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From: hope@huracan.cr (Theodore Hope)
Newsgroups: sci.bio.technology
Subject: Re: NIH Database
Message-ID: <1991Apr05.094545.23509@huracan.cr>
Date: 6 Apr 91 10:28:49 GMT
References: <1161@nih-csl.nih.gov>
Organization: Consejo Superior Universitario Centroamericano - CSUCA
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Such net-accessible databases would be great, but I suggest that they also
be "remotely accessible".  That is, not only online (FTP) but also by
request through e-mail.  This makes it accessible to users on systems not
directly connected to the Internet (like our users in Central America, for
example).

For reference, the Bitnis/GMED software and system (also by NLM) permits
searching on Medlars/Medline databases via e-mail.  Something like this for
what you're talking about would be excellent.

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