- Catalog
A catalog or catalogue is an organized, detailed, descriptive list of items arranged systematically. It may also refer to a list of items enumerated with a specific
numbering scheme . The word comes from the Hesiodic "Catalogue of Women " or "Eoiae".Some specific types of catalogs are:
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Library catalog (books and other media)
**Union catalog
*Course catalog (course curriculum)
*Collection catalog (museum, archive)
*Exhibition catalog (art)
*Auction catalog (auctions)
*Catalog numbering systems for single records (gramophone records)
*Stamp catalog (postage stamps)
*Database catalog (computer science)
*Catalogue raisonné (list of artworks)In science:
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Astronomical catalog (astronomical objects)
**Star catalog (stars)
*Flora (plants or vegetation)
**Herbal (medicinal plants)
*Pharmacopoeia (medication)In merchandising:
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Mail-order catalog
*Online catalog
*Parts catalog
*Trade literature ee also
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Categorization
*Classification
*Compendium
*Registry
*Scientific classification
*Systematic name
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