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a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material:
a stamp catalog.
something that contains such a list or record, as a book, leaflet, or file.
a list of the contents of a library or a group of libraries, arranged according to any of various systems.
Compare card catalog, on-line catalog, union catalog.
any list or record:
a catalog of complaints.
to enter (items) in a catalog; make a catalog of.
to produce a catalog.
to have a specified price as listed in a catalog:
This model catalogs for $49.95.
to offer merchandise in a mail-order catalog.
of, relating to, or carrying on business through a mail-order catalog:
catalog sales.
a person who catalogs.
a person or firm that offers merchandise in a catalog from which buyers may order by mail.
Historical Examples

Again, Bohemian societies have both a German and a Bohemian title, and the cataloguer must choose which he will take.
How to Catalogue a Library Henry B. (Henry Benjamin) Wheatley

In temporary use by a cataloguer, or some other library assistant; or 6.
A Book for All Readers Ainsworth Rand Spofford

The date is one of the most important portions of a title, and the cataloguer must seek for it until he finds it.
How to Catalogue a Library Henry B. (Henry Benjamin) Wheatley

Now here is a great difficulty which the cataloguer has to face.
How to Catalogue a Library Henry B. (Henry Benjamin) Wheatley

Very few modern books are styled duodecimos; therefore that form will not give the cataloguer much trouble.
How to Catalogue a Library Henry B. (Henry Benjamin) Wheatley

The cataloguer labels the books as they come in and prepares cards which will represent the books in the catalogue.
The Canadian Girl at Work Marjory MacMurchy

To discriminate carefully the various editions of each work is part of the necessary duty of the cataloguer.
A Book for All Readers Ainsworth Rand Spofford

Before dealing with these points it is necessary to give the cataloguer a warning not to take his title from the outer wrapper.
How to Catalogue a Library Henry B. (Henry Benjamin) Wheatley

There is one class of pamphlets which gives the cataloguer much trouble, viz., Extracts from Journals and Transactions.
How to Catalogue a Library Henry B. (Henry Benjamin) Wheatley

The cataloguer, therefore, needs to know much personal and family history before he can decide correctly.
How to Catalogue a Library Henry B. (Henry Benjamin) Wheatley

see catalogue.