TY - JOUR AB - This document describes, briefly, the techniques employed in the MERLIN database 10 store and retrieve bibliographic data. An explanation of the choice of value related storage is given, with an indication of the merits of this approach both for data management (cataloguing) and retrieval (searching). Particular attention is paid to the necessity of accurately maintaining the intellectually established relationships between bibliographic data elements, and economic use of storage in a publicly shared data base. VL - 10 IS - 4 SN - 0033-0337 DO - 10.1108/eb046740 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046740 AU - White M.C. AU - Noerr P.L. PY - 1976 Y1 - 1976/01/01 TI - A brief introduction to data storage and retrieval in MERLIN (MachinE Readable Library INformation) T2 - Program PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 123 EP - 134 Y2 - 2024/05/04 ER -