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Milestones: MEDLARS
MEDical Literature Access and Retrieval System
- Computerized form of Index Medicus (replaced Surgeon General’s index of medical literature in early 20th C.
- Created in mid-1960s at National Library of Medicine (NIH, Bethesda)
Benefits:
- Comprehensive, extensively indexed; incomparably more powerful system for searching, monitoring medical literature; increased quality, consistency of requests
Still going strong (Medline, Pubmed via NCBI) as premier index in US in 2001