title: Exploring the medical applications of the internet: a guide for beginning users.
abstract: Various techniques for accessing informational resources of interest to physicians and other medical professionals currently are available on Internet, a global internetworking of computer systems. The basic strategies for sending electronic mail, transferring files, and logging on to distant computers, as well as newer and more user-friendly indexing and interface systems for accomplishing these tasks are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas.
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: McKinney
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bunton
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D009816:Office Automation; D010820:Physicians; D012984:Software; D014481:United States