What's the difference between catalog and directory?

Catalog


Definition:

  • (n. & v.) Catalogue.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Eight bibliographic control elements are defined, and the criteria for evaluating the occurrence of these elements in sixty-four sample catalogs are specified.
  • (2) Products of the system include catalog card sets arranged in filing order, a monthly Recent Acquisitions List, and computer-generated book catalogs.
  • (3) Because there are too many ways to describe a book, its presence may not be discovered in a bibliography or catalog.
  • (4) The data processing equipment and computers that have permitted librarians to explore different ways of presenting cataloging information are discussed.
  • (5) A standard format is proposed for cataloging dialyzer transport data in order to improve communication and understanding of published results.
  • (6) F68.5 can be observed on many published two-dimensional gels of heat-induced E. coli proteins, but the original catalog of 17 heat shock proteins did not include this spot.
  • (7) These modifications have been used in determining the catalogs of oligomers produced by T1 ribonuclease digestion of 16S rRNAs from three related organisms, Bacillus subtilis, B.pumilus and B.stearothermophilus.
  • (8) The X-linked form of the disease (CSNBX; McKusick catalog no.
  • (9) The resulting tree is compared with the eubacterial phylogeny built on 16S rRNA catalog comparison.
  • (10) Thus researchers should not accept at face value the chemical identity presented by producers or distributors in catalogs and on labels.
  • (11) It was a triumph unlikely to be counted among Pacquiao’s greatest hits, such is the depth of the Filipino’s catalog.
  • (12) There is reason to hope that the use of the MARC II format will facilitate catalogers' decision processes.
  • (13) Second, the cloning of large segments of human chromosomes into yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) has given rise to strategies to clone and catalog the entire human genome.
  • (14) Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequence homology (as determined by comparisons of T1 oligonucleotide catalogs of 32P-labeled 16S rRNAs) has been used to assess phylogenetic relationships within the filamentous and unicellular blue-green bacteria, and to identify regions of evolutionary conservatism within blue-green bacterial 16S rRNAs.
  • (15) A computer can enhance the capability of a gynecologic oncology service to catalog, recall, and analyze data about patients, tumors, and therapies.
  • (16) Beginning in 1985, these publications were added to the library's database, and the entire 7,200-piece collection is now in the online catalog.
  • (17) The 1985 Catalog of Mapped Genes (Human Gene Mapping 8; 33) has been used to pick out the known, immunologically important genes; these are then discussed in the following order: genes controlling organs, tissues and cells of the immune apparatus, genes determining 'self' structures, genes determining the structures of immunological specificity, genes determining substances with immunoregulatory and effector properties.
  • (18) The Current Catalog features separate name and subject sections, added volumes, and technical reports.
  • (19) The creation of a central bibliographic record of Bowman Gray Faculty publications patterned after the cataloging program is presently under way.
  • (20) This study was designed to determine if it is possible that the synchrony seen in cells joined by intercellular bridges is the same as that cataloged along the long axis of the seminiferous tubule.

Directory


Definition:

  • (a.) Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.
  • (n.) A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book.
  • (n.) A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory.
  • (n.) A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic.
  • (n.) Direction; guide.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The system has been successfully used for 18 months to create directories for a teaching file, for presentations, and for clinical research.
  • (2) Ellen Page is to make her directorial debut with Miss Stevens, starring Anna Faris as a teacher chaperoning a mob of high school students to a state drama competition.
  • (3) Anti-radicalisation is the whole community’s responsibility to deal with, not just the Muslim community.” Other critics point to provisions in the funding deed for the directory that allow the department to disclose confidential information about participants “to the responsible minister or prime minister”, or to a parliamentary committee.
  • (4) Patients admitted for the first AMI at 2 hospitals in Fukuoka City were aged 40 to 69 years, and control subjects were recruited based on the telephone directory of the city.
  • (5) On the basis of these findings, we conclude that PTH has the directory vasodepressive action and the effect of augmentation of the left ventricular contractile force.
  • (6) A computer-formatted directory was produced, with access via geographic location, personal name, organizational name, and keyword.
  • (7) You can find customer testimonials at online directory Allagents.co.uk .
  • (8) The resulting directory, published in July 1988, lists 494 programs involving 84 countries: 319 in medicine, 44 in dentistry, 30 in pharmacy, and 101 in public health.
  • (9) The Physician's Desk Reference and the United States Pharmacopeia Drug Information directory contain numerous warnings of potential interactions between topical glaucoma medications and systemically administered drugs.
  • (10) Jay Kennedy is head of policy at the Directory of Social Change This content is brought to you by Guardian Professional.
  • (11) It was here – "possibly in this very seat" – that his father made the fateful decision to watch his son's writing and directorial debut, a 2009 short called What Will Survive of Us , unaware that this Todd Solondz-inspired work was largely concerned with the topic of anal sex.
  • (12) Using another sample of death certificates, comparisons of the information for 322 decedents with city directory data produced similar results.
  • (13) Ninety-two percent of the respondents indicated a need for reviews of films and videotapes pertinent to occupational therapy, either in a directory--or a directory, with monthly reviews of new materials in the Occupational Therapy Newspaper or AJOT.
  • (14) The helpline, which gets one third of its funding from government and the rest from the finance industry, doesn't advertise its services but is listed in telephone directories.
  • (15) But the internal directory lists her as reporting directly to the chief financial officer, Tom Szkutak, not to Bezos.
  • (16) Systematic random sampling was used, and 1 out of 25 phone numbers were selected from the county telephone directory.
  • (17) I now have a pretty comprehensive mental directory of the helpful pharmacists and the unhelpful pharmacists in central London .
  • (18) An upgrade is required for the online and catalogue Directory business, as Next admits.
  • (19) Members of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists were asked to supply information about their current programs and their own graduate training in order to compile a training directory and to analyze certain aspects of the discipline.
  • (20) At the same time as it decided to offload RBI, the company announced the £2.1bn acquisition of US risk-management business ChoicePoint to complement its suite of professional data businesses such as tax bible Tolley's and legal directory Butterworths.