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medlar (mĕd`lər), small deciduous tree (Mespilus germanica) of the family Rosaceae (rose rose, common name for some members of the Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed over most of the earth, and for plants of the genus Rosa, the true roses.
..... Click the link for more information.  family), native to Europe and Asia. It has luxuriant foliage and large white or pinkish flowers; in the wild state it is sometimes thorny. The medlar has long been cultivated in parts of Europe for its acid, apple-shaped fruit. It is usually not picked until after it has been touched by frost; then the fruit is stored until the ripening process is completed. It is commonly eaten fresh but is sometimes used for preserves. Medlar is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə)
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.
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The major services to be provided by the RML libraries were "free loans of library materials to qualified users" as well as literature search services of NLM's MEDLARS batch retrieval system and backup reference support to other libraries in the region (Bunting, 1987, p.
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It is part of NLM's unique new information retrieval system called MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysis Retrieval System), and is said to be the first computer ever used to solve complex problems of scientific information handling in a library.
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Aware of advances in bibliographic products of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), whose MEDLARS (MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) went online in 1964, Mohrhardt's papers indicate that he was interested in the NAL keeping pace with this other specialist national library.
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