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Subject: Re: info on disease database sought (databases generally)
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Knowledge Index is a "retail" (end-users) on-line database system
available for $24/hr (connect time).  They have four sets of databases
on medicine:

	MEDLINE - produced by the US National Library of Medicine
		(abstracts of medical journal articles)

	International Pharmaceutical Abstracts

	Biosys Previews (biological and biomedical research)

	Drug Information Fulltext (from American Hospital Formulary
		Service (AHFS) and the Handbook on Injectable
		Drugs).

It is probably that even rare diseases are covered here.

I have used KI off and on for about three years.  It takes about
20-30 minutes to do a good scan of the relevant databases (~$10), but
it is a fantastically quick way of scanning an entire library
of information.

The customer support has been very good also.  In addition to
phone support, they have a quarterly newsletter and have expanded
the number of databases significantly since it first went "public"
(KI is operated by Dialog Info Services, the corporate-user version).

KI can be reached at:
	3460 Hillview Avenue
	Palo Alto, CA  94304
	(800) 227-5510
	(415) 858-3796 (in CA)

I believe there is a one-time $35 registration fee.  There is no
periodic or minimum charge, so you only pay for the time you are
actually connected.

Obviously, I recommend it highly (I am an info-freak).  I'd be
interested in hearing about other database services (such as BRS)
-- 
Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam