>X-Sender: [log in to unmask] >Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 08:23:36 -0700 >Reply-To: David Anderson <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: Veterinary Medicine Library issues and information > <[log in to unmask]> >From: David Anderson <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Free MEDLINE on Internet advertised in WIRED >To: Multiple recipients of list VETLIB-L <[log in to unmask]> > >Dear VetLib-Listees: > > >The current issue of Medicine on the Net (which I received as a sample), >Vol.2, No.8 (August 1996) has the lead article "MEDLINE free-for-all spurs >questions about search value, who pays," by Paul Engstrom. He lists 17 >URLs which offer MEDLINE "free" or "free for registered users". Dialog, of >course is $15/hour connect charge in USA, etc. > >America's HouseCall Network: http://pressconf.housecall.com/prologin.html > MEDLINE: free for registered physicians > >Community of Science: http://muscat.gdb.org./repos/medl/ > MEDLINE: free > >DIALOG: http://www.dialgo.com; telnet://dialog.com > MEDLINE: $15/hr connect gate in the USA > >HealthGate: http://www.healthgate.com > MEDLINE: Free > >HealthWorks: http://www.healthworks.co.uk/hw/medline/medline.html > MEDLINE: minimum reg fee 34.99 British pounds plus 35 pounds/month >subscription > >HealthWorld: http://www.healthworld.com/library/search/medline.htm > MEDLINE: Free > >Internet Grateful Med: http://igm.nlm.nih.gob > MEDLINE: Pay per use (US searches typically range from $1.25 to >$5.00) > >Infotrieve: http://www.infotrieve.com/ > MEDLINE: minimum $50/mo subscription > >Knowledge Finder: http://www.kfinder.com > MEDLINE: free for limited time > >Medscape: http://www.medscape.com/ > MEDLINE: free for registered users > >Multimedia Medical Reference Library: >http://tiac.net/users/hjtward/search.htm#medline > MEDLINE: Free > >Ovid: http://www.ovid.com/ > MEDLINE: $12/hr in the US > >PaperChase: http://www.paperchase.com/ > telnet: //pch.bih.harvard.edu > MEDLINE: Pay per use (average cost in the US is $6 per search) > >Physicians' Online: http://www.po.com/ > MEDLINE: Free for member physicians > >Plymouth Area Communities Medical Access Network: http://www.pacman.org/ > MEDLINE: Free > >SilverPlatter: http://www.silverplatter.com/catalog.htm > MEDLINE $ 4,094/yr subscription in US for an individual receiving >the full database with weekly updates (monthly updates: $3,094) > >WedMedline: http://www-med.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/med-lookup > MEDLINE: Available to STanford University, UCSan Francisco, and UC >Davis faculty and students > > >Robb Scholten, PaperChase, says that "A good test of any system is the >ability to map ordinary words to MeSH indexes. ...type in 'heart attack' >and see if it maps to 'myocardial infarction.'. > > >David C Anderson, Information Specialist >UC Center for Animal Alternatives > >
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