Databases, Factual

**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.

**Tree numbers:** - L01.313.500.750.300.188.400 - L01.470.750.750

**Synonyms:** - Databanks, Factual - Data Banks, Factual - Data Bases, Factual