A Trace Metals, Radiobiology, and Cancer Information Retrieval System (Tracirs)^[*]

A method is described which was designed to retrieve key facts as well as references in a computer-based pathology information system. The facts appear in the form of miniature abstracts which also serve as a machine-searchable index. This combined index-abstract provides a form suitable both for computer storage and retrieval as well as for a desk reference guide. One product of the system is the pilot edition of the Trace Metals Literature Index-Handbook which supplies data and references on elements, mostly trace metals, as they may be related to normal and pathologic conditions.

Verfasserin beschreibt eine Methode, die entwickelt wurde, um sowohl wesentliche Fakten als auch Literaturstellen in einem Pathologie-Informationssystem auf Computerbasis wiederzufinden. Die Fakten erscheinen in Form von alphabetischen Kurzschlüsseln, die auch als maschinell auswertbarer Index dienen. Diese kombinierten Index-Abstracts eignen sich sowohl für das Speichern und Wiederfinden in der Datenverarbeitungsanlage als auch als Suchhilfen für den Schreibtischgebrauch. Ein Produkt des Systems ist die Probe-Ausgabe des Index-Handbuchs zur Spurenmetall-Literatur, das Daten und Literaturhinweise über Elemente — meist Spurenmetalle — liefert und über ihre eventuellen Beziehungen zu normalen und pathologischen Zuständen Auskunft gibt.

^* This work has been supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service, National Cancer Inst. Grants CA-0924-04, CA-06939-01, and CA-05831.

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