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Catalog

Work consisting of bibliographic records, created according to specific and uniform principles of construction and under the control of an authority file, which describe the materials contained in a collection, library, or group of libraries. Catalogs include also lists of materials prepared for a particular purpose, such as exhibition catalogs, sales catalogs, garden catalogs, medical supply catalogs. (From The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Sciences, 1983)

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Work consisting of bibliographic records, created according to specific and uniform principles of construction and under the control of an authority file, which describe the materials contained in a collection, library, or group of libraries. Catalogs include also lists of materials prepared for a particular purpose, such as exhibition catalogs, sales catalogs, garden catalogs, medical supply catalogs. (From The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Sciences, 1983)

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  • Catalogs

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This heading is used as a Publication Type. Catalogs as a subject are indexed under the main heading CATALOGS AS TOPIC. INDEXER: Do not use

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2008(1997)

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  1. V02.240

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Catalog. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019494. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019494
  2. Catalog. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131469683