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An online library catalog is an electronic bibliographic database that describes the books, videotapes, periodicals, etc. carried by a particular library.

The online library catalog evolved from a printed source, the library card catalog. Before the advent of online catalogs, library catalogs were pieces of furniture that contained numerous small drawers. In these drawers were contained the records of particular items in the library.

These records were printed on small 3"X5" cards and each element of that record had an individual card produced for it. So for each item in the library there was:

    1. a card for the author
  1. a card for the title

  2. and cards for each individual subject heading

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