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MEDLARS
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Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (computerized index system of the US National Library of Medicine)

MEDLARS
[med′lärs]
abbreviation for Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System, a computerized literature retrieval service of the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. MEDLARS contains more than 4,500,000 references to medical articles in professional journals and books published since 1966. The references are made available on request to more than 1000 hospitals, universities, government agencies, and other interested parties throughout the world by means of a network of computer terminals. The references are filed in 15 data bases, including MEDLINE, TOXLINE, CHEMLINE, RTECS, CANCERLIT, and EPILEPSYLINE. See also MEDLINE.

MEDLARS [med´larz]
acronym for Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System, a computerized bibliographic system of the national library of medicine, from which the index medicus is produced.

MEDLARS,
n.pr the abbreviation for Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System, which is a computerized literature retrieval service offered by the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.

MEDLARS
acronym for Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System, a computerized bibliographic system of the National Library of Medicine (USA), from which the Index Medicus is produced.

MEDLARS
MEDical Literature & Analysis Retrieval System Medical informatics The computerized bibliographic retrieval system from the 40+ databases  of Index Medicus which provides access to biomedical literature, managed by the NLM in Washington, DC. See National Library of Medicine.


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At the NLM, in the mid-1960s he had conducted pioneering work on evaluating the recently introduced medical information retrieval system, MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System), which was one of the first great national (later worldwide) information retrieval systems.
Recently, a computerized information retrieval system for medical literature, MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) has been established by the National Library of Medicine; it is available through the Internet or through a central Europe host called DIMDI (German Medical Information & Documentation Institute).
Online research using MEDLINE and MEDLARS and inquiry with the FDA or other appropriate government agencies by way of a Freedom of Information Act request can also provide vital information about these corporate defendants.
 
 
 
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