Information Science

Information Science

The field of knowledge, theory, and technology dealing with the collection of facts and figures, and the processes and methods involved in their manipulation, storage, dissemination, publication, and retrieval. It includes the fields of COMMUNICATION; PUBLISHING; LIBRARY SCIENCE; and informatics.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The field of knowledge, theory, and technology dealing with the collection of facts and figures, and the processes and methods involved in their manipulation, storage, dissemination, publication, and retrieval. It includes the fields of COMMUNICATION; PUBLISHING; LIBRARY SCIENCE; and informatics.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Information Sciences
  • Science, Information
  • Sciences, Information

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

93; was INFORMATION SCIENCE (NON MESH) 1974-92

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Previous Indexing

  • Information Services (1966-1992)
  • Information Systems (1966-1992)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. L01w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Information Science. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007254. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007254
  2. Information Science. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_science
  3. Information Science. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16387