1.   An online database, the electronic equivalent of Biological Abstracts.

2.   Companies were also asked whether they accessed information held on online databases.

3.   Using online databases may not be the best method for assessing research activity.

4.   This kind of broad band system is a model for those that will certainly be used when existing conventional online databases are enhanced with multimedia elements.

5.   Gateways are available to online databases such as Profile and Kompass to support project work and research.

6.   Among its online database projects, Spinners developed the software that lets customers of The New York Times e-mail service complaints.

7.   Another favorite is the CoStar Group of Bethesda, Md., which maintains an online database of commercial real estate that is used by brokers and corporate relocation managers.

8.   Barpoint.com, for instance, has an online database of product information linked to bar code numbers.

9.   Before searching the online database, users would have to register.