the description of one piece of material within a library catalog.  It may contain various fields, such as author, uniform title, title, imprint, collation, notes, subject headings

1. a subject index to a group of periodicals. 2. an index to a volume, group of volumes, or complete set of one periodical title. (ALA)

 

an abbreviated accurate representation of a work, usually without added interpretation or criticism, accompanied by a bibliographic reference to the original work when appearing separately from it. (A [..]

a note added by way of comment or explanation; an informational and descriptive note, especially about a book. (Web3)

in cataloging, the description of a bibliographic item, divided into the following areas: title and statement of responsibility; edition; material (or type of publication) specific details; publicatio [..]

a list of works, documents, and/or bibliographic items, usually with some relationship between them, e.g., by a given author, on a given subject, or published in a given place, and differing from a ca [..]

collections of information or articles, sharing a common characteristic such as subject discipline or type, which are produced for profit and made available to libraries (as well as to individuals and [..]

the place, the name of the publisher, and the date of publication on the bibliographic record (in that order). (C&C)

a systematic guide to the contents of a file, document, or group of documents, consisting of an ordered arrangement of terms or other symbols representing the contents and references, code numbers, pa [..]