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Definition of Backfiles
1. backfile [n] - See also: backfile
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backfiles
Literary usage of Backfiles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Managing School Libraries in Elementary & Secondary Schools by Jerry L. Evans, Rudy Leverett, Darrell Loosle, Jerry Pelton (1998)
"Office/Work Room Area 10' x 15' 150 sq. ft. Periodical backfiles and Book Storage
Area 10' x 10' 100 sq. ft. Audiovisual Storage Area 10' x 20' 200 sq. ..."
2. Unified Medical Language System: Current Bibliographies in Medicine (Jan by Catherine R. Selden, Betsy L. Humphreys (1997)
"Initial work has concentrated on MEDLINE and its backfiles, and in particular on
the problem of null retrieval. Subsequent functions will address searching ..."
3. Manual of Patent Examining Procedure edited by J. Michael Thesz (1997)
"... the library has been collecting backfiles of journals in microfilm and in
CD-ROM format. Government Publications In 1986, the Scientific and Technical ..."