Editing Library catalog (section)

== Types ==
[[File:Sample Catalog Record.png|thumb|Sample card catalog record]]
[[File:The fine art of literary mayhem (card catalog card).jpg|thumb|Card from card catalog: ''The fine art of literary mayhem'' by Myrick Land]]
Traditionally, there are the following types of catalog:
* ''Author'' catalog: a formal catalog, [[collation|sorted]] alphabetically according to the names of authors, editors, illustrators, etc.
* Subject catalog: a catalog that sorted based on the Subject.
* ''Title'' catalog: a formal catalog, sorted alphabetically according to the article of the entries.
* ''Dictionary'' catalog: a catalog in which all entries (author, title, subject, series) are interfiled in a single alphabetical order. This was a widespread form of card catalog in North American libraries prior to the introduction of the computer-based catalog.<ref name=Wiegand>{{cite book|last1=Wiegand|first1=Wayne|last2=Davis| first2=Donald G. Jr. |title=Encyclopedia of Library History|date=1994|publisher=Garland Publishing, Inc.|isbn=978-0824057879|pages=605–606}}</ref>
* ''[[Index term|Keyword]]'' catalog: a subject catalog, sorted alphabetically according to some system of keywords.
* Mixed alphabetic catalog forms: sometimes, one finds a mixed author / title, or an author / title / keyword catalog.
* ''Systematic'' catalog: a subject catalog, sorted according to some systematic subdivision of subjects. Also called a ''Classified'' catalog. 
* ''Shelf list'' catalog: a formal catalog with entries sorted in the same order as bibliographic items are shelved. This catalog may also serve as the primary inventory for the library.