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dictionary catalogue

noun

  1. a catalogue of the authors, titles and subjects of books in one alphabetical sequence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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

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.

One objection brought against the dictionary catalogue is that it widely separates subjects that belong together.

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

For more ample treatment, with reasons for and against many rules laid down, reference is made to the able and acute work, "Rules for a Dictionary Catalogue," by C. A. Cutter, published by the U. S. Bureau of Education, 3d ed.

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