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Searching GDB and OMIM via Email
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You can now search GDB and OMIM via email by sending an email query to: mailserv at gdb.org
To receive the complete help file which includes descriptions/examples of all
the commands and search strategy suggestions, just put the word 'help' on a
line by itself in the body of the message. No subject line is necessary when
querying mailserv.
This summary briefly describes the new service.
The following databases are available:
DATABASE NAME DATABASE CONTENTS
gdb-citation articles, abstracts, etc.
gdb-contact scientists' contact information
gdb-locus genetic loci
gdb-map genetic maps
gdb-mutation genetic mutations
gdb-polym genetic polymorphisms
gdb-probe genetic probes
gdb superset of the above (searches
all the gdb-* databases)
omim Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
The email server uses WAIS for all searches. WAIS locates documents
containing the specified query terms and ranks them according to the frequency
with which they appear in the document, as well as whether or not the query
terms appear in the document's title.
VALID COMMANDS
A single email message can contain an unlimited number of commands. The results
of all commands, except help, will be sent in a single message. Valid
commands are:
help
Requests the mailserv helpfile document which is mailed separately from
any other requests as long as "help" is on a line by itself within
the body of your message. The help document contains the list
of valid commands and search strategies.
search [database] [keywords]
Searches the specified database for the occurrence of one or more
keywords. Only one database can be specified per email line.
ex: search omim marfan
search gdb-citation marfan
get [GDB or OMIM Accession number]
Retrieves a specific document from GDB or OMIM. Accession numbers are
returned when you perform a search on a keyword so you may retrieve
the exact document or documents you want.
GDB and OMIM have different accession numbers; you do not need to
specify the database. The first example retrieves a GDB document;
the second an OMIM document.
ex. get G00-000-123
get 193005
done
Instructs the mailserv program to ignore all lines following.
EXAMPLE
The following example query will send you one message with the help file
and a second message with all the search results.
To: mailserv at gdb.org
Subject:
help
search gdb-citation marfan
search omim marfan
done
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