card catalog

English Thesaurus

1. an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	file, file cabinet, filing cabinet,
definition	:	office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	rolodex,
definition	:	(trademark) a desktop rotary card index with removable cards; usually used for names, addresses, and telephone numbers (noun.artifact)

2. a library catalog in which each publication is described on a separate file card (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	library catalog, library catalogue,
definition	:	an enumeration of all the resources of a library (noun.communication)