Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site mhuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxd!dthk From: dthk@mhuxd.UUCP (D. T. Hawkins) Newsgroups: net.med,net.misc,net.consumers Subject: Re: info on disease database sought (databases generally) Message-ID: <1500@mhuxd.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 08:42:43 EST Article-I.D.: mhuxd.1500 Posted: Tue Mar 5 08:42:43 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 03:07:49 EST References: <3719@mit-eddie.UUCP> <1219@amdahl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.med:1344 net.misc:7484 net.consumers:1917 There is a lot of information on online databases available--far too much to cover in a short note on the net. I suggest you look at copies of Online or Database magazines, or Online Review, which are the major journals in the field. In addition, I publish a bibliography on the subject which appears in the June issue of Online Review each year. A concatenated version of all the previous issues was published by Learned Information, 143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055 (the publishers of Online Review). There are also several conferences covering online information each year. The next is the National Online Meeting, to be held in New York 4/30-5/2. Online-85 will also be in NY this year in early November. There is also an annual conference in London each December. There are several textbooks available as well. To locate the disease database you want, look in one of the several database directories available (a large library should have them). Two of the best directories are published by Cuadra Associates and Knowledge Industry Publications, Inc. As you suggest, the online field is rapidly growing, as it has during the past 12 years. It's an exciting field! Don Hawkins AT&T-BL Murray Hill (201)-582-6517 ihnp4!mhuxd!dthk