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Year-End Processing of Stored Searches, Changes to Automatic SDIs and Saved Searches - ELHILL MEDLARS System

Year-End Processing of Stored Searches, Changes to Automatic SDIs and Saved Searches - ELHILL MEDLARS System. NLM Tech Bull. 1998 Sep-Oct;(304):e3.

September 1989 [posted]

Year-End Processing of Stored Searches, Changes to Automatic SDIs and Saved Searches - ELHILL MEDLARS System

Introduction
Each year in the fall, changes are made to records in MEDLINE, its Backfiles, and other MEDLARS databases. This work, called "Year-End Processing," includes annual changes to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). While the work goes largely unnoticed as it proceeds, there are important dates for searchers that are associated with this Year-End Processing. Particularly CRITICAL this year is the discontinuation of Automatic SDI current awareness searches for all files except SDILINE.

Automatic SDI Searches
In December 1998, NLM will cease running stored searches for the Automatic SDI program for all files EXCEPT SDILINE. NLM will not process users' stored searches for ftp or send printouts automatically through the mail after the dates outlined below:

Automatic SDI processing by NLM CEASES after this update: