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Date:         Wed, 26 Aug 1992 11:39:11 EDT
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Comments:     Originally-From: QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Alan Thew)
From:         Robert Krawitz <rlk@THINK.COM>
Subject:      MEDLINE: Summary
Comments: To: info-nets@Think.COM

A while ago, I said (in alt.internet.services and bit.listserv.infonets)
  Does anyone know if access to MEDLINE (Lockheed's medical database)
  is possible via the internet. I assume that one has to be a registered
  'user' before access is possible.
I received a number of replies, the following were the most helpful.
(at least one site said they had it available as a general facility)
Thanks to all who replied.

      Alan Thew : Computing Services Department, The University of Liverpool
Internet/Bitnet : qq11@liverpool.ac.uk       UUCP :  ....!mcsun!uknet!liv!qq11
          Voice :  +44 51 794 3735            Fax :  +44 51 794 3759
 CompuServe : 100010.2464@compuserve.com  Freenet : bm456@cleveland.freenet.edu
#disclaimer: these are my opinions and those of the following posters.
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> >Yes. telnet to medlars.nlm.nih.gov   to get a password etc send e-mail to
> >mm@medlars.nlm.nih.gov  the phone in the US is 301 496 6193.
> >I believe there may be a medlars/nlm office in England as well.
> >
....
Sure but you might add that it is NOT free.  It is a pay for use database.
It is also a very complex database which would be best serched using the
NLM grateful med software (which works on the internet as well as phone
lines), otherwise the search languge is old, and very cumbersome, when you
are paying by the minute it adds up.  If you request info from NLM I'm sure
they have a more accurate posting than I can provide.

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Eric D. Albright
Reference Librarian
Galter Health Sciences Library		(312) 503-8109
Northwestern University
303 East Chicago Ave                    e-albright@nwu.edu
Chicago, IL 60611
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Please be aware that MEDLINE is NOT "Lockeed's medical database"; it is the
National Library of Medicine's database and is licensed for redistribution to
various commercial database vendors, including Lockeed's DIALOG service. One of
the best ways to access MEDLINE is via NLM's Grateful Med software, which is
designed for non-librarians, etc., to use. Call NLM at 1-800-638-8480 for more
info on Grateful Med, which is very inexpensive and available for both DOS and
Mac environments. You will have to set up an account with NLM. I might  note
that MEDLINE is also availble on CD-ROM in many medical and large academic
libraries and may be free to walk-in patrons of those facilities.

A.J. Wright
Anesthesiology Library
School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
meds002@uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu

(c) 1992 by A.J. Wright. Although I am claiming copyright, this note may be
                         reposted at will without my permission as long as the
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