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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 14:55:00 EDT
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> 1)	It would be interesting - if not useful - to have online access to a
> bibliographic database.
> Does anyone know if _Books_In_Print_ is available in ,achine readable format?
> I wouldn't be surprised, since it already is distributed as microfiche.

Books In Print is available on-line through Dialog and probably other
on-line search and retrieval companies.  To my knowledge it is not
available for sale in machine readable form, and even if it were, you
could not legally offer on-line retrieval of it without running into legal
complications.

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