AFRO-NETS> Free access to MEDLINE .... (5)

Free access to MEDLINE .... (5)
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Fri, 15 Aug 1997 Dieter Neuvians wrote:

At this moment I would be interested to know more about the situation
regarding BITNIS (Batch Internet National Library of Medicine Information
System).

In the past you needed an account and password ....
How is the situation now since access to Medline is free?

"Elliot Siegel" <elliot_siegel@occshost.nlm.nih.gov>

answered:

Free Medline only available on the Internet with web browser and via IGM
and PubMed. Would hope that Helga Patrikios' library [in Harare] can
become a useful source of full text documents with assistance of South
African libraries.

Elliot Siegel
National Library of Medicine

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