hi all At 15:51 1999/06/11 -0700, one of us wrote, in part: >...I got to the page of the nih, >but I do not know how to view the >abstract or the article referred to. >Please help with a "how to" ... i'm glad you asked; for some reason the "core" wwweb page address [minus all the "search" gobbledeegook] at the bottom of each PubMed abstract that i post to the list is this one: The National Center for Biotechnology Information <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/> if you want to go to PubMed and look at the abstract for yourself go to the above wwweb address and then select "PubMed" which takes you to the "real" PubMed page at: Welcome to PubMed <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/> copy the PMID [PubMed IDentification] number of the article you are looking for into the search window select "search" and bob's yer uncle! [or should be] [once you've found the abstract you were looking for an interesting option is "related articles"] i'll post this message in the "newbie nook" in the wwweb wwwinnebago for future reference janet the nosy digger somewhat like those truffle snuffling pigs in italy janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada a new voice http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/ [log in to unmask]