Box 121URLs not directly addressable

The URL as displayed by the Web browser may not always be used to retrieve the record or other item, i.e., is not directly addressable.

  • Always check to see if the URL is directly addressable
  • If it is not, provide instructions for locating it from the closest addressable URL
    Example:
    • Available from: http://www.genomic.melb.edu/mdi/ by searching for record number 9934872.

From: Chapter 24, Databases/Retrieval Systems/Datasets on the Internet

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