FTRS users need the ability to emulate a VT100 or VT102 terminal when telneting or dialing into the system. The NLM Gopher is available from any Gopher client at the address gopher.nlm.nih.gov. FTP NLM distributes many publications and software programs via anonymous ftp. The NLM publications server provides most documents in both plain text and PostScript formats. These two formats allow users to select either plain text files that contain all the textual information, or a PostScript file that allows printing the publication in its original format.
Web clients provide access to hypertext documents composed of text, images, and sound.
Through a Web client, it is possible to view the text, graphics, and tables of clinical guidelines in a form which is very similar to the printed copy. Individuals affiliated with a health sciences library may wish to consult their librarians for advice and assistance in making use of this new information source.