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New Functionality for the User<br />

DATABANKS gives the user a single uniform entry point for browsing or searching<br />

particular databanks, <strong>and</strong> optionally leads directly to the respective databank query<br />

forms. DATABANKS is typically searched by databank name or description. More<br />

generally, any fields of the databank information pages as well as site <strong>and</strong> server<br />

characteristics can be used in a query.<br />

The results of such a search show all the databanks that matched the search<br />

request <strong>and</strong> at which sites they are available. For convenience, the list of results<br />

offers direct links to their remote SRS query forms. For example, figure 8 shows the<br />

result of a request for databanks named ‘ENZYME’. As in most cases, more than one<br />

server maintains a copy of the databank, <strong>and</strong> the list shows alternative sites. The<br />

number of indexed entries <strong>and</strong> the release number (where assigned by the server<br />

maintainers) help in choosing a nearby site with a current version of the databank.<br />

When searching for a particular database, it often helps to first restrict the search to a<br />

subset of DATABANKS which includes only one site from each group of<br />

alternatives. Currently, this representative site is chosen as the site with the most<br />

extensive databank information page.

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