Definition: Extensive collections, reputedly complete, of facts and data garnered from material of a specialized subject area and made available for analysis and application. The collection can be automated by various contemporary methods for retrieval. The concept should be differentiated from DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC which is restricted to collections of bibliographic references.
Other names Databanks, Factual; Factual Databases; Factual Database; Factual Databanks; Factual Databank; Factual Data Bases; Factual Data Base; Factual Data Banks; Factual Data Bank; Database, Factual; Databank, Factual; Data Base, Factual; Data Bank, Factual; Data Bases, Factual; Data Banks, Factual
