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<h3><em>NLM Technical Bulletin</em> 1997 Sep-Oct; 298</h3>
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<h3>NLM ONLINE PRICING ALGORITHM CHARGES</h3>
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<tr><td width=200>Effective January 1, 1998</td><td width=200></td><td width=200>Prices apply 24 hours per day.</td></tr>
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<tr valign=bottom><td width=300><strong>File</strong></td><td width=10></td><td width=70><strong>Connect Charge (Per Hour)</strong></td><td width=10></td><td width=70><strong>Search Statement Charge</strong></td><td width=10></td><td width=70><strong>Online Citation Charge</strong></td><td width=10></td><td width=70><strong>Interaction Charge (Carriage Returns)</strong></td><td width=10></td><td width=70><strong>Computer Resources Disk Accesses (Per 100)</strong></td><td width=10></td><td width=70><strong>Online Character Charge (Per 1,000)</strong></td></tr>
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<tr valign=bottom><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan=6><strong>ELHILL COMPUTER</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign=bottom><td>MEDLINE&#174; & Backfiles</td><td></td><td>$2.40</td><td></td><td>$.06</td><td></td><td>$.01</td><td></td><td>--</td><td></td><td>$.04</td><td></td><td>$.05</td></tr>
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<tr valign=bottom><td>AIDSLINE&#174; , AIDSTRIALS, AIDSDRUGS & DIRLINE&#174;</td><td></td><td>FREE</td><td></td><td>FREE</td><td></td><td>FREE</td><td></td><td>-- </td><td></td><td>FREE</td><td></td><td>FREE</td></tr>
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<tr valign=bottom><td>TOXLINE&#174; & TOXLINE65</td><td></td><td>2.40</td><td></td><td>.06</td><td></td><td>.01</td><td></td><td>--</td><td></td><td>.04 </td><td></td><td>.05 </td></tr>
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<tr valign=bottom><td>ALERT</td><td></td><td>2.40</td><td></td><td>.06 </td><td></td><td>--</td><td></td><td>--</td><td></td><td>.04 </td><td></td><td>--</td></tr>
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<tr valign=bottom><td>All Others</td><td></td><td>2.40 </td><td></td><td>.06 </td><td></td><td>.01 </td><td></td><td>-- </td><td></td><td>.04 </td><td></td><td>.05</td></tr>
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<tr valign=bottom><td>PDQ&#174;</td><td></td><td>18.00</td><td></td><td>--</td><td></td><td>--</td><td></td><td>--</td><td></td><td>--</td><td></td><td>--</td></tr>
<tr><td><br /></td><td></td><td> </td><td></td><td> </td><td></td><td> </td><td></td><td> </td><td></td><td> </td><td></td><td> </td></tr>
<tr valign=bottom><td>DOCUSER&#174; & LOAN STATUS</td><td></td><td>FREE</td><td></td><td>FREE</td><td></td><td>FREE</td><td></td><td>-- </td><td></td><td>FREE</td><td></td><td>FREE</td></tr>
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<tr valign=bottom><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan=6><strong>TOXNET COMPUTER</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign=bottom><td>All Files</td><td></td><td>3.80</td><td></td><td>.08</td><td></td><td>--</td><td></td><td>.02 </td><td></td><td>-- </td><td></td><td>.08</td></tr>
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<li>Depending largely upon the amount of information viewed/printed/downloaded, a MEDLINE search generally ranges from $1.25 - $5.00.</li>
<li>The charge to ftp online search results via the Internet follows this algorithm. There are no additional charges.</li>
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<center><h3>NLM <em>OFFLINE</em> CHARGES</h3></center>
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<tr valign=bottom><td width=100><strong>Pages</strong></td><td width=15></td><td width=100><strong>Per Page for PRT OFFLINE, OFFSEARCH, or Automatic SDIs</strong></td><td width=15></td><td width=100><strong>Per 2,000 Characters Transmitted via ftp<a href="#star3">***</a> for Automatic SDIs only</strong></td></tr>
<tr valign=bottom><td>MEDLINE & Other Databases</td><td></td><td>$0.30</td><td></td><td>$0.10</td></tr>
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<tr valign=bottom><td>AIDSLINE, AIDSTRIALS, AIDSDRUGS, DIRLINE & DOCUSER</td><td></td><td>FREE</td><td></td><td>FREE</td></tr>
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<tr valign=bottom><td>TOXNET Files</td><td></td><td>$0.30</td><td></td><td>Not applicable</td></tr>
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<tr valign=bottom><td><strong>Offsearches</strong></td><td></td><td><strong>Per File</strong></td><td></td><td> </td></tr>
<tr valign=bottom><td>MEDLINE & Other Databases</td><td></td><td>$1.00 (plus page charges)</td><td></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr valign=bottom><td>AIDSLINE, AIDSTRIALS, AIDSDRUGS, DIRLINE & DOCUSER</td><td></td><td>FREE</td><td></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr valign=bottom><td><strong>Automatic SDI Searches</strong></td><td></td><td><strong>Per Search</strong></td><td></td><td> </td></tr>
<tr valign=bottom><td>SDILINE&#174; , AVLINE&#174; , BIOETHICSLINE&#174; , CANCERLIT&#174; , CATLINE&#174; , HealthSTAR , POPLINE&#174;, TOXLINE</td><td></td><td>$1.50 (plus page charges or ftp character charges) </td><td></td><td> </td></tr>
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<tr valign=bottom><td>AIDSLINE</td><td></td><td>FREE</td><td></td><td> </td></tr>
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<a name="star3" id="star3">***</a>The Internet ftp data charge is applied per unit of 2,000 characters transmitted (a low estimate of how many characters fit on a page of NLM's offline print paper) using the rate of $0.05/1,000 characters from the online pricing algorithm.
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