Information Science

Documentation

Systematic organization, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of specialized information, especially of a scientific or technical nature (From ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983). It often involves authenticating or validating information.

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Systematic organization, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of specialized information, especially of a scientific or technical nature (From ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983). It often involves authenticating or validating information.

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  • Documentations

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8 allowable subheadings

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

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med docum: do not coord with MEDICINE

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66; was see under BIBLIOGRAPHY 1963-65

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  1. L01w.462w.750.245w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Documentation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004282. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004282
  2. Documentation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentation
  3. Documentation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q788790