Information Science

Data Mining

Use of sophisticated analysis tools to sort through, organize, examine, and combine large sets of information.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Use of sophisticated analysis tools to sort through, organize, examine, and combine large sets of information.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Mining, Data
  • Text Mining
  • Mining, Text

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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

2010

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Previous Indexing

  • Databases, Factual (1997-2009)
  • Information Storage and Retrieval (1997-2009)

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  1. L01w.313w.500w.750w.280w.199w
  2. L01w.470w.625w

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NLM Classification

W 26.55.I4

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Data Mining. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057225. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057225
  2. Data Mining. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mining
  3. Data Mining. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491