found: Reitz, J.M. ODLIS : online dictionary for library and information science, Aug. 8, 2014(union catalog: A list of the holdings of all the libraries in a library system, or of all or a portion of the collections of a group of independent libraries, indicating by name and/or location symbol which libraries own at least one copy of each item. When the main purpose of a union catalog is to indicate location, the bibliographic description provided in each entry may be reduced to a minimum, but when it also serves other purposes, description is more complete. The arrangement of a union catalog is normally alphabetical by author or title; union list: A complete list of the holdings of a group of libraries of materials (1) of a specific type, (2) on a certain subject, or (3) in a particular field, usually compiled for the purpose of resource sharing. The entry for each bibliographic item includes a list of codes representing the libraries owning at least one copy. Union lists are usually printed, but some have been converted into online databases)
found: Art & architecture thesaurus online, Aug. 8, 2014(union catalogs. UF union catalogues. Catalogs the collections of all the libraries or other collections in a geographical area, group, or library system, presented in alphabetical sequence.)
found: LCSH(Union catalogs. See also subdivisions Union lists under types of printed or non-book materials, e.g. Italian imprints--Union lists; and Bibliography--Union lists under subjects, e.g. Technology--Bibliography--Union lists. UF Bibliography--Union lists; Catalogs, Union; Library catalogs--Union catalogs; Union lists. BT Library catalogs. Here are entered catalogs of materials held in two or more libraries.)
