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Information Storage and Retrieval MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Information Storage and Retrieval
Tree Number(s)
L01.313.500.750.280
L01.470
Unique ID
D016247
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016247
Scope Note
Organized activities related to the storage, location, search, and retrieval of information.
Entry Version
INFORMATION STORAGE RETRIEVAL
Entry Term(s)
Data Files
Data Linkage
Data Retrieval
Data Storage
Data Storage and Retrieval
Information Extraction
Information Retrieval
Information Storage
Machine-Readable Data Files
Previous Indexing
Information Systems (1966-1990)
Public MeSH 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 FILES use AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1994-2015, for DATA SOURCES use DATA COLLECTION 1987-2015,for DATA LINKAGE see DATA COLLECTION 1989-2015
Online Note
use INFORMATION SYSTEMS to search INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL 1982-90
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
Date Introduced
1991/01/01
Last Updated
2022/07/12
Information Storage and Retrieval Preferred
Data Files Related
Data Linkage Related
Data Retrieval Narrower
Data Storage Narrower
Data Storage and Retrieval Broader
Machine-Readable Data Files Related
Information Extraction Narrower
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