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general or unspecified; prefer specifics; do not confuse with Publication Type DATABASE
Scope Note
Works on organized collections of records, standardized in format and content, that are stored in any of a variety of computer-readable modes.
Entry Term(s)
Data Banks as Topic
Data Bases as Topic
Databanks as Topic
Previous Indexing
Information Systems (1966-1997)
Public MeSH Note
2008; see DATABASES 1998-2007; for DATABASES see INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1994-1996; for DATABANKS see DATABASES, FACTUAL 1991-2001, see INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1982-1990
History Note
2008(1998); for DATABASES use INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1994-1996; for DATABANKS use DATABASES, FACTUAL 1991-2001; DATA BANKS was see INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1982-90