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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 15:37:26 -0600
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- Subject: Re: MEDLARS vs. BRS vs. DIALOG
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- Terry asks which is cheaper to search MEDLARS, BRS and DIALOG.
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- Depending what services you have available, how offen you search online,
- etc should determine what system you want to use. However, MEDLARS is
- cheaper in many ways, cause you are cutting out the middleman (BRS or
- DIALOG) and therefore not paying to use their service. Also, I believe
- their co
- st per minute/hour is cheaper. But if you already have
- either DIALOG or BRS, and do not search MEDLINE backfiles that frequently,
- I doubt the cost would make that much difference.
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- Carol Doms
- University of Missouri-Kansas City
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- cdoms@vax1.umkc.edi
- (that should be edu)
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