card catalog

NOUN

card index

Synonyms

WEAK

bibliography card catalogue finding list hand list reference list

Example Sentences

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The jury threw not just the book at him, but the entire library, including the shelves and the card catalog:

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2023

"If you want to engineer a balanced immune response, you go to that card catalog, you find the particular TCR genes that, when engineered to build the cell therapy, can provide that balanced response."

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2023

They are both practical and inspirational, an instruction manual for a new era and a card catalog for a society in crisis.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2020

There is an old card catalog Offill lugged home one day as a present for her husband, and a chalkboard marking planting dates for his sugar snap peas and baby bok choy.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2020

And when I got confused when Mrs. Rouse was explaining about the online card catalog, Betsy didn’t make fun of me.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff