A prototype mouse‐based interface to drug related information Available to Purchase

This paper presents the design of a prototype system that provides a simple interface between the Dialog Information Retrieval Service and the end user, via an Apple Macintosh. This Drug‐Interface automatically connects to the Dialog Information Retrieval Service via available networks, aids the user in formulating and/or revising a search strategy, sends the query to Dialog, displays the results of the search and downloads the relevant pieces into a Macintosh data file named by the user. The user can accomplish all of these tasks without any keystrokes, through the use of a mouse. The prototype system was built specifically to facilitate retrieval of drug related information, involving access to three different databases on Dialog.