From GBAA02@udcf.gla.ac.uk Tue Oct 11 22:03:05 EDT 1994 Article: 933 of bionet.cellbiol Newsgroups: bionet.cellbiol Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!news.amherst.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!uhog.mit.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!dcs.gla.ac.uk!udcf.gla.ac.uk!j-dow.molbio.gla.ac.uk!user From: GBAA02@udcf.gla.ac.uk (Julian Dow) Subject: the Dictionary of Cell Biology on WWW! Message-ID: Followup-To: bionet.cellbiol Sender: news@udcf.glasgow.ac.uk (News) Organization: Glasgow Uni Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 11:46:35 GMT Lines: 31 I have set up a WWW server for the Dictionary of Cell Biology, published by Academic Press. I have persuaded the publishers to release this online as an experiment, and I have set up the search engine. The idea is that occasional users can get rapid, brief definitions of cell biological terms they come across in the literature, although I would expect that it'll still be quicker and easier for regular users to get the book! In exchange, we will get early warning of new terms that we should include in the Dictionary by logging all searches. And we've made it especially easy for you to enter your own definitions! That way, I'm hoping the Dictionary will take on an Internet existence of its own. Before formally releasing it, I'm putting the server up temporarily for a few days, to see if it's robust enough! PLEASE try it out and give me any feedback. You'll need a "forms aware" WWW client (eg. Mosaic of MacWeb versions 2 on). Choose "File" -> "open URL" and type http://130.209.9.198/ This is my own desktop Mac, so this will only be available till Wednesday 12th October this time round. PLEASE DON'T "LINK IT IN" as this is (I hope!) unlikely to be the final IP address for this server! Hope you like it! Any problems/feedback? Please email me on gbaa02@udcf.gla.ac.uk -- - Julian Dow