Message-Id: <199612161159.MAA57448@mail.uni-muenster.de>
From: "Oliver Obst" <obsto@uni-muenster.de>
To: medibib-l@MEDSUN08.uni-muenster.de
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:59:50 +0100
Subject: Medline frei im Internet
Zur Info, O.Obst
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HealthGate Medline****
http://www.healthgate.com/HealthGate/MEDLINE/search.shtml
Free searches sponsored by advertisements. An intuitive interface
that offers options for advanced users. Full text delivery is
relatively expensive. Moderate enhancements for librarian or
advanced searchers.
Medline Database at Community of Science, Inc.****
http://muscat.gdb.org/repos/medl/
Free searches with advanced features for librarian users such as
natural language or fuzzy logic. Users select "new entries" or
specific journals abstracts from pick lists in a large table. Tracks
queries and offers expansion of searches with medical subject
headings. Johns Hopkins.
Medscape Medline Search***
http://www.medscape.com/textSearch.form.fcgi
Free searches sponsored by advertisers. The query field requires
some knowledge of boolean symbols. Integration with full text
articles lends added value. Simple registration and passwording. Full
text available by street mail at relatively low cost from the vendor
Infotrieve - the basic charge is $8.
Housecall Medline Access***
http://pressconf.housecall.com/prologin.html
Free sponsored Medline searching using the Infotrieve service after
a moderate registration process. Offers concept searching and
help menus. Permits browsing of Mesh hierarchies. Competitive street
mail document delivery.
Helix Medline Access***
http://www.helix.com/
Free after completion of a registration form for professionals. Uses
the Silverplatter service. Icon driven intuitive interface. Offers
thesaurus searches and advanced features such as "suggest
synonyms".
Avicenna Medline Access***
http://www.avicenna.com/
Free searching after a moderate registration process. Offers simple
and advanced searching. Sufficient options for the dedicated
searcher such as selection of publication type and date, synonym
matching, and medical subject heading expansion.
Knowledge Finder***
http://enterprise.bih.harvard.edu/paperchase/
Free trial period after registration. Handsome interface uses pick
lists for fuzzy versus boolean searching and word variants. Permits
natural language queries.
Internet Grateful Med Medline Search**
http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/
Fee based access from the National Library of Medicine. Concept
enabled searching and frontier applications such as help features
and intutitive integration of medical subject headings. Complex
registration process. Advanced features for librarians and advanced
users.
Ovid On Call Medline and Medical Databases**
http://preview.ovid.com/libpreview/
Advanced fee based and institutional interface. Natural language
queries, help menus, basic and advanced searching modes,
and thesaurus queries. Integrates hyperlinked access to full text
databases, Medline, and medical journals with charts, photographs,
and graphics. Full text email delivery. Complex registration.
Infotrieve Medline Service Provider**
http://www.infotrieve.com/
A fee based service that offers free access to the NLM's Aidsline
database. Permits concept seraching. Offers searching tips. Fee
registration. Permits browsing of the Mesh hierarchies. Competitive
street mail document delivery.
MD Answers at SilverPlatter**
http://php2.silverplatter.com/physicians/
Icon driven intuitive interface. Offers thesaurus searches and
advanced search features including "suggest synonyms". Fee
registration. Medline services are integrated with other database
services.
Paper Chase Medical Literature Searching**
http://enterprise.bih.harvard.edu/paperchase/
Offers Mesh expansion, intelligent relevance ranking, and selection
based on multiple descriptors. Fee transaction based. Full text
delivery by an 800 number.
Document Delivery at SilverPlatter*
http://php2.silverplatter.com/docdel.htm
Links to a journal's web based full-text (if available) or abstracts
within the search results of Medline. Subscription.
NlightN Medline Search
http://www.nlightn.com/
A complex interface from Nlightn. Nlightn expands the search to other
databases with loss of clinical focus. Searches of Medline are at no
charge. Other database searches are transaction based. Useful for
expanding searches to news and general literature databases. Full
document delivery for a fee.