Development of a biomedical data base on the medical aspects of chemical defense. Annual report, 19 November 1987-31 October 1988

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6061966

Landry, L A

This report documents a one-year period of activities encompassing the further development and maintenance of the automated information system known as the Chemical Agent Retrieval System (CARS) for the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD). During the period 19 November 1987 through 31 December 1988, Associate Consultants, Inc. (ACI), creator of the prototype system, expanded the database with relevant research articles taken from USAMRICD research reports and CRDEC holdings, medical and scientific libraries within the Washington area, and on-line searches of machine-readable databases containing citations from the worldwide literature. Within the 12-month period, ACI also succeeded in modifying the CARS Thesaurus by making key revisions. The CARS Thesaurus now includes a faceted structure using general biomedical index terms and tree structures. Significant automation with the Automated Citation Tracking System (CITES) and the CARS Update Tracking System (CUTS) significantly increased the efficiency and level of production while providing reduced costs to the government.

• Research Organization: Associate Consultants, Inc., Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6061966
• Report Number(s): AD-A-228230/9/XAB; CNN: DAMD17-86-C-6083
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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