Author Catalogue

An author catalogue is a type of library catalogue that lists all the materials in a library that a particular author writes. The entries in an author catalogue are arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name. Each entry includes the author’s name, the work’s title, the year of publication, and the call number. Author catalogues can be used to find materials by a particular author, to learn more about an author’s work, and to compare different editions of the same work.

Author catalogues are helpful for library users looking for works by a particular author, as they allow users to easily browse all of the works that an author has published. They are commonly found in academic libraries, although many libraries today use online catalogues that allow users to search for materials by various criteria, including author, title, subject, and keyword.

Here are some of the benefits of using an author catalogue:

• It can help you find materials by a particular author.
• It can help you learn more about an author’s work.
• It can help you compare different editions of the same work.
• It can help you find out if a library has a particular book by an author.

The author Catalogue is made of author entries (entries for author) arranged in alphabetical order. For constructing author catalogue, entries with author’s name in heading are fielded in a section of catalogue cabinet in alphabetical order. Along with author and joint authors, entries for collaborators, such as editors, translators, compilers, etc., are also considered. The author catalogue also includes entries for corporate authors. This catalogue is the oldest inner form of the library catalogue. It performs two important functions:

It is a very important type of library catalogue because the author’s approach is normally a reader’s first approach. The reader may not remember the exact title, but in most cases, he will be in know the exact name, at least the surname of an author. Moreover, there may be many books under one title, but one author will not write more than one book with the same title. It has only one major limitation: It cannot satisfy a reader who does not know the author’s name of the book he is looking for. This situation is, however, rare.

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