator, or other party considered to have responsibility for the creation or assembly of the work specified.

Word History and Origins

Origin of author catalog¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Arrange these cards alphabetically, by authors' names for an author catalog.

From Project Gutenberg

As soon as a book is classified enter it at once in your shelf-list—explained in a later chapter—and see that an author-card for it is put in the author catalog—explained later—with its proper number thereon.

From Project Gutenberg