card catalog

NOUN

card index

Synonyms

WEAK

bibliography card catalogue finding list hand list reference list

Example Sentences

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After a day of reviewing cookbooks and recipes from competent, contemporary cooks, I find myself scrolling toward something stranger: accounts that operate like a digital card catalog of retro culinary horror and delight.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

"We show that there is basically a card catalog available," Heath added.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2023

Nervously, I looked around as I gathered the courage to walk over to the card catalog.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023

He described it as almost being like a digital card catalog, saying the company does not store photos or individual face templates but rather URLs for individual images associated with the facial features they contain.

From New York Times • May 26, 2022

Pretty soon, all the teams were grabbing desks and firing up the tablet computers built into the furniture so they could explore the library’s online card catalog.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein