Information Science

Information Storage and Retrieval

Organized activities related to the storage, location, search, and retrieval of information.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Organized activities related to the storage, location, search, and retrieval of information.

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Synonyms

19 entry terms
  • Data Files
  • Data Linkage
  • Data Retrieval
  • Data Storage
  • Data Storage and Retrieval
  • Information Extraction
  • Information Retrieval
  • Information Storage
  • Machine-Readable Data Files
  • Data File
  • Data File, Machine-Readable
  • Data Files, Machine-Readable
  • Extraction, Information
  • Files, Machine-Readable Data
  • Information Extractions
  • Machine Readable Data Files
  • Machine-Readable Data File
  • Retrieval, Data
  • Storage, Data

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

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

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History Note

1991; was see INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1982-1990; for DATA FILES use AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1994-2015, for DATA SOURCES use DATA COLLECTION 1987-2015, for DATA LINKAGE use DATA COLLECTION 1989-2015

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Previous Indexing

  • Information Systems (1966-1990)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Information Storage and Retrieval. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016247. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016247
  2. Information Storage and Retrieval. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_retrieval
  3. Information Storage and Retrieval. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826