Subject: ANNOUNCE: National Library of Medicine Gopher
 
 
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), which is part of the National
Institutes of Health, is pleased to announce that information is now
available via gopher.  The NLM gopher server can be reached at:
 
               gopher.nlm.nih.gov on port 70.
 
The National Library of Medicine's Gopher contains information about the
Library and selected references materials. It also provides access to
Locator, NLM's online catalog system, and to MEDLARS and TOXNET (for
those with access codes). Please note that the NLM Gopher does not provide
direct access to the contents of journal articles or books. Articles and
books in the NLM collection may be obtained on interlibrary loan through a
local or academic library.
 
The NLM is the world's largest research library in a single scientific and
professional field. The Library's computer-based MEDLARS system was
established to achieve rapid bibliographic access to NLM's vast store of
biomedical information.  The Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical
Communications and the National Center for Biotechnology Information are
research and development divisions within NLM.  The Extramural Programs
Division of NLM provides a broad variety of grants to support research and
development activities leading to the better management, dissemination,
and use of biomedical knowledge.
 
Since September 1992 the NLM has been the site of the National Coordination
Office of the multi-agency High Performance Computing and Communications
initiative.  Dr. Donald Lindberg serves concurrently as Director of the
NLM and Director of the National Coordination Office for High Performance
Computing and Communications.
 
Comments and questions may be directed to:       admin@gopher.nlm.nih.gov