Re: Free DIALOG on the internet?

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2 total messages Started by Yoshiyasu Takefuji Sat, 21 Nov 1992 15:03

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Author: Yoshiyasu Takefuji
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 15:03

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In article <1ek46kINN5o5@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, you write...
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>From: bernd@cc.uow.edu.au (Bernd Wechner)
>Subject: Literature searches using the Internet?
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>I'd like to perform a literature search. The sort of thing we used to
do
>at a library with volumes and volumes of indexed abstracts (like the
>Engineering index for example). Nowadays we use CD databases, and for
>the most current and up to date info, our librarian dials a mob by
the
>name of DIALOG in California somewhere, for on-line searches.
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>It occurs to me that such a facility may well be on-line on the
>internet somewhere in the glorious day and age of ours. Am right?

Yes.  I believe their address is dialog.com.  You would no doubt save
substantially on communications charges, but using Dialog would NOT be
free.


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>Bernd.

Re: Free DIALOG on the internet?

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Author: Yoshiyasu Takefuji
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:50

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Hello-

I don't believe that information from DIALOG is free
anywhere--on the Internet or not.  DIALOG Information
Services is a commercial enterprise headquartered in Palo
Alto, CA.  This company acts as a sort of information broker
and provides access to some 380+ databases--all for a fee.
It is a pay-as-you-search operation.  It is arranged this
way mostly because DIALOG doesn't 'own' most of the
information it provides access to--the publishers with which
DIALOG contracts 'own' it and therefore get a piece of the
price that DIALOG charges the user.

All this i not to say that tsources
besides DIALOG for the information you need that are
avaree on the Internet.  I would be interested
to hear if you find about any.

Hope this helps.

-Barbara

barbara@edstar.gse.ucsb.edu

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