accession number definition

accession number

Sequential number assigned to each record or volume as it is added to a database (such as a library catalog or index) and which indicates the chronological order of its acquisition. Compare with acquisition number.

accession number is in the Documentation & Recordkeeping and Information & Knowledge Management subjects.

accession number appears in the definitions of the following terms: accession record and acquisition number

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