(UScard catalog)a set ofcardsinalphabeticalorder, each one givinginformationabout anitemin acollection, forexampletheauthorandtitleof abook, withinformationon where tofindit:Weundertookamajorreviewof the Library Management System,includingthetransferofrecordsfrom thecardcatalogueto theonlinecatalogue.ITacomputerfilethatcontainsinformationabout theitemsin acollection,listsofnamesandaddresses, etc., usually inalphabeticalorder, that can besearched:Acomputerusercansearchthesite, whichactsas acardcatalogueforresourcesacrossall theagencies.(Definition ofcard cataloguefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcard catalogue
card catalogueIn a large library, thecardcatalogueoften filled a large room.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Computerised cataloguing of materials began in 1975, and thecardcataloguebegan to be retroactively converted in 1976.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The plate assemblies were placed in steel cassettes resembling librarycardcataloguedrawers, which were manually inserted into the machine.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She was allocated 15 minutes a day in which to register incoming books on women's issues in acardcatalogue.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Fortunately there is a singlecardcataloguethat combines all of the maps from the various collections and has listed them by the area they cover.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On the other, it adds to the reader's convenience in accessing thecardcatalogueto the book stack.From theCambridge English CorpusAs in thecardcataloguesystem, there is room for indefinite expansion without devices or provisions.FromProject GutenbergThe only disadvantage alleged against the system is that only a limited number of people can consult thecardcatalogueat one time.FromProject GutenbergThe association suggested that on that definition acardcataloguecould be the same as a computer.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0I have never heard of acardcataloguethat had an ability to process information.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/card-catalogue##
