CICNet Resource Guide June, 1992 ======================================================================== CICNet, Inc. 2901 Hubbard, Pod A Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Edited by J. Paul Holbrook / CICNet, Inc. Christine S. Pruess / The University of Iowa Copyright (c), 1992 by CICNet, Inc. Parts of this document Copyright (c) 1991 by NYSERNet, Syracuse, New York All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced in any form or by any means, without permission from CICNet, Inc. or NYSERNet. CICNet makes no representation or warranty, expressed or implied. CICNet shall not be held liable for any liability, nor for any direct, indirect, or consequential damages with respect to any claim by purchaser or any third party on account of or arising from use of these materials. UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX Systems Labs, Inc. X Window System is a trademark of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. VMS is a registered trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation. Caucus is a trademark of Camber-Roth. Printing history: Version 1.01a of June 22, 1992 For additional copies of The CICNet Resource Guide, send $27 (check or money order) to: CICNet, Inc. Attn: Kim Shaffer 2901 Hubbard, Pod A Ann Arbor, MI 48105 E-mail: info@cic.net Phone: (313) 998-6103 FAX: (313) 998-6105 ======================================================================== Table of Contents Resource Guide Cross Reference by CICNet Member Acknowledgments Preface Electronic Access to this Guide 1. CICNet Resources 1.1. CICNet, Inc. 1.2. CICNet Members 1.3. User Support Contacts at CICNet Members 1.4. Charge to CICNet Information Services Committee 1.5. Survey of Resources on CICNet 1.6. User Directories Via CICNet 1.7. Using CICNet WAIS Servers to Find People, Places 1.8. The Ohio State University On-line Faculty/Staff/Student Directory 1.9. University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign On-line Staff Directory 1.10. The CCSO Nameserver (Ph) 2. Internet Navigation Tools 2.1. Archie: Searching Across Over 1000 Software Archives 2.2. Gopher: A Distributed Client/Server Information System 2.3. HYTELNET: Hypertext PC-Based Internet Directory 2.4. SWAIS: Simplified Version of WAIS Available Via Telnet 2.5. WAIS: An Electronic Publishing System For Non- Professional Searchers 2.6. White Pages: NYSERNet/PSI On-line X.500 Directory 2.7. Gateways to Commercial Information Services/Networks 3. Guides and Directories 3.1. Directories of Electronic Journals and Academic E-mail Conferences 3.2. Internet Resource Guide 3.3. Network Bibliography 3.4. RFC: Request for Comments 4. Research/Supercomputer Resources 4.1. IBM Supercomputing Program Data Base 4.2. IuBio Archive for Molecular and General Biology 4.3. MATLAB User Group Archive 4.4. NCSA: National Center for Supercomputing Applications 4.5. Ohio Supercomputer Center 4.6. Ohio Visualization Laboratory (OVL) 5. Libraries 5.1. Using NOTIS 5.2. CIC Library Privileges 5.3. CIC Interlibrary Loan-Borrowing from Other Libraries 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.5. Research Libraries Group: The RLIN System 5.6. Indiana University On-line Library Catalog-IO 5.7. Loyola University Chicago On-line Library Catalog-LUIS 5.8. Michigan State University On-line Library Catalog-MAGIC 5.9. Northwestern University On-line Library Catalog-LUIS 5.10. Ohio State University On-line Library Catalog-LCS 5.11. Pennsylvania State University On-line Library Catalog-LIAS 5.12. Purdue University On-line Library Catalog-THOR 5.13. University of Chicago On-line Library Catalog-LDMS 5.14. University of Illinois at Chicago On-line Library Catalog-LUIS 5.15. University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign On-line Library Catalog-IO+ 5.16. University of Iowa On-line Library Catalog-OASIS 5.17. University of Michigan On-line Library Catalog-MIRLYN 5.18. University of Minnesota On-line Library Catalog-LUMINA 5.19. University of Notre Dame On-line Library Catalog-UNLOC 5.20. University of Wisconsin Madison On-line Library Catalog-NLS 6. Library Applications and Related Resources 6.1. CARL: Colorado Association of Research Libraries-On- line Catalogs, Periodicals Citation Access, and More 6.2. Catalist: An Internet Library System Guide for MS Windows 6.3. Project Gutenberg 6.4. Library of Congress Catalog Records 6.5. Network Fax Project 6.6. Oxford English Dictionary II 7. Campus Wide Information Systems 7.1. CWIS Systems in CICNet 7.2. List of Internet Campus Wide Information Systems 7.3. CWIS Mailing List 7.4. Panda: University of Iowa Campus-wide Information System 7.5. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Gopher 7.6. SUINFO: Syracuse University Campus Information System 7.7. CUINFO: Cornell University Campus/Regional Information System 8. Internet Resources 8.1. AEDNET: The Adult Education Network 8.2. American Philosophical Association: The Electronic Agora 8.3. ARTFL: The French Literature Database 8.4. ClariNet: The Electronic Newspaper 8.5. CICNet Computer Conferencing Service 8.6. Comserve: The Human Communications Forum 8.7. Dartmouth DANTE Project 8.8. DISTED: On-line Journal of Distance Education 8.9. The Freenet Systems: Electronic Cities on the Net 8.10. General Accounting Office Reports Archive 8.11. Geographic Name Server 8.12. The Human-Computer Interaction Bibliography Project 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 8.14. IGC: Institute for Global Communications 8.15. Image Analysis Facility 8.16. Improving the Environment Through Computing Technology 8.17. IPSM: Iowa Political Stock Market 8.18. Louis Harris Data Center: The Institute for Research in Social Science 8.19. MicroMUSE: A Virtual Reality Adventure Game 8.20. Music on the Net: Lyric and Discography Archive 8.21. NASA Ames On-line Archives 8.22. NASA SPACELINK: Space-Related Informational Database 8.23. National Space Science Data Center 8.24. NovaNET: A Follow-on to PLATO 8.25. NPTN: National Public Telecommunications Network 8.26. Oceanic: The Ocean Information Center 8.27. PENpages: Agriculture's On-line Resource 8.28. PINET: Physics Information Network 8.29. Project Hermes: U.S. Supreme Court Opinions 8.30. Research and Education Applications of Computers in the Humanities Newsletter 8.31. University of Iowa Research in Progress Database 8.32. SPIN: Sponsored Programs Information Network 8.33. The Jerusalem Social Sciences Data Archive (SSDA) 8.34. STIS: Science and Technology Information System-Access to NSF Publications 8.35. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bulletin Board System 8.36. USENET: World-wide News and Discussion Forum 8.37. Weather Underground: A Complete US Weather Service 8.38. The WELL: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link 8.39. WUGATE: Gateway to the Internet Libraries and More ======================================================================== Resource Guide Cross Reference by CICNet Member This cross reference shows which resources described in this guide are provided or used in some way by CICNet member organizations. Ameritech Services Argonne National Laboratory 4.3. MATLAB User Group Archive Concordia University, Chicago The Field Museum of National History Indiana University 1.6. User Directories Via CICNet 4.2. IuBio Archive for Molecular and General Biology 5.1. Using NOTIS 5.2. CIC Library Privileges 5.3. CIC Interlibrary Loan-Borrowing from Other Libraries 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.6. Indiana University On-line Library Catalog-IO 6.5. Network Fax Project 7.1. CWIS Systems in CICNet 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 8.17. IPSM: Iowa Political Stock Market Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology Loyola University of Chicago 5.1. Using NOTIS 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.7. Loyola University Chicago On-line Library Catalog-LUIS 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research MCI Michigan State University 1.6. User Directories Via CICNet 5.1. Using NOTIS 5.2. CIC Library Privileges 5.3. CIC Interlibrary Loan-Borrowing from Other Libraries 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.8. Michigan State University On-line Library Catalog-MAGIC 7.1. CWIS Systems in CICNet 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Motorola, Inc. NOTIS Systems, Inc. 5.1. Using NOTIS Northwestern University 1.10. The CCSO Nameserver (Ph) 5.1. Using NOTIS 5.2. CIC Library Privileges 5.3. CIC Interlibrary Loan-Borrowing from Other Libraries 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.5. Research Libraries Group: The RLIN System 5.9. Northwestern University On-line Library Catalog-LUIS 7.1. CWIS Systems in CICNet 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 8.17. IPSM: Iowa Political Stock Market Ohio State University 1.6. User Directories Via CICNet 4.5. Ohio Supercomputer Center 4.6. Ohio Visualization Laboratory (OVL) 5.2. CIC Library Privileges 5.3. CIC Interlibrary Loan-Borrowing from Other Libraries 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.10. Ohio State University On-line Library Catalog-LCS 6.5. Network Fax Project 7.1. CWIS Systems in CICNet 8.12. The Human-Computer Interaction Bibliography Project 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 8.17. IPSM: Iowa Political Stock Market Pennsylvania State University 5.2. CIC Library Privileges 5.3. CIC Interlibrary Loan-Borrowing from Other Libraries 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.5. Research Libraries Group: The RLIN System 5.11. Pennsylvania State University On-line Library Catalog-LIAS 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 8.16. Improving the Environment Through Computing Technology 8.27. PENpages: Agriculture's On-line Resource Purdue University 5.1. Using NOTIS 5.2. CIC Library Privileges 5.3. CIC Interlibrary Loan-Borrowing from Other Libraries 5.12. Purdue University On-line Library Catalog-THOR 7.1. CWIS Systems in CICNet 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research SHARE, Inc. University of Chicago 1.6. User Directories Via CICNet 1.10. The CCSO Nameserver (Ph) 5.2. CIC Library Privileges 5.3. CIC Interlibrary Loan-Borrowing from Other Libraries 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.5. Research Libraries Group: The RLIN System 5.13. University of Chicago On-line Library Catalog-LDMS 6.5. Network Fax Project 7.1. CWIS Systems in CICNet 8.3. ARTFL: The French Literature Database 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research University of Illinois-Chicago 4.1. IBM Supercomputing Program Data Base 5.1. Using NOTIS 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.14. University of Illinois at Chicago On-line Library Catalog-LUIS 6.5. Network Fax Project 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign 1.6. User Directories Via CICNet 1.9. University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign On-line Staff Directory 1.10. The CCSO Nameserver (Ph) 4.4. NCSA: National Center for Supercomputing Applications 5.2. CIC Library Privileges 5.3. CIC Interlibrary Loan-Borrowing from Other Libraries 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.15. University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign On-line Library Catalog-IO+ 6.3. Project Gutenberg 6.6. Oxford English Dictionary II 7.1. CWIS Systems in CICNet 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 8.24. NovaNET: A Follow-on to PLATO University of Iowa 1.6. User Directories Via CICNet 1.10. The CCSO Nameserver (Ph) 5.1. Using NOTIS 5.2. CIC Library Privileges 5.3. CIC Interlibrary Loan-Borrowing from Other Libraries 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.5. Research Libraries Group: The RLIN System 5.16. University of Iowa On-line Library Catalog-OASIS 6.5. Network Fax Project 7.1. CWIS Systems in CICNet 7.4. Panda: University of Iowa Campus-wide Information System 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 8.17. IPSM: Iowa Political Stock Market 8.31. University of Iowa Research in Progress Database University of Michigan 1.6. User Directories Via CICNet 5.1. Using NOTIS 5.2. CIC Library Privileges 5.3. CIC Interlibrary Loan-Borrowing from Other Libraries 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.5. Research Libraries Group: The RLIN System 5.17. University of Michigan On-line Library Catalog-MIRLYN 6.5. Network Fax Project 7.1. CWIS Systems in CICNet 8.11. Geographic Name Server 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 8.17. IPSM: Iowa Political Stock Market 8.37. Weather Underground: A Complete US Weather Service University of Minnesota 1.6. User Directories Via CICNet 1.10. The CCSO Nameserver (Ph) 2.2. Gopher: A Distributed Client/Server Information System 5.1. Using NOTIS 5.2. CIC Library Privileges 5.3. CIC Interlibrary Loan-Borrowing from Other Libraries 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.5. Research Libraries Group: The RLIN System 5.18. University of Minnesota On-line Library Catalog-LUMINA 6.5. Network Fax Project 7.1. CWIS Systems in CICNet 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research University of Notre Dame 1.6. User Directories Via CICNet 1.10. The CCSO Nameserver (Ph) 5.1. Using NOTIS 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.19. University of Notre Dame On-line Library Catalog-UNLOC 7.1. CWIS Systems in CICNet 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research University of Wisconsin-Madison 1.6. User Directories Via CICNet 1.10. The CCSO Nameserver (Ph) 5.2. CIC Library Privileges 5.3. CIC Interlibrary Loan-Borrowing from Other Libraries 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database 5.20. University of Wisconsin Madison On-line Library Catalog-NLS 6.5. Network Fax Project 7.1. CWIS Systems in CICNet 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 8.17. IPSM: Iowa Political Stock Market ======================================================================== Acknowledgments The CICNet Network Information Resource Committee (NIRCOMM) is the "parent" of this document. Its members inspired the idea for the document, contributed and reviewed material, and made this document possible. The CICNet NIRCOMM Content and Resources Subcommittee provided a wealth of material for this guide, including all the entries on the CICNet libraries. Subcommittee members are Richard T. Houang of Michigan State University, Gay N. Dannelly of The Ohio State University, John Price- Wilkin of the University of Michigan, and Chris Pruess of The University of Iowa. Special thanks to Chris Pruess and her staff for producing a draft version of this guide. Thanks to the many people who checked all the entries in this guide for correctness and contributed information to the entries. These included Jim Aagaard, Mary Alice Ball, Joe Blackmon, Dave Blackwell, Hal Bloom, Katherine Bouton, Jackie Buckner, Joel Cooper, William Corya, Gay Dannelly, Mark Alexander Davis-Craig, Peter Deutch, Mike Dorl, Alan Emtage, Bruce Foster, Bill Golden, Richard Houang, Melissa Johnson, Christine Klein, Susan Logan, Jerry Martin, Charlene Mason, John Mayers, Gregory Newby, Brian Nielsen, Mark Olsen, Pete Percival, Paul Pomes, Nolan Pope, John Price-Wilkin, Tom Putnam, Toby Sitko, Brent Sweeny, Ed Vielmetti, Susan Walz, Lynn Ward, Richard Wiggins, Margaret Wilson, and Larry Woods. The CICNet Board of Directors sponsored and supported this effort from start to finish. The board members are George F. Badger Jr., University of Illinois; Charles Bender, The Ohio State University; Thomas H. Brown, University of Illinois at Chicago; Roger G. Clark, Committee on Institutional Cooperation; Douglas Van Houweling, University of Michigan; Paul Hunt, Michigan State University; Polly McClure, Indiana University; Mark Luker, University of Minnesota; Tad B. Pinkerton, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Peter G. Roll, Northwestern University; Lee Shope, University of Iowa; and Scott Teisler, University of Chicago. Much of the material in this guide is from The NYSERNet Guide to New, Unique, and Interesting Resources on the Internet, Version 2.0, published in October of 1991 by NYSERNet, Inc. of Syracuse, New York. Thanks to James D. Luckett, President of NYSERNet, for his generous permission in letting us use materials from their document. The NYSERNet Guide was produced by Andrew Perry, who compiled and edited the document. Mr. Perry is Assistant Director of Libraries for Systems Management at the State University of New York at Binghamton. J. Paul Holbrook, Editor CICNet, Inc. E-mail: holbrook@cic.net Christine S. Pruess, Editor University of Iowa E-mail: chris-pruess@uiowa.edu ======================================================================== Preface The CICNet Resource Guide is intended to inform CICNet users about the wide variety of applications available via the CICNet and the rest of the Internet. The target audience for this guide is the network information service organization at CICNet member sites. However, this guide is written in a `how to' format with the hope that it can be passed on to end-users with minimal modification. Network users should use this guide as a starting place for exploring the wealth of information available to them. This Guide is not presently intended to be a tutorial of how to use network tools. Users of this guide are assumed to be familiar with basic network tools such as FTP, Telnet, and electronic mail. The network bibliography in section 3.3. has pointers to several other documents of interest to first-time network users. The CICNet Resource Guide is not intended to be an all-encompassing reference. Information included in this guide has been selected on the basis of its long-term accessibility. It is as up to date as possible given the ever-changing network environment. Network users should consult their campus networking consultants for specific detail about accessing applications from their campus. A list of local user service organizations for CICNet members can be found in the first section of this guide. To the greatest extent possible, each entry in this guide has been checked and the information in each entry has been checked with the provider of the resource. Each entry includes a Last Verified tag that indicates the date that the information in the entry was last checked. Most entries also include some indication of the source of the material for each entry. Each entry also attempts to provide enough information so that the user can obtain the latest information about the resource. Questions on the resources themselves should be directed to the providers of the resource listed in the Contact section of each entry. This document undoubtedly has its share of errors and omissions. Please send corrections or new submissions to resource-guide@cic.net. ======================================================================== Electronic Access to this Guide This guide will be available in electronic form and accessible from various on-line tools. For details about how to access this guide on- line, use anonymous FTP to access nic.cic.net, directory /pub/resourceguide. This directory will contain the latest information on updates and on-line versions of this guide. ======================================================================== 1. CICNet Resources This section describes CICNet and some of the resources of interest to users at the organizations served by CICNet. ======================================================================== 1.1. CICNet, Inc. Last verified: June 92 CICNet, Inc. is a regional midlevel network serving a seven state region of the midwestern United States, and includes the members of the Big Ten plus the University of Chicago as its Charter Members. CICNet provides DS-1 (1.544 mbps) connections between backbone nodes, and incorporates Cisco Systems routers and Dowty CSUs. Interexchange network services are provided by MCI. The Mission Statement of CICNet is to provide its member organizations with the ability to share advanced information systems-high speed data networking, computing, video, and telecommunications-for the purpose of enhancing academic advancement and scientific research within a seven state region of the midwestern United States. CICNet is managed by an Executive Director and a Board of Directors. Management of the network is provided under contract with Advanced Network and Services (ANS). Funding for CICNet is provided by the member institutions and grant funding from the National Science Foundation. Other information about CICNet can be found via anonymous FTP to nic.cic.net. The file /README provides a basic guide to the directories available. Other information of interest: /pub/newsletter contains past issues of the CICNet newsletter The Circuit /pub/policies contains CICNet policies, including the acceptable use policy, back-door connections policy, and a schedule of costs for connections to CICNet. /pub/nircomm is the working directory for the CICNet Network Information Resources Committee (NIRCOMM). Users of gopher (see section 2.2.) can also access the CICNet Gopher server at gopher.cic.net. Contact 2901 Hubbard Road Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Attn: E. Michael Staman, President, staman@cic.net E-mail: info@cic.net Phone: (313) 998-6103 Fax:(313) 998-6105 John Hankins, Assistant Director (313) 998-6102, hankins@cic.net J. Paul Holbrook, Technical Services Manager (313) 998-7680, holbrook@cic.net Tom Easterday, Manager of Network Systems (313) 998-6285, tom@cic.net Kimberly Shaffer, Office Manager (313) 998-6103, shaffer@cic.net ======================================================================== 1.2. CICNet Members Last verified: June 1992 Ameritech Services Argonne National Laboratory Concordia University, Chicago The Field Museum of Natural History Indiana University Joiner Software, Inc. Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology Loyola University of Chicago MCI (1) Michigan State University Motorola, Inc. NOTIS Systems, Inc. Northwestern University The Ohio State University The Pennsylvania State University (1) Purdue University (1) SHARE, Inc. University of Chicago University of Illinois-Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Iowa The University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Notre Dame University of Wisconsin-Madison (1) Affiliate Members; these members do not have a network connection to CICNet. ======================================================================== 1.3. User Support Contacts at CICNet Members Last verified: May 92 These organizations are the first line of contact for Internet related questions for people at CICNet member organizations. If you are at one of these organizations and have a question about the tools or software you use to access the Internet, contact the appropriate organization listed below. If you have questions about any of the resources in this Resource Guide, do not contact these organizations; go directly to the contact organization listed with each resource. Argonne National Laboratory Computing and Telecommunications Division User Services Section E-mail: consult@anlvm.ctd.anl.gov Phone: (708) 252-5405 Concordia University Computer Center, Academic Computing Services E-mail: blackwdp@crf.cuis.edu Phone: (708) 209-3215 Illinois Institute of Technology, Kent College of Law John Mayer Director of Computing Services 565 West Adams Chicago, IL 60661 E-mail: JMAYER@MAIL.KENTLAW.EDU Phone: (312) 906-5302 Fax: (312) 906-5165 Indiana University University Computing Services - Computing Support Center E-mail: cscenter@ucs.indiana.edu Phone: (812) 855-0963 Loyola University of Chicago Joe Kaplenk Information Technologies E-mail: jkaplenk@lucpul.it.luc.edu Phone: (312) 508-2268 Michigan State University Computing Information Support Services E-mail: consult@msu.edu Phone: (517) 353-1800 Fax: (517) 353-9847 CWIS: telnet gopher.msu.edu National Center For Supercomputer Applications Randy Butler E-mail: rbutler@ncsa.uiuc.edu Phone: (217) 244 8285 Northwestern University Academic Computing and Network Services, Consulting and Education Group E-mail: acns_coned@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Phone: (708) 467-2267 (ACNS Information Center, open 24 hours during academic year) NUINFO (CWIS): telnet NUINFO@NUACVM.ACNS.NWU.EDU Purdue University Computing Center - Advanced Applications Group E-mail: (Bill Whitson) wiw@cc.purdue.edu Phone: (317) 494-1787 The Ohio State University Network Information Center E-mail: NIC@osu.edu Phone: (614) 292-4843 Network Operations Center Phone: (614) 292-5555 University of Chicago Academic Computing Services E-mail: advisor@midway.uchicago.edu Phone: (312) 702-3111 The University of Iowa User Support Center E-mail: weeg-consult@uiowa.edu Phone: (319) 335-5530 The University of Michigan ITD Consulting and Support Services E-mail: online.consulting@um.cc.umich.edu Phone: (313) 764-HELP Gopher server available at gopher.uis.itd.umich.edu University of Illinois at Chicago Computer Center E-mail: consult@uicvm.uic.edu Phone: (312) 996-2981 UICINFO, the UIC CWIS system, can be reached via tn3270 uicvm.uic.edu; at the logon screen select UICINFO. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CCSO (Computing and Communications Services Office) User Services Phone: (217) 244-1258 Gopher server available with Gopher clients at gopher.uiuc.edu or telnet gopher.uiuc.edu and login as user gopher. University of Minnesota Computer and Information Systems E-mail : consult@boombox.micro.umn.edu Phone: (612) 626-4276 On-line help: To use the gopher consultant telnet to gopher.micro.umn.edu and log in as gopher. University of Notre Dame User Services E-mail: info@nd.edu Phone: (219) 239-8111 NDInfo campus information available via Gopher: gopher.nd.edu ======================================================================== 1.4. Charge to CICNet Information Services Committee This message from John Hankins was a general announcement in July of 1991 to the CICNet community regarding the revival of the NIC Services Committee. This message lead to the formation of the CICNet Network Information Resources Committee (NIRCOMM). Introduction As CICNet, NSFNET, and the Internet continue to evolve, CICNet has an ongoing responsibility to provide new services as new needs are identified. Clearly, an area where CICNet needs to undertake a new initiative is in the delivery of Network Information Center (NIC) services. Shortly after CICNet began operations in March, 1989, an effort was undertaken to build a network information services committee. For a variety of reasons, that effort was not sustained. We are now at the point where the effort to build quality NIC services on CICNet must be rejuvenated. It is to that end that this charge has been developed. Guiding Principles A number of principles guide this effort. They include the belief that: - NIC services are the next big challenge facing the Internet community. Substantial technical challenges remain, but if we are to maximize the investment in NSFNET, the end-user's ability to easily locate and access the information resources available on the 2600+ networks connected to NSFNET must be dramatically improved; - efforts among organizations to develop NIC services must be structured in a hierarchical fashion. CICNet is relying on its member institutions to work cooperatively to build an effective and efficient NIC service which will serve the CIC and the Midwest. As we begin to accomplish this, CICNet will, in turn, be capable of providing a set of NIC functions which fit into the larger NSFNET and Internet hierarchy; -many of the NIC services offered by CICNet and its member institutions will rely on automation. In anticipation of this, CICNet has acquired a machine to provide on-line services (nic.cic.net). The majority of the human effort required to build quality NIC services will be devoted to identifying the resources, building the databases which describe these resources, providing appropriate publicity on each campus for this service, and maintaining the databases on the NIC server; -and NIC services will allow CICNet to be viewed by the end-user as an easily navigable, contiguous information space. End-users can focus on building descriptions of the resources they are seeking with the assurance that it will be easy to include all of the CICNet member institutions in the search process itself. Deliverables The committee shall plan and, where appropriate, implement a set of information services which makes maximum use of the network infrastructure offered by CICNet and ensures that end-users at the CICNet member sites are able to: -easily determine the location of information resources housed at their own and other CICNet member sites; -easily access information resources housed at their own and other CICNet member sites; -easily access information which describes important procedural and technical issues related to CICNet, NSFNET, and the Internet; -and easily access "pointers" to other, similar resources across NSFNET and the Internet. Evaluation of Issues In addition, the Committee will review the following issues and provide opinions to CICNet: -determine how CICNet should be represented in such national NIC efforts as IETF NIC and user services working groups, NSF activities, FARNET, etc. -examine opportunities where CICNet would serve as an information provider for its members. This might take the form of Dow Jones feed or an on-line posting of the Commerce and Business Daily. -through contact with faculty, staff, students, etc. at their institutions make recommendations for the formation of task forces, affinity groups, and other specific programs and services which will improve the quality of NIC services delivered by CICNet. Membership At a minimum, the committee will include one representative from each CICNet member institution. All members, including academic, nonprofit, and commercial, are encouraged to participate. Primary committee staffing will be provided by John Hankins, Assistant Director of CICNet. Additional technical support will be provided by Paul Holbrook, Manager of Technical Services, and other personnel working for CICNet under contract. NIC Facilities The primary charge of the committee is the identification and provision of information. A critical companion to this task is the development of a facility to house this information and make it readily accessible to end-users. It is the responsibility of the CICNet technical staff to lead efforts to develop or purchase appropriate software and access facilities to house this information. The committee will be kept informed of their activities on a regular basis. As mentioned previously, the CICNet-owned host, nic.cic.net, will serve as the hardware platform for this system. ======================================================================== 1.5. Survey of Resources on CICNet Source: Edward Vielmetti, MSEN List, January 1992 This list represents a loose guide to some of the interesting things in and around CICNet. It is very sketchy, providing a line or two (or perhaps none!) on each resource. Ideally, each one of these things should be an entry in this guide, and perhaps will be in the future. (Some of the items listed here are entries in this guide; for these, the entry is cross-referenced here.) For the present, this loose collection illustrates some of the diversity of resources available within CICNet. This list does not pretend to be complete or even up-to-date. Each entry typically includes a name, a one-line description, and the name of a file that can be retrieved with anonymous FTP. For example, the file reference nic.cic.net:/pub/guide/README refers to the machine nic.cic.net (which can be reached with anonymous FTP), the directory /pub/guide, and the file README in that directory. acadlist list of academic mailing lists ag-am Daily National Agricultural News (in PENpages) nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/ag-am.scr agsat AG*SAT agricultural information (in PENpages) nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/agsat.scr archive.cis.ohio-state.edu Ohio State CIS anonymous FTP server. archive.umich.edu U of Michigan ITD anonymous FTP server. archive.umich.edu:/00readme.txt atari.archive.umich.edu Atari ST software archive bit.listserv.cwis-l Campus-wide information systems discussion list. mail.unet.umn.edu:/mail/cwis nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/wais/bit.listserv.cwis-l.src bitearn.nodes CICNet NIC WAIS database of BITNET networks nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/wais/bitearn.nodes.src chameleon SGML translator project, Ohio State archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/chameleon/Book/PS.tar.Z cica-win3 Clearinghouse for Microsoft Windows software at Indiana. ftp.cica.indiana.edu:/pub/pc/win3/README ftp.cica.indiana.edu:/pub/pc/win3/INDEX cicnet-ds3-project High Performance Applications on CICNet: Impact on Design and Capacity nic.cic.net:/pub/reports/ds3-project.txt cicnet-fax-project Internet/Fax gateway project for library use See Section 6.5. nic.cic.net:/pub/reports/fax-project.txt cicnet-maps maps of CICNet network info.cic.net:/CICnet/maps/ cicnet-statistics Statistics on CICNet traffic info.cic.net:/CICNet/reports/ citi U of Michigan CITI technical reports citi.umich.edu:/usr/techreports/INDEX citi.umich.edu:/usr/techreports/Abstracts cogsci.indiana.edu Indiana U Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition cogsci.indiana.edu:/pub/iu.cogsci cogsci.indiana.edu:/pub/README college-email How to find e-mail addresses at colleges and universities nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/wais/college-email.src a.gp.cs.cmu.edu:/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mkant/Public/college- email.text comp.compilers archives of comp.compilers newsgroup primost.cs.wisc.edu:/pub/comp.compilers/ cpet Georgetown Center for Text and Technology, Electronic Text Project database tell listserv at brownvm send projects etexts ftp.georgetown.edu:[anonymous.cpet]cpet.man nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/cpet.scr cud Computer Underground Digest archives and mail server chsun1.spc.uchicago.edu:/pub/README cutcp u north texas billy barron script collection ftp.unt.edu:[anonymous.cutcp]* nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/wais/connect/ disi CICNet NIC WAIS database of X.500 implementations nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/wais/disi-catalog.src disinfectant popular virus detection program for the Mac ftp.acns.nwu.edu:/pub/disinfectant elisp-archive Ohio State GNU Emacs lisp archive. archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/README archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/LCD- datafile.Z archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp- archive/lispdir.doc embnet molecular biology WAIS servers nic.funet.fi:/FUNET/WAIS/sources/embnet/*.src eudora POP3, SMTP mail program for the Macintosh. ux1.cso.uiuc.edu:/mac/eudora/README farm-mgt Rutgers "Farm Management News and Views" (in PENpages) nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/farm-mgt.scr fax archive archives of comp.dcom.fax newsgroup nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu:/pub/fax/fax-archives/ nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/wais/comp.dcom.fax.src flybase Drosophila genetic map database ftp.bio.indiana.edu:/fly/flylist.doc freebie.engin.umich.edu U of Michigan engineering anonymous FTP archive ftp-list List of sites supporting anonymous FTP nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/wais/ftp-list.src pilot.njin.net:/pub/ftp-list/ funding-program U of Wisconsin-Madison Funding Program Directory nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/funding-program.link funet-wais WAIS servers run by Finnish network nic.funet.fi:/FUNET/WAIS/sources/ geographic-name-server Geographic info for US from USGS and USPS See Section 8.11. gopher U of Minnesota Internet Gopher distributed information service. See section 2.2. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/gopher.scr boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pub/gopher/00README gopher.uis.itd.umich.edu U of Michigan Gopher: AKA GOpherBLUE gutenberg Project Gutenberg, for free on-line text. See section 6.3. mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu:/etext/README haynet Forage (hay) clearinghouse for Pennsylvania farmers nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/haynet.scr hcibib Gary Perlman, Ohio State, Human-Computer Interaction bibliography See section 8.12. archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/hcibib/README icpsr inter-university consortium for political science research at Michigan See section 8.13. ida-sendmail U of Illinois modified sendmail that uses CCSO name server ifan International Food and Nutrition Database (in PENpages) nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/ifan.scr Internet resource guide NNSC Internet Resource Guide. (WAIS in progress) See section 3.2. io Indiana On-line, Indiana University statewide library catalog. See section 5.6. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/io.scr iubio Indiana U Archive for Molecular and General Biology See section 4.2. ftp.bio.indiana.edu:/Archive.doc iupop POP3 server for VMS, and MS-DOS client software. logos.ucs.indiana.edu:/INDEX juggling Indiana U. juggler's archive. cogsci.indiana.edu:/pub/juggling/README linguist-list Archives of "Linguist", linguist@uniwa.uwa.oz.au um.cc.umich.edu:ling:v? lsa-addresses Linguistics Society of America email address list um.cc.umich.edu:ling:emailist.lsa luis Northwestern U NOTIS library catalog. See section 5.9. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/luis.scr lumina U of Minnesota NOTIS library catalog. See section 5.18. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/lumina.scr mac.archive.umich.edu U of Michigan ITD Macintosh archives, anonymous FTP server. magic Michigan State U NOTIS library catalog. See section 5.8. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/magic.scr mailing-lists CICNet NIC WAIS database of mailing list information nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/wais/lists.src mapp The Family and Economic Well-Being National Database (in PENpages) nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/mapp.scr meeman Meeman archive of environmental journalism library catalog. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/meeman.scr michigan-census U of Michigan 5% samples of 1990 Michigan census ub.cc.umich.edu:lelf:census minnesota-daily Minnesota Daily, U of Minnesota student daily newspaper. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/minnesota-daily.scr mirlyn U of Michigan NOTIS library catalog. See section 5.17. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/mirlyn.scr msd.medsch.wisc.edu Experimental U of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School gopher nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/msd.medsch.wisc.edu.link msdos.archive.umich.edu U of Michigan ITD MS-DOS archives, anonymous FTP server. ncsa National Center for Supercomputer Applications See section 4.4. ncsa-telnet Telnet client software for Macintosh, MS-DOS neuroprose Ohio State neural networks papers archive archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/neuroprose/INDEX nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/wais/neuroprose.src nih-program-guidelines NIH Program Guidelines (in Wisc gopher) nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/nih-program-guidelines.link nl-registry U Chicago Center for Information and Languages Studies Natural language software registry tira.uchicago.edu:/registry/README tira.uchicago.edu:/registry/body.ascii nls U of Wisconsin library catalog. See section 5.20. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/nls.scr nuinfo Northwestern University PNN campus wide information service. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/nuinfo.scr nupop post office protocol client for the PC (a derivative of Minnesota's popmail client) ftp.acns.nwu.edu:/pub/nupop oasis University of Iowa NOTIS library catalog. See section 5.16. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/oasis.scr oed2 Front end to the Oxford English Dictionary, PAT, Lector, and SGML. See section 6.6. uxc.cso.uiuc.edu:/pub/oed2-*.tar.Z olsen-mla91 Mark Olsen, U of Chicago, "What can and cannot be done with electronic text in historical and literary research", for the MLA 91 session on "Modeling Literary Research Methods by Computer" tira.uchicago.edu:/pub/mla91.asc pcroute, pcbridge PCRoute and PCBridge software ftp.acns.nwu.edu:/pub/pcroute PENpages Penn State agricultural information service. See section 8.27. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/penpages.scr ph U of Illinois CCSO name server client. See section Lynn Ward, UIUC 1.10. uxc.cso.uiuc.edu:/net/ph/ph.intro.txt macph ph client for the Macintosh ftp.acns.nwu.edu:pub/ph phil.515 weather information, weather gifs vmd.cso.uiuc.edu:/phil.515/wx-talk.info popmail-pc POP (Post office protocol) mail client for msdos. boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pub/POPmail/msdos/ roget-thesaurus Roget's 1919 Thesaurus nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/wais/roget-thesaurus.src nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/roget-thesaurus.link mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu:/pub/etext/roget* ski-reports National Weather Service ski reports at U Michigan. thor Purdue University NOTIS library catalog. See section 5.12. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/thor.scr uchicago-phonebook U of Chicago Phonebook, a QI database nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/uchicago-phonebook.link uic-notis U of Illinois, Chicago NOTIS library catalog. See section 5.14. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/uic-notis.scr uicstat U of Illinois Chicago statistics, SAS archive uicvm.cc.uic.edu:/uicstat/uicstat.readme uicvm.cc.uic.edu:/uicstat/uicstat.filelist uiowa-phonebook U of Iowa Phonebook, a QI database nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/uiowa-phonebook.link uiuc-phonebook U of Illinois Phonebook, a QI database nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/uiuc-phonebook.link um-cc-news Full text of U of Michigan Computing Center Newsletter um.cc.umich.edu:doc:nl? umich-sendmail U of Michigan modified sendmail that uses X.500 umich-x500 U of Michigan X.500 client software. terminator.cc.umich.edu:/x500/README umlibtext U of Michigan library text project umn-ais-phonebook U of Minnesota Phonebook (AIS), a QI database nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/umn-ais-phonebook.link umn-cis-phonebook U of Minnesota Phonebook (CIS), a QI database nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/umn-cis-phonebook.link usenet-addresses WAIS database of user-ids of people who post to usenet nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/wais/usenet-addresses.src uumap CICNet NIC WAIS database of UUCP and USENET networks nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/wais/uumap.src uunet.uu.net:/uumap/ uunet WAIS index to UUNET anonymous FTP archive uunet.uu.net:/ nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/wais/uunet.src uunet-inet-maps UUNET collection of regional network maps uunet.uu.net:/inet/maps/ ux1.cso.uiuc.edu U of Illinois, Computing Services Office ux1.cso.uiuc.edu:/README wais.cic.net CICNet NIC WAIS servers. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/wais/cicnet-wais-servers.src weather underground U of Michigan weather, earthquake, ski reports. See section 8.37. nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/weather-underground.scr wisc-medsch-faculty U of Wisconsin-Madison medical faculty research interests nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/wisc-medsch-faculty.link wisconsin-biotech-companies Wisconsin Biotech companies (in Wisc gopher) nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/connect/wisconsin-biotech- companies.link ======================================================================== 1.6. User Directories Via CICNet Last verified: May 92 One of the most important services provided by any network is electronic mail. However, end-users, once they attempt to move beyond their department's local area network (LAN), frequently find this service less than satisfactory due to the difficulty in discovering another end- user's electronic mail address. Many times the only way to get another user's electronic mail address is to call them on the phone. This is the equivalent of using the United States mail to find out a phone number. In most cases, it is easy to find another person's phone number regardless of whether they are across campus or across the country. Similar resources are now being put into place for Internet electronic mail addresses. Listed below are ways to access on-line user directories at many of the campuses connected via CICNet. Please note that these commands will only work on systems that support the telnet and finger commands. Institution Command Indiana University-Bloomington finger firstname_lastname@indiana.edu Michigan State University finger "lastname firstname"@phone.msu.edu The Ohio State University finger firstname.lastname@osu.edu or telnet osu.edu [and follow instructions] University of Chicago finger firstname-lastname@uchicago.edu University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign finger firstname-lastname@uiuc.edu University of Iowa finger firstname-lastname@uiowa.edu University of Michigan finger firstname_lastname@umich.edu University of Minnesota finger firstname-lastname@umn.edu University of Notre Dame finger "firstname lastname"@nd.edu University of Wisconsin-Madison finger "firstname lastname"@wisc.edu Example: finger chris-pruess@uiowa.edu Source September 1991 issue of The CICNet Circuit. ======================================================================== 1.7. Using CICNet WAIS Servers to Find People, Places Last verified: May 92 Here's a survey of what's available as far as WAIS servers to help you find people and places on the net. This assumes general familiarity with WAIS; the precise details of any server connection can be had by searching the WAIS "directory-of-servers". (More information about WAIS can be found in section 2.5.) As my guide, I'm taking Tracy LaQuey's excellent 1990 book The User's Directory of Computer Networks. This nice thick book has 630-odd pages of node names, people names, contacts of all sorts. Each chapter has a guide to a bunch of computer networks, and many of these chapters now have WAIS databases built with up-to-date information. The WAIS databases are not pretty (yet? ever?) but they are current-a typical tradeoff. Chapter 1 - BITNET. A BITNET node list is the WAIS database "bitearn.nodes"; this source has contact names, locations, equivalent Internet addresses, more or less anything. The data is ugly as all get out (very rudimentary reformatting to get things within 80 columns is all I did) but when you're faced with the problem "what's APSEDOFF" the answer "American Physical Society" is not far behind. Chapter 2 - DECNET Internet. This also covers SPAN, the NASA Space Physics network, which is now called more generally the NASA Science Internet. Though none of this data is currently in WAIS except as far as it is in the general other servers, there is a special NSI database which can be reached by telnet to "nic.nsi.nasa.gov", login with username NSINIC. Chapter 3 - The Internet. To help you locate things on the Internet as a whole, look in "domain-contacts"; this file from NIC.DDN.MIL has domain names and the phone numbers to contact people. A similar collection of information with more European data is the "ripe-database" collection running on "whois.ripe.net". Chapter 4 - JANET. That's the UK network; the best WAIS source for this one is called "uk-name-registration-service". Hosts in Great Britain generally have both a short form name "ic.ac.uk" and a long form "imperial-college.ac.uk", this will help you pull them apart. Chapter 5 - USENET. A big database of people names for people who have posted to the net recently is "usenet-addresses", this has some 200,000 entries in it. It's based on a database kept by Jonathan Kamens at MIT, he's running a server there at pit-manager.mit.edu to go along with the original one at wais.cic.net, and he also offers e-mail access too. Chapter 6 - UUCP. The collection of all of the UUCP map entries, as posted to the usenet newsgroup "comp.mail.maps", is in the "uumap" source. This is particularly useful for hunting down nodes in locations where the national networking infrastructure is dialup phone lines, e.g. Russia, Argentina, Africa etc. Chapter 7 - Domains. The "domain-organizations" database is built from the "netfind" project's seed database; it will help you find out that "Eastern Illinois University" is "eiu.edu". Chapter 8 - X.500. X.500 directory services are quite powerful, though a tad slow and hard to use. The "disi-catalog" or "x.500.working.group" source has information on a number of X.500 clients of various sorts. A number of CICNet schools run CCSO Phonebook servers (see section Lynn Ward, UIUC 1.10.); you can search those using the "gopher" servers, look for the "Phone Books" entry. The WAIS database "college-email" gives hints on how to search the campus-wide phone books and e-mail directories at a number of schools on the net; that's valuable primarily when you're sure that someone's at a particular place but can't recall precise details. Several other special-purpose servers exist to get at the native directory services of other systems, in particular the mail directories of large commercial e-mail providers that are now hooked up to the net. There is no CompuServe directory available from the net, though subscribers can search it themselves. MCIMAIL users can be looked up via a service called KIS (Knowbot Information Service), which you can reach via "telnet nri.reston.va.us 185". Other services like America On- line, GENIE, Telecom Gold, Dialcom, and various X.400 mail systems which are now only partially or fitfully connected to the Internet have no ready way for non-subscribers to search. A FIDOnet directory is maintained in the "fidonet-nodelist" server. Questions about network connections are often directed to the "info- nets" mailing list, available on usenet as "bit.listserv.infonets" and searchable with WAIS as "info-nets". If you have a question that doesn't get answered easily by these databases the community there has a long history of tracking down peculiar interconnections. With this array of servers at hand, it's not altogether difficult to find people all over the world, or particularly all over CICNet. Some of the data is contradictory, ugly, inaccurate, or otherwise less ideal than what you might hope for, but all in all it's getting pretty good. What's missing is a little more detail in some areas and a nice, easy to use, friendly user interface to plop on top of the whole batch. Source Mail from Edward Vielmetti, May 1992 ======================================================================== 1.8. The Ohio State University On-line Faculty/Staff/Student Directory Last verified: June 92 The on-line directory at The Ohio State University, locally referred to as "Whois", is a database of university personnel indexed for on-line access. Whois contains names, addresses, phone numbers, titles, positions, e-mail address and fax numbers for all the faculty, staff and students affiliated with The Ohio State University. Telnet Access The directory can be searched interactively via Telnet to osu.edu. No login or password required. To search just type in a person's firstname.lastname. If more than one match exists a list of names will be displayed. Once you have narrowed the search to one unique individual you can type =firstname.lastname or the unique name which may include the middle initial. A complete list of all of the information available for that individual will be displayed. For example: =gerald.lynn.martin will provide the complete listing for the Leader of the Network Information Center at The Ohio State University. A soundex system is used so you do not have to have an exact or complete spelling to find matches. Brief instructions on how to search are given when connected or you can type help or ? for more information. Telnet Exit To exit the interactive search facility, type QUIT. Finger Access finger firstname.lastname@osu.edu will yield any matches. Example: finger gerald.l.martin will yield a Gerald.Lee.Martin at University Hospitals and a Gerald.Lynn.Martin at the Academic Computing Services. finger =gerald.lynn.martin will yield the complete listing of information for the specific individual. Using WHOIS whois -h osu.edu firstname.lastname whois is a program found on most UNIX operating systems and many other systems as well. Example: whois -h osu.edu gerald.l.martin will yield a Gerald.Lee.Martin at University Hospitals and a Gerald.Lynn.Martin at the Academic Computing Services. whois -h osu.edu =gerald.lynn.martin will yield the complete listing of information for the specific individual. E-mail Access Send e-mail to whois@osu.edu (Internet). The content of the message should be the person's firstname.lastname or =firstname.lastname for a complete listing of all information. Example: Message sent to whois@ohstmail with content =gerald.l.martin would yield the complete information available for Gerald.Lee.Martin at University Hospitals and Gerald.Lynn.Martin at the Academic Computing Services If you don't want to bother searching and just send e-mail to firstname.lastname@osu.edu our system will do the best it can to deliver the mail. If the name is unique and the individual has an e-mail address registered the mail will be forwarded. If not, a message will be returned indicating why the mail was not forwarded. Fields The result of any of these searches is a collection of information about a particular person. Some of the less obvious fields are explained below. Nickname Field Alternate first (nick) - Nickname so search can be done on nickname as well as official name. Example: A search on Jerry.Martin would yield Gerald.Lynn.Martin if a nickname of Jerry was entered in the database. Handle This is a way an individual can shorten their name to stay within the constraints of the 8 character BITNET naming convention. All handles are unique. The first one to request a handle gets it. All handles have a plus sign on the end to indicate it is not an official name. Example: Mail sent to Jerry+@osu.edu or Jerry+@ohstmail would be sent to Gerald.Lynn.Martin. Unique Name at OSU Used so individual can publish this name and never have a conflict with duplicate first and last name. This is the person's lastname with an appended unique number. Example: martin.34@osu.edu will always go to Gerald.Lynn.Martin even if there are 50 Gerald.Lynn.Martins' in the database. Current status For most full time faculty and staff this will say Currently employed. For students it will normally be Unknown. The other fields are self-explanatory. Source Jerry Martin, The Ohio State University Network Information Center. ======================================================================== 1.9. University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign On-line Staff Directory Last verified: May 92 The University of Illinois on-line student/staff directory can be accessed in a variety of ways. Three different methods are described below: Telnet Access To ph A courtesy account has been established on a University of Illinois UNIX mainframe to permit public access to the UIUC on-line student/staff directory. To use this account, follow these instructions: 1) Telnet to ux1.cso.uiuc.edu 2) When you see the login prompt, type: phones and press return. No password is required. Within seconds, the ph status message and ph> prompt should appear. 3) To get information from the directory, type the word query followed by a query expression, generally the name (first, last, or both) of the person for whom you would like information For example: query tim johnson The ph program will display all entries matching your query expression. Ph ignores both case and word order when processing queries, but requires words to match exactly, with no characters left over. Thus, the expression "tim" will match all entries for which "tim" is either the first, middle, or last name. However, the expression "tim" cannot be used to find entries containing names such as Timothy or Timmerman because "tim" is a substring of the latter names rather than an exact match. The UNIX metacharacters *, ?, [ , and ] can be used to override this limitation. Example: query tim* john* The above example would match any of the following names: Tim Johnson, Timothy Johnson, Timothy Johns, John Timmerman, Johnny Timson, William Timothy Johnson, etc. For more complete information on how to use the "query" command, type the command help query at the ph> prompt. 4) For general assistance in using the on-line directory, type the word help at the ph> prompt. A list of help topics will be displayed. To obtain detailed information on any of the help topics listed, type the word "help" followed by the name of the desired topic. Example: help email Exit Telnet ph To log off of ph, type "quit" at the ph> prompt. This will terminate your telnet session. Gopher Access A Gopher server (see section 2.2.) has been available for public use at the University of Illinois since Spring of 1992. One of the options on the Main Menu of the UIUC Gopher server is "Phone Books." The Phone Books option provides access to the University of Illinois on-line directory as well as the on-line directories of all other universities running the ph program. To use the Phone Books utility, select the institution for which you want directory information and enter a ph query. The precise manner for executing a query varies from one Gopher client to the next, but generally involves entering information into one or more pre-defined fields such as name, e-mail address, phone number, department, etc. All directory entries matching the query expression will be displayed. Client ph Access The final access method involves establishing a connection to the University of Illinois Nameserver via a remote "ph" client program. Several universities served by CICNet use the ph program to maintain their own on-line student/staff directories. Some ph client programs can be used to query both the local ph database and ph databases at other institutions. The manner of executing remote queries varies from client to client. The UNIX, VMS, and DOS ph clients offer the "-s" (site) option for remote queries, which permits the user to indicate the specific ph site to which the query should be directed. The general syntax for directing ph queries to the University of Illinois using the "-s" option is: ph -s ns.uiuc.edu query_expression For example, to locate the entry for a UIUC student named Timothy Johnson from a remote ph site, one would type: ph -s ns.uiuc.edu timothy johnson The "-s" option can only be used when executing ph commands from the operating system prompt and is not available in ph's so-called interactive mode. For more specific information on accessing the University of Illinois on-line directory via a remote ph client, consult the on-line or written documentation for the ph client software being used. Note: Not all ph clients are capable of querying remote ph servers. Source Lynn Ward, UIUC ======================================================================== 1.10. The CCSO Nameserver (Ph) Last verified: May 92 Directory information about people and things developed by the Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. What Is the CCSO Nameserver? The CCSO Nameserver could be considered a database containing information about people and things at the University of Illinois. It is designed to be extremely flexible in terms of the information it keeps, and also to provide fast access to that information. Currently, most of the information in the database comes from the University Student/Staff Directory (the printed phone book), but the database also holds additional categories of information such as the complete University Timetable for the Fall, Spring and Summer semesters; a guide to local restaurants; area codes for major cities and regions in the U.S.; up-to- date weather conditions and forecast information for many Illinois cities and larger metropolitan areas throughout the country; and special entries created on request such as organizations within departments and student clubs and organizations. The CCSO Nameserver could also be regarded as a pair of programs: one that manages the actual data (this program is called qi, for query interpreter), and another one that handles user requests (the program CCSO provides for this is called ph, for phone book). To most people, the CCSO Nameserver will be exactly this second program, ph, which gives them access to the University directory and other data held in the database. What Services Does the CCSO Nameserver Offer? The Nameserver can be used for looking up phone numbers and addresses of University faculty, students or staff members, just like the printed version of the Student/Staff Directory; but the Nameserver is good for more than just that. For one thing, the Nameserver contains the electronic mail addresses for thousands of faculty, students and staff. It also includes additional information about some individuals such as office hours, birthdays, vacation plans, fax numbers, etc. Information of the latter sort is usually entered manually by the owner of the entry. Thus, e-mail addresses, vacation plans, office hours, and other personal information about faculty and staff at the University are available for some entries in the database and not others. A key thing to know about the Nameserver is that, if you use a computer that has ph installed on it, you can change the information the Nameserver keeps about you. For example, if your office address or phone number changes in the middle of the year, you can put your correct address and phone number in the Nameserver immediately, so that people can use ph to find up-to-date information about you. Another very important function of the Nameserver is electronic mail forwarding. If you tell the Nameserver where you read your electronic mail, then anyone wishing to send mail to you can send the mail to "alias@uiuc.edu", where "alias" is your Nameserver alias (a unique name by which the Nameserver knows you, generally formed by your first initial, a hyphen, and your full last name). If someone doesn't know your Nameserver alias, s/he can send mail to "your-name@uiuc.edu", and the Nameserver will try to find you. In either case, the Nameserver will send your mail to the address listed in the email field of your Nameserver entry. For example, you can send mail to Steven Dorner (author of the ph program) using the address: s-dorner@uiuc.edu ("s- dorner" is Steve's Nameserver alias), or steven-dorner@uiuc.edu (Steve's real-life name). Either way, the mail will be forwarded by the Nameserver to dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu, which is where Steve currently reads his mail (and the address currently listed in Steve's email field in the ph database). CICNet Schools Using the CCSO NameServer Software (as of 5/8/92) Northwestern University University of Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Iowa University of Minnesota University of Notre Dame University of Wisconsin at Madison Source Lynn Ward, UIUC ======================================================================== 2. Internet Navigation Tools This section presents some of the more useful tools beyond telnet and ftp that can be used to find your way around the Internet. ========================================================================------------ 2.1. Archie: Searching Across Over 1000 Software Archives Last verified: May 92 One of the most useful Internet services, acquisition of public domain software, can be the most frustrating. There are now hundreds of servers with thousands of software titles spread throughout the Internet. Often the searcher knows that the needed software is somewhere out there but finding the software title through this maze can take a long time. After checking 10 or 20 host sites, one is tempted to give up. Archie is a system devised to make locating software on public archives simple. Instead of searching the remote hosts one at a time, the user can enter the search on "archie" and find out where copies exist across over a thousand (at this writing) hosts covering over 2.1 million file names. The results of the search may be viewed on-line or sent automatically via e-mail for later viewing. Search results identify host domain name and IP address and the exact path and filename to the requested file making it easy to ftp. The search engine has many powerful features to aid in retrieving those hard-to-find titles. Archie was developed at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Availability The Archie database is available at several servers in North America and selected overseas sites. (In addition there are some servers which carry files of regional interest; e.g., in Japan.) The current servers include: archie.ans.net (USA [NY]) archie.rutgers.edu (USA [NJ]) archie.sura.net (USA [MD]) archie.unl.edu (USA [NE]) archie.mcgill.ca (Canada) archie.funet.fi (Located in Finland) archie.au (Australia) archie.doc.ic.ac.uk (Great Britain) While connected to an Archie server, one can obtain a list of current servers by typing "servers". One can connect to Archie via Telnet or by use of an Archie client. Details are provided below in the Access section. Use of clients is strongly encouraged to reduce the load on archie servers. Access telnet archie.cs.mcgill.ca (or telnet any of the other Archie servers listed above; the McGill Archie server is often heavily loaded. Other servers may provide faster response time.) Enter login of "archie". A description of the archie system and project and examples of an archie session and search results are included in the following sections. At its simplest, the user enters the command "prog", for program, from the archie prompt followed by a string of characters from a filename to be searched. archie> prog For example "prog xclock" will cause archie to search all the archives for the string "xclock". At the end of the search, archie will present the results back to the screen (unless directed to mail the results to another host). On-line help is available from the Archie server by typing "help". The parameter is a regular expression; for syntax details, see "help regex". Press the return key to exit a Help topic. Complete documentation is available for anonymous FTP from archie.mcgill.ca in the archie/doc subdirectory The gopher system at the U of Minnesota (section 2.2.) has an archie gateway at the top of the gopher menu at boombox.micro.umn.edu labeled "FTP Searches". This system lets you also download software via gopher. Exit Type "exit", "quit", or "bye" from any screen and press return. Archie clients provide the user with a sophisticated interface and perform the login and Archie transactions to the server of the user's choice. File names are displayed in a full-screen list. Some clients, such as the NeXT client, will, upon the user's request, open a connection to a site of the user's choice, and perform the necessary FTP to retrieve the file to the user's workstation. Thus the search for a software title and the retrieval to the user's workstation can be performed using one automated tool. Archie clients are available via FTP from archie.mcgill.ca in the subdirectory archie/clients. Most of the same clients are also available from ftp.cs.widener.edu in the directory /pub/archie. ======================================================================== 2.2. Gopher: A Distributed Client/Server Information System Last Verified: June 92 Gopher is a distributed information system that provides gopher clients with access to text files, full text searches, as well as seamless access and other services such as WAIS (see section 2.5.), ftp, and Archie (section 2.1.) servers. Gopher is typically used as a Campus Wide Information System (CWIS; see section 7.), and since gopher clients can transparently access information spread over a number of servers, the gopher user navigates through an interconnected web of information spread across institutional and national boundaries. The Internet Gopher software was developed by the Computer and Information Services department of the University of Minnesota. The software may be freely distributed. Many sites in CICNet and around the country have set up Gopher servers. Access The gopher software is available via anonymous ftp from boombox.micro.umn.edu in the /pub/gopher directory tree. Gopher clients are available for Macintosh, MS-DOS, NeXT, X, generic UNIX, VMS, and VM/CMS systems. Gopher server software is available for Macintosh, UNIX, VMS, VM/CMS, and MVS systems. The best way to access gopher is to run the appropriate gopher client software for your machine. Keep in mind that the quality of the overall gopher experience is greatly enhanced by using a mouse, and VT-100 terminals do not have mice. Another reason to run the gopher client software on your own machine is that gopher is an extensible system, and some data types (such as sounds) are supported on only some clients. So, the best way to access gopher is to get the most recent client software via ftp from boombox.micro.umn.edu and run that. Telnet Access telnet consultant.micro.umn.edu; log in as "gopher". The consultant.micro.umn.edu machine assumes that you are emulating a VT- 100 terminal. Telnet Exit Type Q at the Gopher prompt. Extended Description There are approximately 100 gopher servers in use today, and information available includes on-line campus newspapers, weather, sounds, campus directories, genome databases, frequently asked question databases, recipes, collections of telnet accessible library catalogs, and so on. Gopher was designed to be a simple to implement protocol that would allow for easily building a distributed server network for general information access. Gopher is extensible in that gopher servers return a type tag along with the information sent to a gopher client; this makes it possible for gopher clients to ignore types of information that they do not know how to handle. While much of the information currently in the gopher system is textual, there are types for full-text search engines, platform-specific binary files (such as Macintosh programs), electronic phone books, telnet session descriptors, digitized sounds, and so on. By combining gopher clients that understand a variety of types of information with a large number of gopher servers and software gateways to non-gopher systems such as WAIS, non-technical users can be presented with a rich information environment that requires minimal training to use. Contact Internet Gopher Team 132 Shepherd Labs 100 Union St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 E-mail:gopher@boombox.micro.umn.edu Phone: (612) 625-1300 The Gopher Team also operates a mailing-list called gopher-news that contains announcements of new software and new information available in Gopher. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to: gopher-news-request@boombox.micro.umn.edu Another source of information about gopher is the USENET newsgroup alt.gopher. Source Mark P. McCahill, University of Minnesota ======================================================================== 2.3. HYTELNET: Hypertext PC-Based Internet Directory Last verified: April 92 Hypertext software and database describing many Internet resources including bulletin board systems, Freenet systems, and library systems. The library systems listed include many international sites. HYTELNET is available in several different forms: as a server on the Internet, as a VMS server, and as a PC program. HYTELNET was originally written as a PC program by Peter Scott. Internet Access Internet users may use the UNIX HYTELNET server by: telnet access.usask.ca Login as user hytelnet. PC and Server Software The PC version of HYTELNET and the UNIX and VMS servers may be obtained via anonymous ftp from access.usask.ca in the directory /pub/hytelnet. The different versions are in subdirectories beneath this directory. The PC version requires the utility PKUNZIP, which is stored along with the PC version of HYTELNET. The program and database come in a single ZIP file, which when unzipped produces another ZIP file and file named README.!!!. Users should be sure to look at this README file; it gives important instructions on how to finish installing the program. Description HYTELNET is a tool that allows the user to browse through a database of Internet accessible sites. The database includes an extensive list of libraries indexed several ways, and lists of other on-line systems. The PC version of HYTELNET is a memory resident program. The program itself does not talk to the network, but rather serves as a quick reference that a PC user can use with their PC network or communications software. The on-line version of HYTELNET uses the same database and commands as the PC version of HYTELNET. PC Contact This contact is for the original author of the PC version of HYTELNET. Peter Scott Acquisitions Department University of Saskatchewan Libraries Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada S7N OWO E-mail: SCOTT@SKLIB.USASK.CA Phone: (306) 966-6014 FAX:(306) 966-6040 UNIX Contact This contact is for the Internet server and the server software code. Earl Fogel Computing Services, Room 56 Physics University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Saskatchewan, CANADA, S7N 0W0 E-mail: fogel@sask.usask.ca Fax: (306) 966-4938 Phone: (306) 966-4861 Source This information was obtained from the various README files associated with HYTELNET. ======================================================================== 2.4. SWAIS: Simplified Version of WAIS Available Via Telnet Last verified: May 92 "SWAIS" is a screen-mode simplified version of the WAIS (Wide Area Information Server) system. The simple WAIS system is a fascinating introduction to the use of distributed information resources accessed via the Z39.50 information retrieval protocol. WAIS servers include information to help you find people on the net, indexed archives of a number of mailing lists and newsgroups, reference works, technical reports, poetry, and music. Access telnet quake.think.com At the "username" prompt, type "wais" and press return. Enter "vt100" (or other appropriate terminal type) at the TERM = prompt. From the initial SWAIS menu, type "?" to get a brief help description of commands. Exit Type "q" from any screen to back out one screen or exit the system completely. ======================================================================== 2.5. WAIS: An Electronic Publishing System For Non-Professional Searchers Last verified: May 92 The Wide Area Information Servers project was started by Thinking Machines to construct an electronic publishing system for non- professional searchers. It is a client-server system using a standard protocol (based on NISO Z39.50) to allow users to find and retrieve information from a large number of servers. To make the system friendly to end users, it uses natural language as the query format, and the retrieved information can be anything from text and pictures, to video or formatted records. As of mid-1992 there are about 250 servers on the Internet. Access The WAIS software (for UNIX, Mac, NeXT, MS-Windows and MS-DOS) can be retrieved via anonymous FTP from think.com in the directory /wais. Users of Gopher (see section 2.2.) can access WAIS databases through a gateway at the University of Minnesota. There is also a service in place at quake.think.com (login: wais) and at hub.nnsc.nsf.net (login: wais) which lets users on the Internet get to WAIS via telnet using one of the WAIS clients, SWAIS, that comes with the software distribution. CICNet runs a number of WAIS servers; for more details on these see the files on nic.cic.net in the directory /pub/nircomm/wais. Description The system is composed of three components: a client program provides the user interface; servers do the indexing and retrieval of documents; and a standard protocol is used to transmit the queries and responses. The client and server are isolated from each other through the protocol. Any client that is capable of translating a user's request into the standard protocol can be used in the system. Likewise, any server capable of answering a request encoded in the protocol can be used. On the client side, questions are formulated as natural language questions. The client application then translates the question into the WAIS protocol, and transmits it over a network to a server. The server receives the transmission, translates the received packet into its own query language, and searches for documents satisfying the query. The list of relevant documents are then encoded in the protocol, and transmitted back to the client. The client decodes the response, and displays the results. The documents can then be retrieved from the server. From the user's point of view, a server is a source of information. It can be located anywhere that one's workstation has access to: on the local machine, on a nearby network, or on a system half way around the world. A user's workstation keeps track of a variety of information about each server. The public information about a server includes how to contact it, a description of the contents, and who is responsible for it. In addition, individual users maintain certain private information about the servers they use, like which ones gave good answers recently. With most current retrieval systems, complications develop as soon as one begins dealing with more than one source of information. The most common problem is that of asking a particular question. For example, one contacts the first source, asks it for information on some topic, contacts the next source, asks it the same questions (most likely using a different query language, a different style of interface, a different system of billing), contacts the next source, and so on. One of the primary motivations behind the initial development of the WAIS system was to replace all this with a single interface. With WAIS, the user selects a set of sources to query for information, and then formulates a question. When the question is run, the system automatically asks all the servers for the required information with no further interaction necessary by the user. The documents returned are sorted and consolidated in a single place, to be easily manipulated by the user. The user has transparent access to a multitude of local and remote databases. One of the most far-reaching aspects of this project is the development of an open protocol. Three companies (Thinking Machines, Apple, and Dow Jones) have jointly specified a standard protocol for information retrieval since creating a market where new servers can be readily established requires an open, publicly available protocol. Ideally this protocol would be an internationally standardized, yet flexible enough to adapt to new ideas and technologies; functioning over any electronic network, from the highest speed optical connections to phone lines. The use of an open and versatile protocol fosters hardware independence. This not only provides for a much wider base of users, it allows the system to seamlessly evolve over time as hardware technology progresses. It provides incentive to produce the best components possible. For example, the protocol provides for the transmission of audio and video as well as text, even though at present most workstations are unable to handle them. However, they are free to ignore pictures and sound returned in response to questions, and to display and retrieve only text. This inability, though, does not hinder higher-end platforms from exploiting their greater processing power and network bandwidth. The WAIS protocol is based on the existing Z39.50 standard but extended to incorporate many of the needs of a full-text information retrieval system. To allow future flexibility, the standard does not restrict the query language or the data format of the information to be retrieved. Nonetheless, a query convention has been established for the existing servers and clients. The resulting WAIS Protocol is general enough to be implemented on a variety of communications systems. WAIS developers are working with the standards committee to put the needed functionality into a future version of the standard. The success of a WAIS-like system depends on a critical mass of users and information services. In order to encourage development and use, Thinking Machines is not only publishing a specification for the protocol, but is also making the source code for a WAIS Protocol implementation freely available. While this software is available at no cost, it comes with no support. We hope that it will facilitate others in developing servers and clients. More Information A series of "Frequently Asked Questions" documents about WAIS is being developed in the newsgroup comp.infosystems.wais, and these are available for anonymous FTP from rtfm.mit.edu in the directory /pub/usenet/comp.infosystems.wais. Contact Brewster Kahle Project Leader Thinking Machines Corporation 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 E-mail:Brewster@Think.com Phone: (415) 329-9300 x228 Source The discussion of WAIS is lifted from an article by Brewster Kahle, "Roles of Electronic Publishing on Campus", version 0.2, edited slightly for presentation in this guide. ======================================================================== 2.6. White Pages: NYSERNet/PSI On-line X.500 Directory Last verified: May 92 On-line directory of personnel at 104 organizations representing over 230,000 users in the United States and abroad. For New York users, the White Pages is particularly useful since many New York State universities and major corporations are included. Information on file includes name, electronic mail address, postal address, telephone number, and job title. A variety of searching methods may be used to search the White Pages. A common search method is to combine name and a word from the organization name. Access telnet wp.psi.com At the login prompt, type "fred" followed by a return. The system will display an introductory message and a fred> prompt will display at which time the user may begin searching. Users who connect from a machine running the X Window System (terminal type XTerm) can get a X Windows interface to the White Pages. The software can be obtained via anonymous ftp (in BINARY mode) from host uu.psi.com, filename pilot/scr/pilot-ps.tar.Z. There is also a compressed tar image containing the documentation for the service. This administrator's guide details how to retrieve the software and join the project. For further information, contact wpp-manager@psi.com. Exit At the fred> prompt, type "quit" followed by return. Description The NYSERNet/PSI White Pages project began in July, 1989 and has become the largest project of its kind. It is noteworthy for the software design using the OSI (open systems interconnect network standard) X.500 directory standard. The service, which includes international connections, represents the first large scale use of OSI services in the Internet. The primary goal of the project is to encourage organizations to use the OSI Directory to store infrastructural information about their personnel. There are two requirements for site participation: full IP connectivity and an informal commitment on the part of the organization to devote personnel resources to running the local server and keeping the data current. A UNIX machine is required to run the software, which is available from PSI for free (as described above under Access). In addition to the "fred" telnet interface, an interface to the White Pages based on the X Window system called xwp is available. In addition to supporting interactive queries, xwp supports browsing for easy-to-use examination of the White Pages - simply click on a line displayed by xwp and additional information is presented. "xwp" is available via the PSI Software Source distribution package. Contact ssd-info@psi.com or (800) 82PSI82 for details. Contact Performance Systems International, Inc. 11800 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite 1100 Reston, VA 22091 E-mail:info@psi.com Phone: (800) 82PSI82 or (703) 620-6651 ======================================================================== 2.7. Gateways to Commercial Information Services/Networks Communication gateways to popular commercial information services. Access telnet hermes.merit.edu At the "Which Host?" prompt, fill in the code from the values listed below. Most of the services listed require separate accounts which must be obtained directly from that service. Exit Logoff normally for each service, connection will be closed by Merit. The list below was selected from the "help" service at hermes.merit.edu. A complete list may be obtained from this service by typing "help" and then selecting "Network Resources" at the "Which Host?" prompt. The services selected below represent the most important commercial information services in general use today. Most school and library users of these services, accustomed to dial-up, will find access to this wide variety of services a great benefit. ABA/NET FOCUS ALANET LEXIS Autonet nasa-spacelink BRS Natl-Lib-Med CERN NCAR-Telenet CompuServe NYTimes Comshare OAG Datapac Peacenet DatapacInfo Sprintnet Dialcom Telenet-Cust-Serv Dialog Telenet-Mail DIALOUT-AA Telenet-Telemail Dow-Jones WestLaw EASYNET Wilsonline Contact E-mail: info@merit.edu ======================================================================== 3.Guides and Directories This section includes directories of Internet resources that may be useful. ======================================================================== 3.1. Directories of Electronic Journals and Academic E-mail Conferences Last verified: June 92 Two important directories of electronic journals and academic electronic mail conferences have been distributed in electronic and print form. Instructions for down-loading and ordering are included in the following entry. Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters The following information is from the introduction to The Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters. The Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters is a compilation of entries for over 500 scholarly lists, about 30 journals, over 60 newsletters, and 15 titles in other categories including some newsletter-digests. The Directory is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of all journals and newsletters which are of academic interest and available through BITNET, Internet and any affiliated networks. This Directory is part of an ongoing project and is updated as new electronic journals and newsletters come into existence and as existing entries are changed. Every effort has been made to provide the user with up-to-date information. Most entries have been either provided from or scrutinized by the journal and newsletter editors themselves to assure accuracy. The primary intent of this Directory is to catalog all existing electronic journals and newsletters that are freely available over the various academic networks. A secondary intention is to catalog all e- serials that are being produced over the commercial networks. Thus over time this Directory will provide an entirely comprehensive listing of all e-serials. As the traditional taxonomy of "journal" and "newsletter" is ill suited to the diversity of formats found within the networks, a third category of "Hypercard Stacks, Digest-Newsletters and Others (Section 4)" is here included. This section catalogs Hypercard stacks and other formats that represent significant sources of information that are similar in nature to journals and newsletters. It should be noted that digests which are straightforward collections of conversational questions and answers are considered to be a type of list *but* any digests which mix a simple list format with the newsletter format are here included. Ordinary (conversational) digests and lists are covered in Diane Kovacs' compilation, The Directories of Academic E-Mail Conferences. Thus no attempt has been made to provide a comprehensive listing of the hundreds of existing digests in this Directory. Access The primary access to this Directory is the LISTSERV facility. Send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@acadvm1.uottawa.ca with the following two lines in the body of the message. GET EJOURNL1 DIRECTRY GET EJOURNL2 DIRECTRY These files can also be obtained via anonymous FTP from ncnoc.concert.net in the directory /doc/libnet. Retrieve the files Ejournl1 and Ejournl2 (case is significant.) The Directories of Academic E-Mail Conferences The Directories of Academic E-Mail Conferences contains descriptions of 776 electronic conferences on topics of interest to scholars. The directory entries are split up by category based upon the dominant academic subject. Topic descriptions are taken in whole or part from the descriptions provided by each listowner, editor, moderator or coordinator to the New-List, the List of Lists, and the Internet Interest Groups file. Access Anonymous FTP to ftp ksuvxa.kent.edu, directory LIBRARY. The file ACADLIST.README provides an introduction guide to the directory. Contact Diane K. Kovacs - One of the Moderators of LIBREF-L Instructor, Reference Librarian for the Humanities Kent State University Libraries Kent, Ohio 44242 Phone: (216) 672-3045 E-mail:DKOVACS@kentvm.kent.edu Paper Access to Directories The Association of Research Libraries has made both of the directories listed above available in a single document. Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters, and Academic Discussion Lists Compiled by Michael Strangelove and Diane Kovacs; Edited by Ann Okerson. Washington, DC: Second Edition, March 1992 ISSN: 1057-1337 Choice Of Formats: Print-on-paper, 241 pages, 8.5 x 11 inch size 3.5" diskette, ASCII text for DOS 3.5" diskette, ASCII text for the Macintosh For more information on how to order (e-mail preferred): Office of Scientific & Academic Publishing Association of Research Libraries 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 USA E-mail:cdklein@cni.org Phone: (202) 232-2466 Fax:(202) 462-7849 Source Introductions to The Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters and The Directories of Academic E-Mail Conferences. Christine Klein, Association of Research Libraries ======================================================================== 3.2. Internet Resource Guide Last verified: May 92 The NSF Network Service Center (NNSC) publishes a guide to resources on the Internet. These resources include facilities such as supercomputers, databases, libraries, or specialized programs on the Internet which are available to large numbers of users. Each entry in the guide contains a description of the resource, a description of who may use the resource, the type of access supported (e-mail, ftp, telnet), and contact points for further information such as a phone number, e-mail address, and name of a contact person where appropriate. Each listing is approximately one page of text. Access The guide is available via anonymous ftp from nnsc.nsf.net in the directory resource-guide. The README file from nnsc.nsf.net in the directory resource-guide gives the following information about how to get the Internet Resource Guide: The Internet Resource Guide hierarchy is organized as follows. Material is divided up into chapter and section. Each chapter has its own directory, and each section has its own files, one for PostScript and one for plain text. So, to retrieve section 1.1 of chapter 1, you should FTP the files resource-guide/chapter.1/section1-1.ps (Postscript) resource-guide/chapter.1/section1-1.txt (Text) To simplify retrieval of entire chapters and chapter updates, or of the entire resource guide, you can FTP compressed tar files. The tar files for individual chapters include the recently updated sections; there is a file for PostScript versions and another file for text versions. resource-guide/chapter1-txt.tar.Z resource-guide/chapter1-ps.tar.Z The most recent changes to a chapter are in a file named: chapter#-changes.tar.Z. These include the Postscript and text versions, only of the most recently updated sections. resource-guide/chapter1-changes.tar.Z For an index of filenames in nnsc.nsf.net in directory resource-guide, see the file "index-resource-guide." Updates The Guide is published using an electronic submission and distribution system. Recipients print the pages locally and insert them into a looseleaf binder, which they update when they receive new material. If you want to join the list to receive additions to the guide, send a message to resource-guide-request@nnsc.nsf.net. Specify whether you would like to receive additions in plain-text or PostScript form. Contact NSFNet Network Service Center Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc. 10 Moulton Street Cambridge, MA 02138 E-mail: nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net Phone: (617) 873-3400 Source Internet Resource Guide Press Release 27 August 1990 Files under nnsc.nsf.net directory resource-guide. ======================================================================== 3.3. Network Bibliography Last verified: April 92 These are a few of the more important sources of network information-both the networks themselves and the information resources available on them. There are many more useful sources not included here; for additional information see the bibliography by Karen Bowers, et.al. Barron, Billy. UNT's Accessing On-Line Bibliographic Databases. Denton, TX: University of North Texas, 1991. [Available on-line on host ftp.unt.edu, in directory /library] Bowers, Karen, et. al. FYI on Where to Start - A Bibliography of Internetworking Information. Network Working Group, Request for Comments 1175, August 1990. [Available on-line on host nic.ddn.mil, directory rfc:, filename RFC1175.TXT] Britten, William A. "BITNET and the Internet: Scholarly Networks for Librarians." C&RL News, 51(2) (February 1990):103-107. Cerf, Vinton. The Internet Activities Board. Network Working Group, Request for Comments 1160, May 1990. [Available on-line on host nic.ddn.mil, directory rfc:, filename RFC.1160.TXT] - Thoughts on the National Research and Education Network. Network Working Group, Request for Comments 1167, July 1990. [Available on-line on host nic.ddn.mil, directory rfc:, filename RFC1167.TXT] Coalition for the National Research and Education Network. NREN: The National Research and Education Network. Washington, DC: Coalition for the National Research and Education Network, 1989. Comer, Douglas. Internetworking with TCP/IP: Volume 1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture. 2nd edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991. Condon, Christopher. BITNET Userhelp. BITNET, October 1990. [Available by e-mail message "GET BITNET USERHELP to NETSERV%BITNIC.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU] Frey, Donnalyn and Rick Adams. !%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks. Second Edition. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly and Associates, 1990. Kalin, Sally W. "Beyond OPACS..The wealth of information resources on the internet." by Sally W. Kalin and Roy Tenant in DATABASE Vol 14, Number 4 ISSN: 0162-4105 Kehoe, Brendan. Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide to the Internet. Widener University, Chester, PA, 1992. [Available by anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.widener.edu in the directory /pub/zen.] Krol, Ed. The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Internet. Network Working Group, Request for Comments 1118, September 1989. [Available on-line on host nic.ddn.mil, directory rfc:, filename RFC1118.TXT] LaQuey, Tracy L. User's Directory of Computer Networks. Bedford, MA: Digital Press, 1990. List of Lists. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International, Network Information Systems Center, 1990. [Available on host ftp.nisc.sri.com in directory netinfo, filename interest-groups; also by e-mail command "Send netinfo/interest-groups" to mailserver@nisc.sri.com] Malkin, Gary Scott and Marine, April N. FYI on Questions and Answers: Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User" Questions. Network Working Group, Request for Comments 1206, February 1991. [Available on-line on host nic.ddn.mil, directory rfc:, filename RFC1206.TXT] Marine, April. Internet: Getting Started. SRI International Network Information Systems Center, May 1992. Contact: (415) 859-6387 or nisc@nisc.sri.com. Martin, Jerry. Gold in the Networks! The Ohio State University, 1992. [Available via anonymous FTP from magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu in the directory /pub/network, file resource.txt.] National Science Foundation Network Service Center. Internet Resource Guide. Cambridge, MA: NSF Network Service Center, 1989. [Available on host nnsc.nsf.net, directory resource-guide, or via e-mail request to resource-guide-request@nnsc.nsf.net] Quarterman, John S. The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide. Bedford, MA: Digital Press, 1990. St. George, Art and Ron Larsen. Internet-Accessible Library Catalogs and Databases. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico, 1991. [Available via anonymous ftp from nic.cerf.net, directory cerfnet/cerfnet_info/library_catalog. Also available by e-mail message "GET LIBRARY PACKAGE" to listserv%unmvma.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu] Shapiro, Norman Z. and Robert H. Anderson. Toward an Ethics and Etiquette for Electronic Mail. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, July 1985. Source Much of this information was provided by Roy Tennant Public Service Automated Systems Coordinator The Library 130 Doe, University of California, Berkeley 94720 Phone: (415) 642-3532 Fax: (415) 643-7891 E-mail:rtennant@library.berkeley.edu ======================================================================== 3.4. RFC: Request for Comments Last verified: June 92 The Requests for Comments (RFCs) are working notes of the Internet research and development community. A document in this series may be on essentially any topic related to computer communication, and may be anything from a meeting report to the specification of a standard. Many RFCs are the descriptions of network protocols or services, often giving detailed procedures and formats for their implementation. Other RFCs report on the results of policy studies or summarize the work of technical committees or workshops. All RFCs are considered public domain unless explicitly marked otherwise. The FYI (For Your Information) series of documents is a subset of the RFC series. FYI documents tend to be more informational and less technical. FYI documents are assigned both an FYI number and an RFC number. Part of the reasoning behind this is how RFC numbers are assigned; if an RFC is ever updated, it is assigned a new RFC number. If a document has a FYI number, however, that number will not change, even if the document is revised. Thus, the FYI number serves as a more permanent reference number. Access On-line copies are available via anonymous FTP from nic.ddn.mil, in pathname /rfc/rfcnnnn.txt or /rfc/rfcnnnn.ps, where nnnn is the number of the RFC. FYI documents are also stored in the RFC directory with pathname /rfc/fyinn.txt. Where Else to Find RFCs Other sites with repositories that support anonymous FTP of RFCs are: nis.nsf.net in directory /internet/publications/rfc ftp.nisc.sri.com in directory /rfc and /fyi uu.psi.net in directory /rfc. Filenames An index of all RFCs is available in the same directory as the RFCs. RFC filenames begin with the characters "RFC" but vary in the representation of the RFC number. Some sites use preceding zeroes in the filename, some do not. E.g., the filename for RFC 100 might be "rfc100.txt" or "rfc0100.txt." The quickest way to find out which convention is followed is to do a directory listing and look at how the filenames are displayed. General Interest Here are the names and titles of some RFCs and FYIs considered to be of general interest to Internet users. Where applicable, both the FYI and the RFC number are given, but using the FYI number will always assure the reader of getting the latest version of the document. RFC 1118 The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet FYI 3, RFC 1175 FYI on Where to Start: A Bibliography of Internetworking Information. FYI 4, RFC 1206 Answers to Commonly Asked "New Internet User" Questions FYI 7, RFC 1207 Answers to Commonly Asked "Experienced Internet User" Questions RFC 1208 Networking Glossary of Terms FYI 10, RFC 1290 Gold in the Networks! Source RFC Series ======================================================================== 4.Research/Supercomputer Resources ======================================================================== 4.1. IBM Supercomputing Program Data Base Last verified: May 92 The IBM Supercomputing Program Data Base is a listing of information concerning programs that have been written or converted to use IBM 3090 vector or parallel processing. The database is maintained by the Computer Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago with support from IBM. Data provided for each program include the program's application area, name, a description, the environment under which it operates, the person to contact for more information and the approximate cost for academic user. The programs themselves are not available through the data base. The data base is referred to as "supersft" for "supercomputing software." Access This data base is accessible to other universities through BITNET and the Internet. A LISTSERV virtual machine named SUPERSFT has been established at UIC for easy retrieval of the information. Miscellaneous Information Three files available through this LISTSERV provide information about the data base, an index to the data base, and a form for submission of information. To receive these files, send an e-mail message to listserv@uicvm.cc.uic.edu. The message should contain just the appropriate LISTSERV commands, such as get supersft help [for the help file] get supersft index [for the index] get supersft form [for the submission form] Submissions to the data base can be made either electronically or by mail. The information submission form is in the file named SUPERSFT FORM mentioned above. Contact Supercomputing Support Office University of Illinois at Chicago Computer Center (mail code 135) Box 6998 Chicago, IL 60680 E-mail:supersft@uicvm.uic.edu Phone: (312) 996-2981 Source NNSC's Internet Resource Guide (6/89). ======================================================================== 4.2. IuBio Archive for Molecular and General Biology Last verified: May 92 The IuBio Archive maintains publicly available biology software and data. Molecular biology is the area of concentration. The archive includes software for Macintosh, VAX-VMS, UNIX, MS-DOS, and any other important computer operating systems. Contributions of broad interest in any area of biology, and related areas of chemistry and other sciences, are welcome. Contributions of interest over several computer platforms should either be plain text files or ARC archives. Availability Anyone may use this resource, with the restriction that software or data obtained here may not be sold or repackaged. Access IuBio can be accessed via anonymous FTP file transfer from ftp.bio.indiana.edu. Contact Don Gilbert is currently maintaining this archive. Biocomputing Office Biology Department Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 E-mail:Archive@FTP.Bio.Indiana.Edu Source NNSC Internet Resource Guide (9/91) ======================================================================== 4.3. MATLAB User Group Archive Last verified: May 92 This is a library of user-written functions, utilities, and other related items for users of the MATLAB numeric computation system. The archive is set up as a mail-based server. The archive includes directories for approximation theory, control theory, data analysis and statistics, graphics, numerical integration, linear algebra utilities, differential equations, zero-finding tools, and tools for classroom instruction with MATLAB. Access First-time users should send an email message with their email address to: matlab-users-request@mcs.anl.gov to be added to the distribution list for the MATLAB User Group Digest. For instructions and information on the archive contents, send the following one-line message to netlib@ornl.gov: send index from matlab Contact Christian Bischof Math and Computer Sciences Division Argonne National Labs Argonne, IL 60439 USA E-mail:bischof@mcs.anl.gov Phone: (708) 972-8875 Source NNSC Internet Resource Guide (9/91) ======================================================================== 4.4. NCSA: National Center for Supercomputing Applications Last verified: May 92 The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) is located at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois. Established in February 1985 with a National Science Foundation grant, NCSA opened to the national research community in January 1986. The state of Illinois, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), industry, and other federal agencies supply additional funding. The center has provided high-performance computing and communications (HPCC) resources for over 6,000 users at more than 380 universities and corporations. Availability Any academic researcher may apply for time to use the center. All requests are peer reviewed monthly for allocations under 100 hours and quarterly for allocations of 100 or more hours. Industrial partnership programs are also available. Access NCSA provides users with access to the center's facilities through a local-area network using Ethernet, FDDI, and HiPPI; and wide-area networks such as NCSAnet, NSFNET, BITNET, and INDUSTRYnet. NCSA Telnet, a public domain network communications software, serves as a link to the TCP/IP networks. Software Access With a base of over 100 mathematical, science, and engineering libraries and applications packages, NCSA continues to expand its software offerings for a number of different architectures. Public domain workstation software, developed by the Software Tools Group, is available via anonymous FTP at ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu. Major Supercomputing Systems At present, NCSA operates and maintains four fully supported public systems which are each allocated for peer-reviewed projects: * CRAY Y-MP4/464 with 4 processors; 64 Mwords of main memory; 128- Mword SSD; 6.0-nanosecond clock cycle; running the UNICOS operating system * CRAY-2S/4128 with 4 processors; 128 Mwords of main memory; 4.1- nanosecond clock cycle; running the UNICOS operating system * Connection Machine Model 2 (CM-2) 32K processors; 64-bit floating- point hardware; 1 Gbyte memory; 30-Gbyte Data Vault * IBM RISC System/6000 cluster Mass storage at NCSA consists of the Common File System (CFS) running on an Amdahl 5860 mainframe with 120 gigabytes of disk storage and potentially unlimited IBM 3480 magnetic tape storage. The Amdahl runs UniTree under the UTS operating system. In addition to providing public systems, NCSA is actively exploring new hardware architectures as well as porting, developing, and demonstrating applications for them. A numerical laboratory has been set up in the UIUC's Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology to house the new systems and to provide an R&D testbed environment for evaluating new software and networking capabilities. This environment includes: * Connection Machine Model 5 (CM-5). Current machine has 512 nodes and 8 Gbytes memory; configured for 4 partition managers. The number of processors in a partition may be set at 32, 64, 128, or 256 or 512. Shares a 30 Gbyte data vault with the CM-2. By the end of 1992 this system will be upgraded to 16 Gbytes memory and will have an addition of 100 Gbytes scale disk array. * CONVEX C3880 system. Current system has 4 processors, 2 Gbytes memory; 60 Gbytes total disk space; and 16.67 nanoseconds processor cycle time. This system will be upgraded by the end of 1992 The Numerical Laboratory also provides access to a variety of high-end machines from Silicon Graphics, Apple Computer, IBM, and Sun Microsystems. Most machines are accessible over the Internet. Scientific Visualization NCSA has pioneered state-of-the-art visualization software and techniques for a wide range of scientific applications. Using visualization techniques developed by NCSA staff, complex scientific data is translated into clear and concise images. By distributing the methods and tools of scientific visualization free to the user community, NCSA is enabling researchers to make scientific visualization an integral component of their activities. NCSA's research and development in visualization focuses on how visual representation is applied to the data derived from scientific research fields such as astronomy, physics, chemistry, and engineering. To effectively enable researchers to use the visualization tools, NCSA develops or acquires the newest desktop visualization software and other packages as they are released. NCSA is also prototyping desktop video systems so that remote users will be able to produce their own animations. The developments from visualization research are thus becoming embedded into the real world research environments existing at the remote users institutions. The next step in computer generated graphics is virtual reality. Virtual reality is created by a display and control technology, using computerized goggles and gloves, that can surround its user with an artificial environment that emulates real life. NCSA has begun developing and demonstrating selected applications which could be used in manufacturing, product design, surgery, drug design, and education. The Renaissance Experimental Laboratory (REL), equipped with twenty Silicon Graphics' IRIS Personal systems, fosters an environment for teaching visualization skills by supporting faculty efforts to incorporate computer graphics into course curricula. Courses have been offered in art and design, biophysics, chemistry, computer science, and mathematics. Services The Consulting Office assists users in taking full advantage of NCSA facilities. Its staff is well versed in supercomputing tools and techniques. Applications experts throughout the center provide additional support. Users may contact the Consulting Office in person or by phone; contact information can be found in the Contact information below. NCSA publicizes and promotes its efforts in scientific and technological areas through newsletters (access and data link), public information material, NCSA RealTime video magazine, and videotapes. Users are given a startup package and are kept informed of all available on-line and printed technical documentation. NCSA provides monthly training on introductory and advanced topics, including the use of the Cray systems, the Connection Machine, various applications packages, and visualization techniques. Classes are held at the center and other locations based on specialized needs of the host site. Programs NCSA's Interdisciplinary Research Center (IRC) takes an active part in transferring high-performance computing and communications technology to universities, industry, government agencies, and schools through a variety of programs and initiatives. The cornerstone of the center's approach is a reciprocal process: NCSA provides software, education, and information to the national communities; in turn, NCSA receives direction and technological requirements from scientists, users, educators, and vendors. IRC applications teams consisting of NCSA staff, postdoctoral and graduate students, and UIUC faculty, conduct scientific research, develop community codes, host workshops and seminars, and foster collaborative research with national and international associates. These scientists are also available to consult and work with academic and industrial users and visitors. Other aspects of the IRC include: * The Distinguished Visitors Program, which invites industrial users, faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and students worldwide to apply for working visits. * The National Academic Visitors Program, which provides a national support infrastructure to over 100 academic and scientific institutions. On-site representatives provide researchers and educators with seed accounts and technical support on NCSA systems. * The HPCC Partners Program-a collaboration between NCSA and computing and communications vendors-aims at advancing the state of technology through grants, donations, personnel exchanges, joint research projects, and sharing of advanced technology. NCSA's Industrial Program is a major research, service, and training endeavor designed to enable corporate and academic researchers to work together on addressing new problems of joint interest, thereby fostering technology transfer. The Industrial Program offers flexible partnerships based on computational experience and corporate needs. A unique strength of this program is the ability of selected corporations to participate actively in center and campus activities. Networked to NCSA, these partners are able to access our facilities from corporate locations, as well as from their on-site offices. Another avenue of technology transfer is occurring between NCSA and small and medium-sized businesses from the state of Illinois. This project's goal is to address the state's economic development and bring UIUC faculty together with regional firms to solve specific business problems with the use of high-performance computing. NCSA emphasizes education by providing high-performance computing activities at all levels-kindergarten through graduate school. Education grants are available to educators whose courses can benefit from supercomputing resources. A variety of workshops are available for educators and students to learn how to adapt high-performance computing into their learning process. Contact For general information about NCSA, contact Scott Lathrop National Center for Supercomputing Applications 605 East Springfield Avenue Champaign, IL 61820-5518 Phone: (217) 244-1099 E-mail:slathrop@ncsa.uiuc.edu Users of NCSA facilities can reach NCSA by contacting: Phone: (217) 244-1144 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. central time E-mail:consult@ncsa.uiuc.edu Source Melissa Johnson, NCSA Publications Group ======================================================================== 4.5. Ohio Supercomputer Center Last verified: May 92 The Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) is a state-funded, shared supercomputer resource for researchers at Ohio colleges and universities. Commercial industry uses the CRAY on a cost-recovery basis. The Ohio Supercomputer Graphics Project is a major component of the OSC's program. The Project has developed a graphics visualization toolkit, apE, for displaying and animating results of scientific computation on several supported workstations. This developing product is commercially available through the Center. Availability The Ohio Supercomputer Center is a state-funded resource for researchers at Ohio colleges and universities. OSC Visitors Program allows out-of- state researchers to use resources while visiting Ohio institutions. Commercial industry uses the CRAY Y-MP on a cost-recovery basis. Access Full login availability over Internet and the Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet). Jobs may also be submitted over BITNET from VMS Cray Station Sites. Contact Ohio Supercomputer Center 1224 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212 E-mail:oschelp@osc.edu Phone: (614) 292-9248 Charles F. Bender, Director (and Industry Contact) Alison Brown, Associate Director for Scientific Development Lawrence Cooper, Associate Director for Administration (Grants and Allocations Contact) Scott Dyer, Associate Director for Graphics Development Alvin E. Stutz, Associate Director for User Services Source Internet Resource Guide (7/89) 1989 Draft of CICNet Resource Guide ======================================================================== 4.6. Ohio Visualization Laboratory (OVL) Last verified: May 92 Hardware and software systems for visualizing scientific results. The Ohio Visualization Laboratory (OVL) at The Ohio State University houses hardware for visualizing scientific results of projects conducted on the Cray. The OVL includes high-end workstations and paper output devices; display equipment and software; video equipment, including display, conversion, and animation storage facilities. Users generally come to the Laboratory to use equipment, although it is available over TCP/IP networks. Availability There are no anonymous or guest login facilities for OVL. This facility is free only to academic researchers in Ohio. Contact Further information may be obtained by sending electronic mail to: oschelp@osc.edu. Source 1989 Draft of CICNet Resource Guide ======================================================================== 5.Libraries This section focuses on libraries at CICNet member sites. In addition to on-line catalog information, this section contains specific information on the collections at each member's libraries. ======================================================================== 5.1. Using NOTIS Last verified: May 92 Many libraries (including the CICNet libraries listed below) use the NOTIS library system software. A brief guide to the NOTIS commands follows. Title searches: To search for a particular title, use the t= search command followed by the title. Example: t=foundation Author searches: To search for a particular author, use the a= search command followed by the author's name. Example: a=asimov Subject searches: To search for a particular subject, use the s= search command followed by the subject. Example: s=tennis Keyword searches: To search for a particular keyword, use the k= search command followed by a string. Example: k=cry wolf You may use the logical operator (AND, OR, NOT) and parentheses to group the operators. Also, $ is a wildcard character. Examples: k=car and fast k=computer and not ibm k=comp$ and (toy or game) Help: On most screens, help can be seen by the h command. Picking an item: On screens where a list of items appears, a particular item can be selected by typing the number to the right of item. CIC and CICNet Libraries Using NOTIS Software Indiana University Loyola University Chicago Michigan State University Northwestern University Purdue University University of Illinois-Chicago University of Iowa University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Notre Dame Source This guide was taken from the HYTELNET section on "Using NOTIS." ======================================================================== 5.2. CIC Library Privileges Last verified: May 1992 Recognizing the inability of university libraries, because of fiscal restraints, to acquire all books and journals needed by the University community, the libraries represented on the Committee on Institutional Cooperation have established a program that accords staff of each institution reciprocal borrowing privileges. The program goes beyond the traditional courtesy of allowing staff to use the library collections on location and now permits staff of any participating CIC university to borrow, in person, materials from any other CIC library under the same terms and policies of the home facility. It is the responsibility of each borrower to go to the other institution and select needed materials, and to return them within the allotted loan period, or earlier if the material is recalled for another user. All regularly-appointed faculty and staff members are eligible for direct borrowing from the CIC libraries. Upon presentation of his or her University Identification card at another CIC library, the visiting staff member will be accorded the borrowing privileges of the resident staff at that institution. Agreement Between the Libraries of CIC Institutions for Reciprocal Loan Privileges for Faculty of those Institutions Dated October 26, 1984 1.The program: The intent of this program is to provide an opportunity to all faculty of CIC member institutions (flagship campuses) to use the libraries of all other CIC institutions. This not only provides in-house use of these collections, which is now generally available, but extends borrowing privileges to those faculty willing to go to a member university campus, select the needed materials, transact the loan, use these materials and return them within the allotted loan period. Returning these materials, in person or by mail, would be the responsibility of the borrower. 2.Eligibility: All regularly appointed faculty at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor, and those with equivalent or corresponding ranks such as librarians, research fellows and associates of CIC member institutions are eligible for the herein outlined. 3.Identification: Identification of faculty eligible for these privileges will be based on a CIC printed I.D. card available at each university library and signed by the Director of Libraries of the home university. The lending institution will process the loan transaction either via this I.D. card or by issuing its own appropriate borrower's card, as best suited to the library's processes. 4.Liaison Person: Each institution may choose to designate one person (such as the Head of the Circulation Department) to serve as the CIC liaison person. This individual could serve as the initial contact for visiting faculty who wish loan privileges. 5.Materials available for loan: At the time the visiting borrowers card or visiting I.D. is issued, each participating institution should make available to CIC borrowers a summary of loan policies and privileges, including the loan period, types of materials which may or may not be borrowed, and a list of special non-circulating collections or libraries. 6.Loan period: Each institution will determine its loan period for CIC faculty with the understanding that the general goal is having it the same as for their own faculty. 7.Recalls: Recall of loaned materials may follow local policy. Borrowers are expected to respond promptly by mailing or delivering the recalled item to the lending library. 8.Penalties: Borrowing from a sister institution is a privilege and not a right. Failure to comply with the loan policies of the lending institution should result in a penalty appropriate to the non- compliance and generally in accord with the policy for home faculty of that institution. 9.Problems: Problems of either an individual nature or of broader scope should be resolved between CIC Directors or within the CIC Director of Libraries Group. It is expected that the Director of Libraries whose faculty member has not complied with the rules would make every effort to assist in resolving any problems. 10. Review: Member libraries will, to the extent possible, maintain statistics re: (a) the number of borrower cards issued to CIC faculty by each institution, (b) the number of materials circulated by category, i.e. book, periodical, microform, other. University of Chicago University of Minnesota University of Illinois Northwestern University University of Iowa Ohio State University Indiana University Purdue University University of Michigan University of Wisconsin Michigan State University Source University of Iowa Libraries University of Iowa Professional and Scientific Staff Handbook ======================================================================== 5.3. CIC Interlibrary Loan-Borrowing from Other Libraries Last verified: May 1992 Interlibrary loan assists scholarly research by obtaining library materials unavailable in the scholar's library. Interlibrary loan staff locate needed materials in other libraries, and borrow the item or obtain photocopies, if appropriate, on behalf of the researcher. How Do I Use the Interlibrary Loan Service? The interlibrary loan office in your library is the best source of information about the services available. The information which follows provides a general indication of the interlibrary loan service available at most of the CIC libraries. After a title is located in the on-line catalog of another library, it should be searched in the catalog of the local library to verify that it is not owned locally. The interlibrary loan service normally will not obtain materials from other libraries when copies owned by the local library are in circulation, on reserve, or temporarily missing from the shelves. (See the library Circulation Department for assistance in locating missing materials.) If you found an item in a library catalog accessed via the Internet, it is helpful to indicate on the interlibrary loan request form in which library's catalog it was located. You may also attach a printout indicating the item's identification to the request form. Be aware that you may not always receive the item from the location you indicate. Interlibrary Loan staff frequently follow local, state, or regional priorities in order to obtain materials as quickly and inexpensively as possible. Who Can Use Interlibrary Loan and What Does It Cost? Interlibrary loan normally extends service to faculty, staff, graduate students, honors students, and visiting faculty when authorized. Undergraduate students and staff should verify their privileges at the interlibrary loan office in their library. Many libraries impose a charge for items lent or copied via interlibrary loan. Some libraries absorb these charges for normal levels of borrowing; others require the borrower to reimburse the library for these charges. Borrowers should check with the libraries' interlibrary loan office to determine local policy. How Long Does It Take and How Will I Be Notified? Normally it takes two to four weeks, sometimes longer, to receive an item if it is available at the first library from which it is requested. When loans arrive, some inter-library loan offices will mail the material itself, or a notice to pick it up, to your campus address or, in some cases, to your home address. Source Susan Logan, The Ohio State University ======================================================================== 5.4. OCLC: World's Largest Bibliographic Database Last verified: April 92 Access to more than 22 million books and other library materials on the OCLC union catalog as well as other commercial and non-commercial databases. Availability Authorization and password are required to use the service. Access telnet epic.prod.oclc.org Description There are two services of interest to Internet users: EPIC and FirstSearch. EPIC is a comprehensive on-line reference service providing powerful searching methods with standard Common Command Language. Databases such as ERIC (Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse), ABI/Inform, Dissertation Abstracts, Business Dateline, Pharmaceutical News Index, US Federal Documents, and Book Data pre-publication information may be accessed via EPIC. FirstSearch is an end-user-oriented reference service which provides low- cost access to the WorldCat (the OCLC On-line Union Catalog) as well as ERIC, U.S. documents, and more than one dozen other databases. Search methods include browsing on the indexes and selecting a term or display from the screen. Boolean AND and NOT searching is available for complex topics. Results screens include "hints" and "actions." Unlike EPIC, FirstSearch costs are not based on connect time but rather on a per search cost which starts at $.90 (quantity 500) to $.45/search for more than 80,000. Institutions and individual network users will find a plan to fit their budget. Contact OCLC 6565 Frantz Road Dublin, OH 43017-3395 Phone: (800) 848-5878 Source OCLC ======================================================================== 5.5. Research Libraries Group: The RLIN System Last verified: May 92 RLIN (TM), the Research Libraries Information Network, is an on-line system that reflects the combined holdings of more than 100 research libraries and archival repositories. These institutions, working together as members of The Research Libraries Group, Inc. (RLG), have built RLIN into a national data base of bibliographic information. Availability RLIN requires a user account. Personal accounts for searching over the Internet are available. Access Type telnet rlin.stanford.edu (full duplex) or Type telnet rlig.stanford.edu (half duplex). Exit Type logoff from any prompt. RLIN Union Catalog RLIN has an extensive union catalog comprised of RLG member library holdings and holdings of over 100 additional law, technical, and corporate libraries. Over 80 million records are represented. Other databases of interest include the LC Name and Subject authority files, Research in Progress Data Base (RIPD), the On-line Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, the Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), the Art Sales Catalog Data Base (SCIPIO), and Engineering Index. RLIN supports sophisticated searching methods including sets and boolean operators. Contact The RLIN Information Center The Research Libraries Group, Inc. 1200 Villa Street Mountain View, CA 94041-1100 E-mail:bl.ric%rlg.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu Phone: (800) 537-RLIN Source RLIN, NYSERNet Guide ======================================================================== 5.6. Indiana University On-line Library Catalog-IO Last verified: May 92 Information Online (IO) is the on-line catalog system for Indiana University Libraries in Bloomington, Indiana. Access Type tn3270 iuis3270.ucs.indiana.edu. At the user ID prompt, type guest. Choose menu choice 3 for the Information On-line (IO) system. or Type telnet iuis.ucs.indiana.edu. At the user ID prompt, type guest. Choose menu choice 3 for the Information On-line (IO) system. Exit Type q at any "NEXT COMMAND:" prompt to return to the introductory screen. Type k. On-Line Catalog Information On-line (IO) contains 2,258,232 records, which is about 40% of total holdings overall. Approximately 30% of holdings at the Bloomington campus are included; holdings for seven remaining campuses (Fort Wayne, Gary, Indianapolis, Kokomo, New Albany, Richmond, South Bend) approach 100% except for government publications and some maps. The on-line catalog is complete for holdings added since about 1976, except for government publications. Coverage for works added prior to 1976 is spotty for Bloomington campus; exceptions: folklore (100%), music scores (100%), music sound recordings (90%), Latin American (on- going retrospective conversion project in progress), serials (all current and about 70% of non-current Bloomington titles), some OCLC major microforms sets. An attempt is being made to convert older materials as they return from circulation, but only a small percentage can be accommodated because of resource limitations. Serials holdings statements are complete and include current receipts. Materials on order and in process are included. Circulation status is shown in OPAC. A brief keyword stoplist was just introduced to help stretch available CPU capacity. The list is available on the OPAC help screen. The catalog includes brief records for materials not fully cataloged and classified. IO uses the NOTIS catalog system. Library Information The library was founded in 1824. Books: 4,594,075 Periodical subscriptions: 33,198 Microform: 1,766,723 Law Library Books: 105,301 Periodical subscriptions: 5,112 Microform: 2,558 Associated with OCLC. Departmental Libraries Biology, Business, Chemistry, Education, Fine Arts, Geography & Map, Geology, Halls of Residence, Health, Physical Education & Recreation, Journalism, Lilly Rare Books, Medical Sciences, Music, Optometry, School of Library & Information Science, Swain Library (Astronomy, Computer Science, Physics, Math). Special Collections Lilly Rare Book Library: English & American Literature, 1640 to present (Milton, Defoe, John Gray, Sterne, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Tennyson, Henty, Andrew Lang, Yeats, Joseph Conrad, Upton Sinclair, Sylvia Plath); 19th Century British Plays; American Revolution; War of 1812; Lincoln; Indiana History, Western Americana (Overland Travel from Lewis & Clark through Development of Railroads Pacific Northwest & California Gold Rush); Voyages & Explorations, especially Spanish, Portuguese & Dutch; Latin Americana through the Independence Period; English History (Civil War, Anglo-Dutch Relations during 17th Century, Glorious Revolution, Political & Economical Pamphlets through End of Walpole Administration); London Low Life during First Half of 19th Century (Sadleir Collection); History of Science & Medicine (Archives of Herman Muller - Genetics & V Hlavety - Mathematics); Aristotle; Lafayette; George Frederick Handel; 19th Century French Opera; Austrian History, 1790-1843. U.S., State & UN Document Depository. Law Library: Indiana Court of Appeals Briefs; Indiana Supreme Court Records & Briefs; US Government Publications; US Supreme Court Records & Briefs; 7th Circuit Records & Briefs. Contact University Libraries Indiana University at Bloomington Tenth St & Jordan Ave Bloomington, IN 47405 Phone: (812) 855-3403 Source 1992 CIC Technical Services Directors Survey on OPAC Descriptions. Information on holdings & special collections as reported to American Library Directory, 1991-92. ======================================================================== 5.7. Loyola University Chicago On-line Library Catalog-LUIS Last verified: April 92 LUIS is the on-line catalog of the Loyola University Chicago Libraries. Access Type telnet luccpua.it.luc.edu. At the login screen, type guest as login ID. At the TPX menu, type luis. Exit To exit LUIS, press CLEAR. At the TPX menu, type k and press Enter, or, press PF3 to logoff. On-line Catalog LUIS provides access to more than 1.2 million volumes of books, serials, microforms, and non-book formats held by the Loyola University Libraries. 98% of the libraries' holdings are represented in LUIS. Government documents and audiovisual materials are not included yet. LUIS uses the NOTIS catalog system. Library Information Loyola University Chicago was founded in 1870. Books: 800,000 Periodical subscriptions: 12,241 Microforms: 1,000,000 CD-ROM titles: 18 Associated with OCLC. Special Collections Jesuitica; Paul Claudel Collection; Oral History; Humanities; Philosophy; Theology; Medical Jurisprudence; Humanities; Anti-trust; Trial Practice; Dentistry; Health Science; Medicine; and Nursing. Contact Loyola University Libraries Chicago, IL 60626 Library Reference: E-mail:zlibref@luccpua.it.luc.edu Phone: (312) 508-2654 Library Systems Mary Alice Ball Department Head E-mail:zmabbie@luccpua.it.luc.edu Phone: (312) 508-2590 For questions concerning network access, contact: Joe Kaplenk Information Technologies Phone: (312) 508-2268 E-mail:jkaplenk@lucpul.it.luc.edu Source Loyola University Libraries ======================================================================== 5.8. Michigan State University On-line Library Catalog-MAGIC Last verified: May 92 MAGIC is the on-line catalog system for Michigan State University Libraries in East Lansing, Michigan. MAGIC provides access to more than 1.5 million unique book, serial, microform, and other non-book titles in the Michigan State University Libraries. Access Type tn3270 magic.lib.msu.edu. At the VM370 screen, type dial magic. or Type telnet merit.msu.edu. At the "Which Host?" prompt, type magic. At the Terminal Emulation screen, type vt100. Exit When using tn3270, there is no formal way to terminate the session. Terminate the Internet connection from your terminal emulation program. When using telnet, exit from MAGIC by pressing Ctrl-E and then typing %quit. On-line Catalog 94% of fully cataloged holdings are included in MAGIC. The remaining 6% that are in the card catalog but not on-line, are unconverted non-print media. The catalog includes all formats with the exception of non-print media before 1980, microforms sets, and government document tapes. We do not catalog government documents. All serial titles are converted and include summary holdings statements. Detailed holdings (in the sense of what is bound together) for serials are not on-line. Gaps are shown. Current issues of journals are not recorded in MAGIC but on Innovacq. Monographic sets include accurate holdings. Analytics are converted, although some problems remain. On-order and in-process materials are not now in MAGIC, but in Innovacq. MSU plans to implement an interface between Innovacq and MAGIC for these materials and perhaps, eventually, for current issues information. MAGIC uses the NOTIS catalog system. Library Information The Michigan State University Libraries were founded in 1855. Books: 3,400,000 Periodical Subscriptions: 29,000 The Michigan State University Libraries are affiliated with OCLC. Departmental Libraries Africana Library, Agriculatural Economics, Animal Industries, Art, Audio-Visual, Business, Chemistry, Clinical Center, Conrad Dormitory, Cyclotron, Engineering, Geology, Information-Reference, Labor & Industrial Relations, Map Library, Mathematics, Music, Physics & Astronomy, Veterinary Clinic, Voice Library. Special Collections American Popular Culture; American Radical History; Apiculture Collection; Comic Art; Cookery Collection; Early Works in Criminology, Eighteenth Century English Studies; English & American Authors; Fencing Collection; History of the French Monarchy; Illuminated Manuscripts in Facsimile; Italian Risorgimento History; Natural Science, especially Botany & Entomology; Veterinary History. Contact For questions concerning network access, contact: Computing Information Center MSU Computing Laboratory E-mail:consult@msu.edu Phone: (517) 353-1800 For written instructions on how to use MAGIC, contact: Michigan State University Libraries MSU Libraries Information/Reference East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: (517) 353-8700 Darren Meahl MSU Libraries System Office E-mail:20676doc@msu.edu Phone: (517) 336-2361 Fax:(517) 336-1445 Source Michigan State University 1992 CIC Technical Services Directors Survey on OPAC Descriptions Information on holdings & special collections as reported to American Library Directory, 1991-92 ======================================================================== 5.9. Northwestern University On-line Library Catalog-LUIS Last verified: May 92 Northwestern University Library's system LUIS has catalog and circulation information. Availability The Northwestern LUIS on-line catalog is universally available. Other databases are restricted to Northwestern University students, faculty, and staff. Access Type tn3270 nuacvm.acns.nwu.edu or Type telnet nuacvm.acns.nwu.edu. Type 56 for VT100 when asked for terminal type. TAB down to the COMMAND prompt. Type dial vtam. When prompted for Application ID:, type library. Choose LUIS from the database selection menu. Exit Type stop on the LUIS command line. On the database selection menu, type logoff. To terminate your Telnet session, type exit. On-line Catalog Northwestern University's LUIS on-line catalog provides author, title, and subject access to 1,310,000 bibliographic records. Holdings of the Health Sciences, Law, Dental, and Transportation Libraries and the United Library of the Garrett Evangelical and Seabury-Western Theological Seminaries are also included. Approximately two thirds of titles (perhaps 80% of volumes) are represented on-line. This includes all formats. Records for the Africana collection are entirely converted; most holdings received since 1970 are represented; all serials records are on-line with full holdings information; circulation information is included; records for materials currently on order or "in process" are not to utilities; many original cataloging records sent to OCLC for tape-loading have not yet been loaded. LUIS uses the NOTIS catalog system. Northwestern will be implementing a locally adapted version of NOTIS 5.0 in September 1992. Remote users of Northwestern's LUIS catalog who are familiar with other NOTIS-based on-line catalogs will note some differences in our implementation. This LUIS version does not provide keyword/Boolean searching, but does offer what we call "search qualification," allowing a user to limit an author, title, or subject search result by any of several elements present in the precoordinated indexes: date, format (e.g., serial, video), other word, or holding library. Use of this feature is explained in a help screen which may be accessed by typing an ampersand (&). Library Information The Northwestern University Library was founded in 1851. Books: 1,600,000 Bound periodicals: 790,000 Periodical Subscriptions: 27,000 CD-ROM titles: 43 Microforms: 1,555,000 Videotapes: 6,000 Sound Recordings: 41,000 Maps: 196,000 Associated with OCLC and RLG. Branch Libraries Evanston Campus: Geology, Mathematics, Seeley G. Mudd Library for Science and Engineering Chicago Campus: Joseph Schaffner Library (Business, humanities, social sciences) Professional School Libraries - Chicago Campus: Dental School Library, School of Law Library, Galter Health Sciences Library Special Collections Africana, Transportation, Environmental Impact Statements, Architecture (Frank Lloyd Wright), Contemporary Music Scores, Dublin Gate Theatre, Women's Liberation Movement (1960- ), Manuscripts, Modern Movements in Art and Literature (German Expressionism, Italian Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Concrete Poetry), Printing (Graphic Arts, Private Presses), Rare Books (Aldines, Deism, Elzeviers, Fichte, German Classics, Grundtvig, Ibsen, Kant, Kierkegaard, Little Magazines, Twain, Whitman). Dental School: G V Black manuscripts & artifacts, Eugene W Skinner manuscripts and artifacts, Rare Book Collection, Dentistry (rare books, supply catalogs, school catalogs), Oral History. Law: Foreign and International Law. Galter Health Sciences Library: Medical Classics, Medical History, Rare Books. Contact Northwestern University Library University Library Reference Department 1935 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208-2300 Phone: (708) 491-7656 Vincent McCoy User Services Specialist E-mail:vmccoy@nwu.edu Phone: (708) 491-8390 Miscellaneous Information James Aagaard Director, Information Systems Development Office E-mail:aagaard@nwu.edu Phone: (708) 491-8301 Brian Nielsen Assistant University Librarian for Network Development E-mail:bnielsen@nuacvm.acns.nwu.edu Phone: (708) 491-2170 Source Karen Horny, Assistant University Librarian for Technical Services and Library Computing. 1992 CIC Technical Services Directors Survey on OPAC Descriptions. ======================================================================== 5.10. Ohio State University On-line Library Catalog-LCS Last verified: May 92 LCS (Library Control System) is The Ohio State University computerized catalog and circulation system which includes books, documents and journals in various media in The Ohio State University Libraries (OSU), the OSU Health Sciences Library, three OSU regional campus libraries, OSU College of Law Library (LL), State Library of Ohio (SL), Ohio Historical Society (HS), and Center for Research Libraries-Chicago (CL). Availability LCS Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-1:00 a.m. Friday 7:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m.-midnight Sunday 1:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. Access telnet lcs.us.ohio-state.edu. At the "Enter Device Type (PAPER):" prompt, type one of the following three options: 1) VT100-if you want the LCS full-screen session already familiar to users. The VT100 provides a session status line at the bottom of the screen. The status line provides you with session status information such as keyboard status and identifies the port to which your equipment is connected. To select this option, type VT100 and press return at the "Enter Device Type (PAPER):" prompt. The cursor will appear at the left edge of the display, slightly below the middle of the display when it is ready to accept a command. You are ready to begin using LCS when you see the words LCS NOW AVAILABLE in the upper left hand corner of the screen. 2) PAPER-if your equipment cannot emulate one of the available terminal types or if you want to save (log) your searches in a file that you can read again later or print to paper through a word processing or bibliographic software package. Ignore the **KEYBOARD LOCKED** message. Begin typing at the "1:" prompt. PAPER is the default option and can be selected by tapping the "Enter/Return" key at the Enter Device Type (PAPER): prompt. 3) ? (question mark)-if you want to see the list of other terminal emulations that are available to users. Although the terminal types PAPER and VT100 should meet most users' needs, these other terminal types may be helpful in some circumstances. Notes: If you are using the NCSA Telnet software for either IBM and compatibles or Macintosh for telnet access to the Internet, the Backspace/Delete function must be set to the Backspace key. Enter a search command or type help to see LCS commands. Exit The system will disconnect when no command is entered for four (4) minutes. To log off of LCS, type bye and press return. When the cursor returns to the left margin, press Escape ~ (tilde). On-line Catalog The LCS database includes 2,375,806 bibliographic records. Of this total, 56% are full bibliographic records; 44% are short bibliographic records consisting primarily of information from the order record-author's name in the author field and the following information in an undelimited title field-title, imprint, edition, series- and an accession-type number for locating the item in the cataloging backlog. 80-85% of the University Libraries' holdings are included. Location and availability displays are available for all titles; full bibliographic (catalog) records are available for more than 43% of the OSUL titles and for 100% of the titles listed from the State Library of Ohio, the Center for Research Libraries, and the Ohio Historical Society. The catalog also contains government document titles distributed by the U.S. Government Printing Office on MARC tapes since 1977. LCS provides access by author, title, and call number for all cataloged library materials and materials which are on order or are in processing. For most materials acquired since 1972, LCS also provides subject access. LCS is the only source for cataloging information for books and materials acquired since 1982. Retrospective conversion for titles cataloged prior to 1971 and 1978 (when records for monographs were put into the catalog, serials began around 1978) will be done this fiscal year. Bound volumes for multi-piece items are listed in the LCS holdings record. LCS also includes items on order and/or in processing but does not provide access to some uncataloged materials, e.g., maps, some government documents and manuscripts. Patrons are advised it is usually preferable to search LCS first, then check the card catalogs. There is no subject access for most materials acquired before 1972. LCS provides access by author, title and call number, including the capability to browse "the shelflist," and by a form of keyword searching. Patrons are advised to omit articles at the beginning of a title, to type in all lower-case letters, and to follow prompts at the bottom of each LCS display. The LCS software was locally developed by OSU. Library Information The Ohio State University was founded in 1870. The Libraries were founded in 1873. Book titles: 2,375,000 Periodical subscriptions: 32,000 The University Library is affiliated with OCLC, OhioNET, OhioLINK. Departmental Libraries Undergraduate Library, Agriculture Library, Archives, Biological Sciences, Black Studies, Chemistry, Business, Edgar Dale Educational Media & Instructional Materials Laboratory, Education Psychology, Engineering, English Department, English, Theatre & Communications Graduate Library, Fine Arts, Geology, Hilandar Research Library (Medieval Slavic Studies), Home Economics, Journalism, Library for Communication & Graphic Arts, Materials Engineering, Mathematics, Music & Dance, Pharmacy Library, Cole Memorial Library of Physics & Astronomy Department, Social Work, The Jerome Lawrence & Robert E Lee Theatre Research Institute Library, Veterinary Medicine, Women's Studies, John A Prior Health Sciences Library, Children's Hospital Library. Special Collections American Association of Editorial Cartoonist Archives; American Fiction to 1925 (Charvat Collection); American Playwrights' Theatre records; American Sheet Music (ABC & Fanny Arms Collections); Armbruster Scenic Design; Australiana; Book Plate Literature; Richard E Byrd papers; Daguerrotypes & Ambrotypes (Floyd and Marion Rinhart Collection); Dance Notation; English Drama, Caroline to 18th Century; Film Posters & Stills (Philip Sills Collection); Film Scripts; Little Magazines; Mather bibliography (T J Holmes Papers); Medieval Slavic Manuscripts; Ohio News Photographers Association Archives; Oriole Press; Reformation History; Science Fiction Magazines; Secondary School Curricula (W W Charters Papers); Author Collections, include: Nelson Algren, Samuel Beckett, Milton Caniff, Miguel de Cervantes, Hart Crane, Emily Dickinson, Will Eisner, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee, Jack London, Nanis Nin, Jessica Mitford, James Purdy, Dylan Thomas, James Thurber, Edith Wharton, Jon Whitcomb. U.S., State & European Econ Community Document Depository. Contact Ohio State University Libraries 1858 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1286 E-mail:library@osu.edu Phone: (614) 292-6151 Fax : (614) 292-7859 Reference Desk phone: (614) 292-6175 Source University Libraries 1992 CIC Technical Services Directors Survey on OPAC Descriptions Information on holdings & special collections as reported to American Library Directory, 1991-92 ======================================================================== 5.11. Pennsylvania State University On-line Library Catalog-LIAS Last verified: May 92 LIAS is the on-line catalog of the Pennsylvania State University Libraries. The catalog contains more than 1.5 million unique titles, representing not only the holdings at the main campus at University Park, but also the holdings of Penn State Harrisburg; Penn State Erie, the Behrend College; Great Valley; and the seventeen Commonwealth campuses. The holdings of the Hershey Medical Center Library are not included. In addition to monograph and serial records, LIAS provides bibliographic access to the maps collection, archive and manuscript collections, musical scores, sound recordings, parts of the government documents and microforms collections, and the machine-readable data files available on campus. LIAS also provides access to the collections of audio-visual services, the Paul Robeson Cultural Center, and the National Cable Television Center and Museum. Access Preferably using VT100 emulation, type telnet lias.psu.edu. When the telnet session is established, the user will receive a message similar to: WELCOME TO THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY INFORMATION ACCESS SYSTEM. Normally, VT100 should be negotiated at this point. If you have terminal emulation problems, try typing terminal vt100 at the ">>>" prompt. Exit To exit the system and close your connection, type end or exit. On-line Catalog Now begin searching the LIAS database. LIAS does not require that users differentiate between author, title, series, and subjects in its command structure. Simply enter the words you wish to search. Currently, there are no order records in LIAS. Minimum level processing records are created for all materials that cannot be cataloged immediately. These records are fully accessible in LIAS. The user can type help lias for information on using LIAS. For a list of LIAS commands, type help commands. The extensive help command structure is somewhat context-sensitive and can answer most questions about the system. The LIAS on-line catalog software was locally developed at Penn State. Library Information Pennsylvania State University was founded in 1857. Book volumes: 2,271,934 CD-ROM titles: 59 Associated with OCLC and RLIN. Departmental Libraries Architecture Reading Room, Earth & Mineral Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Science. Special Collections I.W. Abel papers; Grant Allen Collection; John O Almquist Papers; Ambit Magazine Archives; American & English Gift Books & Annuals; American Literature (Hay & Pattee Collection); American Sociology (Bernard Papers), books & papers; Harry Aslinger Papers; Antiquarian Bookman's Weekly, archives; Art & Architectural History Collection; George W Atherton Papers; Australiana (Moody & Sutherland Collection), books & pictures; Be Glad Then America, opera records & papers; James A Beaver Papers; Arnold Bennett Collection; Berkshire Knitting Mills Collection; Meyer Bernstein papers; Bibles (Plumb Collection); Black Literature Collection; Black Sparrow Press Archives; Boal Family Papers; Amy Bonner Collection; Kenneth Burke Collection; C R Carpenter Papers; Century- Strand Corporation (Theatre Lighting), archives; Children's Drawings (Dale Harris Papers & Collection); classical latin books (Goodman Collection); Columbus Family Papers; microfilm; Haskell P Curry Papers; William C Darrah Cartes de Visite Collection; Francisco de Quevedo Collection; Milton S Eisenhower Papers; Emblem Books; 18th Century England (Williamscote Library Collection); English Literature, 1600-1800 Collection; William Frear Papers; German-American Literature (Allison- Shelley Collection); Jean Giraudoux Collection; Glass Bottle Blowers Association Archives; Harold Greenburg Papers; Hale-Mull Family Papers, microfilm; George T. Harrell Papers; Graphic Communications International Union Archives; History of Photography Collection; Arthur S Hoffman Collection; Hudson Coal Company Records, microfilm; Ralph Dorn Hetzel Papers, International Typographical Union Archives; Max Jacob Collection; Bryce Jordan Papers; Leon Kneebone Mushroon Research Collection & Papers; Frank D. Kern Papers; Norman Kersta Television History Collection; Labor History, books & papers; lace and embroidery books; Arthur O Lewis, Jr, Papers; Christopher Logue Papers; Edward Lucie-Smith Papers; Lumbering in Pennsylvania, glass slides; MacKintosh- Hemphill Company Archives; Russell E Marker Papers; Sebastian Martorana Papers; M Nelson McGeary Papers; Grace Metalious; Erwin Mueller Papers; National Art Education Association Archives; National Committee for Citizens in Education Archives; John 0'Hara Collection; John W Oswald Papers; Vance Packard Papers; Nunzio J Palladino Papers & Nuclear Engineering Collection; Fred L Pattee Papers; Penn State Folklore Archives; Penn State-in-China Collection; Penn State Petroleum Refining Laboratory Records; Penn State Sports History Archives & Audio-Visual Collection; Pennsylvania (Beaver Collection); Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Archives; Pennsylvania Art Education Association Archives; Pennsylvania German Imprints (Ammon Stapleton Collection); Pennsylvania Imprints; Pennsylvania State University Archives; Photography (Fay S Lincoln Collection); Joseph Priestly Collection; Evan Pugh Collection & Papers; Ann Radcliffe Collection; Renaissance (Bovard Collection); Conrad Richter; George M Rhodes Papers; Theodore Roethke Collection; Russelton Miners Clinic Collection; Francoise Sagan; Luis Alberto Sanchez Collection; Science Fiction Collection; William Scranton Papers; Henry M Shoemaker Collection; James W Sinden Papers; Edwin E Sparks Papers; Stockpole Corporation Archives; Edmund Clarence Stedman; Surrealism, books & papers, Bavard Taylor Collection; Theater History (Cutler Collection); Theophrastus Collection; United Steelworkers of America Archives; United Wallpaper Craftsmen of North America Archives; Utopias & Fabulous Voyages Collection; Ramon del Valle-Inclan Collection; Victorian Chromolithography Collection; Eric A Walker Papers; Paul West; Eugene Wettstone Collection; Joachim Worhwill Papers, Kelly Yeaton Papers. Contact Attention: Sally Kalin, LIAS Coordinator Penn State University Libraries E-6 Pattee Library University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 E-mail:swk@psuvm.psu.edu LIAS Coordinator: (814) 865-0672 Administration: (814) 865-3665 Reference: (814) 865-1015 Source Internet Resource Guide UNT's Accessing On-Line Bibliographic Databases Information on holdings & special collections as reported to American Library Directory, 1991-92 ======================================================================== 5.12. Purdue University On-line Library Catalog-THOR Last verified: May 92 THOR is Purdue University's on-line database of information about books, periodicals, and other materials in the Libraries. Access Type tn3270 lib.cc.purdue.edu. The system will display the THOR selection menu. Exit To logoff from any screen in THOR, type stop and press return. At the THOR Selection Menu, type 3 and press return to disconnect from THOR. On-line Catalog THOR is comprised of three databases: MEDIA, PCAT, and ENGR. The MEDIA database includes records for audio-visual materials held in the Purdue University libraries. Circulating items only are included in the database. The PCAT database represents books and periodical titles (includes magazines, journals, and newspapers) owned by the Purdue University Libraries. All items acquired since 1976 are included; records for older items are continually being added. ENGR is comprised of the COMPENDEX*PLUS (TM) database, which indexes journal articles and conference proceedings in the fields of engineering and technology. PCAT holds 656,178 bibliographic records, which is approximately 45-50% of total holdings. PCAT does not include audio-visual materials, which are part of the MEDIA database and are not cataloged in Technical Services. PCAT does include records for computer files, music scores, maps, and microforms, as well as for print materials. Subject areas notable for completeness of coverage include the natural sciences and mathematics, technology and applied science, education, and history. Conversion in these areas, though not 100% complete, is well-advanced. Subject areas notable for incompleteness of conversion are the humanities and social sciences. All items cataloged through OCLC after June 1, 1976 are represented in PCAT, and substantial portions of the collection cataloged prior to 1976 are now represented in the on-line catalog. Foreign language holdings (specifically in the language and literature subject areas) added to the collection prior to June 1976 are still relatively incomplete. Level 3 summary holdings statements are attached to all serial records and to multi-item monograph records. Level 4 holdings statements are used only for the serials check-in module for currently received journal issues. At the present time, PCAT does not include an authority control component. This is expected to be implemented within the next year, following a database cleanup. Local records (not produced by Technical Services staff and not in standard catalog format) for Purdue theses are expected to be added to the PCAT database within the next month or so. THOR uses the NOTIS catalog system. Library Information Libraries were founded in 1874. Book titles: 1,126,115 Periodical subscriptions: 18,769 Departmental Libraries Aviation Technology, Biochemistry, Consumer & Family Sciences, Engineering, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Humanities, Social Science & Education, Life Science, Management & Economics, Mathematical Sciences, M G Mellon Library of Chemistry, Pharmacy, Physics, Psychological Sciences, Undergraduate Library, Veterinary Medicine. Special Collections English & American Literature (George Ade Collection, Charles Major Collection); Glass (A S Bitting Collection); Economic History (Krannert Special Collection); Indiana; Bruce Rogers (Anna Embree Baker Rogers Collection); New Harmony Community; History of Engineering (Goss Collection). US, State & UN Document Depository. Contact The THOR Help Desk is available Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. You may leave a message when the Help Desk is unavailable, and someone will get back to you. THOR Help Desk: (317) 494-2857 Dan Ferrer Head, Library Systems Department Purdue University West Layfayette, Indiana E-mail:dan@asterix.lib.purdue.edu Phone: (317) 494-2857 Source UNT's Accessing On-Line Bibliographic Databases Internet-Accessible Libary Catalogs & Databases 1992 CIC Technical Services Directors Survey on OPAC Descriptions Information on holdings & special collections as reported to American Library Directory, 1991-92 ======================================================================== 5.13. University of Chicago On-line Library Catalog-LDMS Last verified: May 92 On-line library catalog for the University of Chicago. Access Type telnet olorin.uchicago.edu Type several carriage-return characters to establish the connection. At the ENTER CLASS prompt, type lib48. When "CONNECTED" appears on the screen, press return. Exit Type logout. On-line Catalog The University of Chicago Library Data Management System has 1,248,220 records, representing approximately 31% of the total holdings. The catalog includes most books and serials processed since 1975, whether fully cataloged or in process; books and serials on order, and circulation records for books and serials on loan or on reserve that have been charged through the on-line circulation system. The catalog also includes records for microforms (since the early 1980's), scores, and recordings. Full records for music materials have been added to the catalog only since 1989. Records for materials in non-roman scripts have been added at different times in the early 1980's. Most retrospective conversion efforts to date have been in the sciences. The catalog does not include records for maps, serials holdings, some types of government publications, material in East Asian languages, manuscript materials in Special Collections, computer files, or visual materials. The catalog includes records for items on order (2%) and in process (17%) as well as fully processed (72%). There are also short records of several types for materials cataloged before 1989, for which full records may be found in the card catalog (9%). Most of the in-process records are for materials in partially-processed collections awaiting cataloging; these records are of varying degrees of fullness. Records for items on order or in process are not distributed. Patrons may renew their library materials without staff intervention using LDMS. The University of Chicago Library Data Management System was locally developed. Library Information Library was founded in 1891. Books: 5,191,998 Periodical subscriptions: 48,925 Associated with OCLC, RLIN, Docline, CRL. Departmental Libraries Chemistry, John Crerar Library (Astronomy, astrophysics, biological sciences, chem tech, clinical med, engineering, geophysical sciences, including geology, meteorology & oceanography, history of medicine, history of science, physics, technology), Eckhart Library (Computer Science, math, statistics), Harper Library (Gen reading, undergrad), D'Angelo Law Library, Anglo-American, civil & int law, Social Service Administration (Social welfare & services). Special Collections English Bibles (Grant Collection); Lincolniana (Barton Collection); Modern Poetry (Harriet Monroe Collection); Anatomical Illustration (Frank Collection); History of Kentucky & Ohio River Valley (Durrett Collection); Children's books, primarily 19th Century (Encyclopaedia Britannica Collection); Balzac's Works (Croue Collection); Early Theology & Biblical Criticism (American Bible Union & Hengstenberg Collections); Early American School Books (Littlefield Collection); German Fiction, 1790-1850 (Lincke Collection); Continental Literature (Hirsch-Bernays Collection); English Drama to 1800 (Celia & Delia Austrian Collection); Dramatic Criticism (Briggs Collection); American Drama (Atkinson & Morton Collections); Cromwelliana (George Morris Eckels Collection); Goethe's works (Heinemann Collection); Taschenbuecher; History of Science & Medicine (Crerar Collection); Judaica (Rosenberger Collection); Fine Printing (Donnelley Collection); Manuscript Collection of Manorial Records regarding Estates in Norfolk & Suffolk (Bacon Collection); Notarial Documents of Northern Italy (Rosenthal Collection); Files of Poetry, a Magazine of Verse including the personal papers of Harriet Monroe; Life Records of Geoffrey Chaucer & Canterbury Tales; Source Material regarding first contact of Whites & Indians in Mississippi Valley (Ethno-History Collection); The John Crerar Library Rare Books Collection; Photostats of German Folksongs (Wieboldt-Rosenwald Collection); New Testament (Edgar J Goodspeed Collection); Personal papers of: William Beaumont, Stephen A Douglas, William H English (History of Indiana), Frank O Lowden, Ida B Wells, University Archives, contains the University's official records & papers of prominent members of the University's faculties including Edith & Grace Abbott, Thomas C Chamberlain, Enrico Fermi, James Franck, Samuel N Harper, William Rainey Harper, Robert Herrick, Geroge Herbert Mead, William Vaughn Moody, Howard Taylor Ricketts, Marion Talbot, Herman Eduard von Holst. U.S. & UN Document Depository. Source UNT's Accessing On-Line Bibliographic Databases 1992 CIC Technical Services Directors Survey on OPAC Descriptions Information on holdings & special collections as reported to American Library Directory, 1991-92 ======================================================================== 5.14. University of Illinois at Chicago On-line Library Catalog-LUIS Last verified: May 92 LUIS, the Library User Information Service, can be used to find bibliographic information, locations, and call numbers for materials held by the libraries of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Availability NOTIS hours are from 6 a.m. to 12 midnight on Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and noon to midnight on Sunday. The holdings of the Chicago Board of Trade archive are available through a separate LUIS. Permission to use that LUIS must be received from lib- spec@uicvm.uic.edu, the UIC Special Collections staff. Access LUIS requires IBM 3270 terminal emulation. Type tn3270 uicvm.uic.edu. When signon screen appears, press return at the "Userid" prompt. Type dial pvm. Move the cursor to "S NOTIS" by using the TAB or arrow keys. Press return. Exit At "NEXT COMMAND:" prompt, type ####. Press PA1 on your 3270 emulation. On-line Catalog LUIS includes more than 725,000 titles, which is approximately 90% of total holdings. The following subject areas have been completely converted: philosophy, psychology, religion, history of the Americas, geography, anthropology, sociology, architecture, philology, linguistics, English literature, American literature, Germanic literatures, mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, geology. Most government documents and nearly all maps and major microform sets are not in the system. Some materials acquired before 1975 are not in the catalog. This includes most medical monographs acquired before 1976. Approximately 3500 records (0.5% of on-line records) are for on-order materials; an estimated 43,000 records (6.5% of the on-line file) are for in process materials; 678,000 records (93%) are fully cataloged. No minimal level cataloging is included in the on-line file. Most journal titles are represented, but holdings are complete only for health science titles. Summary holdings exist for most other titles, and all issues/volumes received since 1988 are in the catalog. Circulation information for the Main and Libraries of the Health Sciences resides in the LCS system. Circulation information for Art, Math and Science libraries is in LUIS. LUIS contains records for all books cataloged since 1976 for the Library of the Health Sciences (LHS), and since 1977 for the other UIC libraries. Many older books in the east campus libraries are also included: all English-language books published since 1968, and virtually all books in the Architecture, Art, Math, and Science Libraries are in LUIS. LUIS also contains LHS audiovisuals cataloged since 1978 and selected government documents at LHS. Records and holdings for all periodicals currently received by LHS, and for most periodicals currently received by the other libraries, are in LUIS. Most titles not yet cataloged (including those on order) are also included. The library's holdings are also available through the statewide catalog, ILLINET Online. LUIS uses the NOTIS LMS catalog system. Library Information The library is associated with OCLC. Contact University of Illinois at Chicago University Library Box 8198 m/c 234 Chicago IL 60680 E-mail:lib-sugg@uicvm.uic.edu Phone: (312) 996-2716 Nancy John Assistant University Librarian E-mail:U31452@uicvm.uic.edu Phone: (312) 996-2716 Paige Weston Systems Librarian E-mail:U50343@uicvm.uic.edu Phone: (312) 996-8974 Harriet Gorny Systems Programming Manager E-mail:U35049@uicvm.uic.edu Phone: (312) 996-2479 George Yanos Associate Director, Computer Center E-mail: U08208@uicvm.uic.edu Phone: (312) 996-2459 Source 1992 CIC Technical Services Directors Survey on OPAC Descriptions Internet Resource Guide ======================================================================== 5.15. University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign On-line Library Catalog-IO+ Last verified: May 92 ILLINET On-line Plus (IO+) is the on-line system for the University of Illinois collection and statewide system of over 800 academic, public, and special libraries throughout Illinois. Availability Hours: Monday - Saturday 8:00 a.m. - midnight Sunday Noon - midnight Telnet Access Using VT100 emulation, type telnet garcon.cso.uiuc.edu 625. or type telnet garcon.cso.uiuc.edu. If you fail to type 625, a login prompt will appear. At the login, type ioplus and press return. A welcome message will appear, describing the features available in IO+. At the prompt "C2: TYPE THE NUMBER OF YOUR TERMINAL: ===>," type 5 and press return (for VT100 emulation) to bring up the IO Library Systems Menu. Access to the library catalog, CARL Uncover, and IBIS (Illinois Bibliographic Information Service) is available from this screen in menu- driven or command form. Telnet Exit To log off, follow the on-screen prompts. TN3270 Access Type telnet (or tn3270) uicmvsa.aiss.uic.edu. From the Administrative Computing Network Welcome Screen, type B and press return for Library Services. The library catalog in menu-driven form and IBIS (Illinois Bibliographic Information Service) are available from the Library Services menu. Note: CARL UnCover is not available through this access method. From the Library Services menu, choose 2 and press return. At the NEXT Prompt, type UC and press return for the UIUC catalog. TN3270 Exit To log off from the Welcome screen or Library Services screen, type PF3 or ESC-3. Follow the on-screen prompts to quit or exit from within IBIS or ILLINET Online. On-line Catalog ILLINET On-line Plus is made up of: LCS: circulation system, with 3.7 million titles. FBR: bibliographic searching system. It can be searched using commands, through a mainframe menu-driven interface, or using a PC-based menu- driven interface. FBR contains 1.8 million titles. IBIS: (Illinois Bibliographic Information Service): This is used as the Journal Citation Database. IBIS can be searched using BRS Search Software, MENTOR mainframe interface, or using a PC-based menu-driven interface. IBIS contains 4.8 million citations. Approximately 98% of total holdings are in the LCS and FBR, combined. The catalog includes circulation and holdings data for the UIUC library and 40 other major Illinois libraries, as well as holdings information for over 800 academic, public, and special libraries throughout Illinois. The collective statewide holdings comprise more than 14 million items. The software used is Library Online Catalog. All traditional access points to bibliographic information in a card catalog are available as a means of retrieval: author, title, subject headings, and traced series. Access is also provided by: ISBN, ISSN, keywords in titles, corporate, or conference name headings. Right-hand truncation and boolean set combinations can also be used. Searches can be qualified by date of publication, type of material, language, or country of publication. Results can then be sorted by date, title, or author. For authorized patrons, The Illinois Bibliographic Information Service (IBIS) offers several indexes to bibliographic citations that can be searched on-line. Citations can be either downloaded to diskette or sent through e-mail or file transfer. The Illinois Bibliographic Information Service (IBIS) lets the user search, display, and save citations from several databases including Current Contents, ERIC, and several Wilson indexes. At this time, IBIS use is restricted to students, faculty, and staff of the University of Illinois. ILLINET Online Plus offers searching of current journal tables of contents via CARL Uncover/Uncover2. CARL Uncover lets the user search for articles in over 10,000 journals and magazines, and determine which of selected Illinois libraries holds that title with Uncover2. Copies of articles found in CARL Uncover can be ordered on-line and delivered by fax. Library Information Library was founded in 1868. Book volumes: 7,748,736 Periodical subscriptions: 92,077 The UIUC library's collection strengths include music, Slavic and East European titles, Asian studies, agriculture, biology, chemistry, education, engineering, geology, law and mathematics. Associated with OCLC. Anyone with a valid University of Illinois ID number can check out books to be delivered by mail. Departmental Libraries Africana, Afro-Americana, Agriculture, Applied Life Studies, Architecture, Asian (East Asian Division), Asian (South & West Asian Division), Biology, Chemistry, City Planning & Landscape Architecture, Classics, Commerce, Communications, Documents, Education & Social Science, Engineering, English, Geological Survey-State, Geology, History & Philosophy, Home Economics, Illini Union Browsing Room, Illinois State Historical Survey, Labor & Industrial Relations, Latin American, Law Library, Library Science & Information Science, Map & Geography, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Music, Natural History Survey-State, Newspaper, Physics-Astronomy, Rare Book Room, Slavic & East European, University Archives, University High School, Veterinary Medicine. Special Collections American Humor & Folklore (Franklin J Meine Collection); Baskette Collection on Freedom of Expression; William Cobbett (Muierhead Collection); Confederate Impronts (Richard B Harwell Collection); Incunabula including St Thomas Aquinas; 16th & 17th Century Italian Drama; Hollander Library of Economic History; Abraham Lincoln; John Milton; 17th Century Newsletters; 18th Century English Literature (Nickell Collection); 17th Century Political & Religious Pamphlets; 19th Century Publishing (William Bentley & Grant Richards Collection); Shakespeare (Ernest Ingold Collection); Carl Sandburg; H G Wells; T W Baldwin Elizabethan Library. Oral History. US Document Depository. Contact Beth Sandore Assistant Automated Systems Librarian 220 Library 1408 W. Gregory Drive University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 61801 E-mail:sandore@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu Phone: (217) 333-2592 Fax:(217) 244-0398 Source UNT's Accessing On-Line Bibliographic Database Internet-Accessible Library Catalogs & Databases 1992 CIC Technical Services Directors Survey on OPAC Descriptions Information on holdings & special collections as reported to American Library Directory, 1991-92 ======================================================================== 5.16. University of Iowa On-line Library Catalog-OASIS Last verified: May 92 OASIS (On-line Access System for Information Sources), The University of Iowa's on-line library catalog, contains three databases: LCAT, WILS, and CRLC. LCAT is the Libraries' catalog and can be used to locate materials owned or on order for the University Libraries and Law Library. WILS contains references to journal articles and book reviews from five H.W. Wilson indexes in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. CRLC contains references to items owned by the Center for Research Libraries. Availability LCAT and CRLC are available without a sign-on; WILS requires a valid University of Iowa ID. OASIS can be searched Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m.; Friday and Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.; and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. Access To access, type telnet oasis.uiowa.edu. Choose option 1 on the menu, OASIS. To access using IBM 3270 emulation (TN3270), type telnet uidpjes2.adp.uiowa.edu. Exit To exit, type stop and press return. On-Line Catalog OASIS contains holdings of the University Libraries and the Law Library. Authority records provide cross reference in the on-line catalog and order records appear in the OPAC. Circulation is not yet operational, so circulation status information is not available via the OPAC. Currently LCAT contains 1,070,000 bibliographic records; approximately 65% of the University Libraries' collection is included; records for all materials in the Law Library are in LCAT with the exception of most U.S. government documents. For the Main Library and departmental libraries, LCAT contains records for most items cataloged since 1980 and a significant number of older books. The majority of government documents are not included in LCAT. OASIS currently does not include AMC or maps format materials. A large literature retrospective conversion project has resulted in most literature titles being represented by on-line records. Detailed holdings statements for multi-piece items and serials appear in OASIS. OASIS uses the NOTIS catalog system. Library Information The University of Iowa was founded in 1847; the Library system was begun in 1855. University Libraries Holdings: Book volumes: 2,093,460 Periodical subscriptions: 22,663 Law Library holdings: Book titles: 88,492 Book volumes: 514,636 Periodical subscriptions: 4,056 Associated with RLIN, OCLC, DOCLINE. Departmental Libraries Art, Biology, Business Administration, Chemistry-Botany, Engineering, Geology, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, Mathematics, Music, Physics, and Psychology. Special Collections University Libraries: Leigh Hunt & His Friends (Library of Luther E. Brewer); Abraham Lincoln (Bollinger Collection); American Indians (Harvey Ingham Collection); Typography (John Springer Collection); Books & Manuscripts (Edmund Blunden Collection); Union Pacific Railroad (Levi O. Leonard Collection); Original Editorial Cartoons (Ding Darling Collection); Chatauqua; French Revolution; History of Hydraulics; History of Medicine; Iowa Authors. Oral History. U.S., State, UN & European Communities, General Agreements on Tariffs & Trade, Organization of American States, NASA (microfiche only) Document Depository. Law Library: U.S. Document Depository, Iowa Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Briefs, U.S. Court of Appeals for 8th Circuit Records and Briefs 1893-, Law School Bulletins. Contact University of Iowa Libraries and Law Library Iowa City, IA 52242-1420 Phone: Main Library (319) 335-5299 Law Library (319) 335-9002 Hardin Library for the Health Sciences (319) 335-9151 For questions concerning network access, contact: Suzanne Olson Library Automation Office University of Iowa Libraries Main Library Iowa City, IA 52242-1420 E-mail:suzanne-olson@uiowa.edu Phone: (319) 335-5880 or User Consultants Weeg Computing Center Lindquist Center S Iowa City, IA 52242-1589 E-mail:weeg-consult@uiowa.edu Phone: (319) 335-5530 Source University of Iowa Libraries and Law Library 1992 CIC Technical Services Directors Survey on OPAC Descriptions Information on special collections as reported to American Library Directory, 1991-92 ======================================================================== 5.17. University of Michigan On-line Library Catalog-MIRLYN Last verified: May 92 MIRLYN is the on-line system of the University of Michigan Library. With few exceptions, nearly the entire collection is represented in MCAT, the catalog portion of MIRLYN. MCAT currently contains approximately three million records. MIRLYN also contains the following Wilson periodical indexes: Social Sciences Index, Humanities Index, General Science Index, Applied Science & Technology Index, Art Index, Business Periodicals Index, PsycInfo, PAIS, Mathsci, and the Meeman Archive Database on Environmental Affairs. Availability Except for the index to the Meeman Archive, licensing restricts access for these periodical indexes to the faculty, students, and staff of the University of Michigan. The rest of the general catalog is open to all. Access telnet hermes.merit.edu The system will prompt you for a terminal type. VT100 or VT220 terminal emulation is required. You will receive the prompt "Which Host?" to which you should respond "MIRLYN". Follow the subsequent system prompts. Many guides for the system are available for anonymous ftp at um.cc.umich.edu in directory LD84. Exit To leave MIRLYN, type stop at the search command line. You will then exit back to the "Which Host?" prompt, at which point you may hang up. On-line Catalog Nearly the entire collection (99%) is represented in MCAT, the catalog portion of MIRLYN. MCAT currently contains 2,896,122 bibliographic records. MIRLYN provides extensive coverage of the University Library's monographs, serials, and scores. The database also includes records for the library's videos and motion pictures as well as for electronic publications. Some of the special collections, such as transportation history and parts of the Labadie collection of materials on social and political movements, are not yet converted. MIRLYN still does not fully represent Michigan's holdings of U.S. Government documents, microforms, sound recordings, maps, and slides. Subject libraries at the University of Michigan whose holdings are represented in MIRLYN include: medicine, dentistry, public health, and engineering. The library's strong collections in English and French local history, German history, and homeopathy also are reflected in the on-line catalog. The East Asia, Near East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe area collections, which include works in both Western European languages and in the vernacular, also have their records in MIRLYN. In general, retrospective serial holdings are at a summary level of detail, e.g., volumes are noted as held if at least 50% of the issues or numbers making up the volume are present, but missing issues are not noted. Current serial receipts are noted in detail. All multipart monograph holdings are noted in detail. Special holdings in catalog include: CRL Tapes, ICPSR datafile records, several sets of major microform analytics, University of Michigan Dissertations, University of Michigan Masters Theses, University of Michigan Technical Reports (cataloging began in 1992). MIRLYN uses the NOTIS catalog system. Library Information Library was founded in 1817. Books: 6,369,490 Microforms: 4,063,879 Maps: 230,511 Affiliated with RLG and OCLC. Collegiate Libraries Art & Architecture, Dentistry, Engineering-Transportation, Information & Library Studies, Alfred Taubman Medical Library, Music, Natural Science, Public Health, Social Work. Departmental Libraries Asia, Chemistry, Fine Arts, Graduate Library Administration, Mathematics, Physics-Astronomy, Rare Books & Special Collections, Undergraduate Library Special Collections Early Economics; Early Military Science Collection; Elzevier Imprints Collection; English Drama (17th & 18th Century); American Drama Collection (19th Century); English Historical Tracts (1592-1762); Shakespeare, Dryden, Swift, Pope, Defoe, Carlyle, Dickens, Swinburne, Trollope, W H Hudson, Whitman, Cabell & Frost Collections; Fine Printing; French Historical Pamphlets Collection (16th-17th Century); Imaginary Voyages Collection; Incunabula; National-Sozialistische Deutsch Arbeiter-Partei (1933-45); Phillipines (Insurrection & American Occupation); Polar Exploration Collection; Radical Protest & Reform Literature; Civil Liberties & Civil Rights Movements; Spanish & Portughese Poetry & Drama (16th-19th Centuries); Spanish Civil War, especially Anarchists & Trotskyite coverage; Theater Collection; United Nations Collection; Food & Agriculture Organization; Organization of American States; World Health Organizations; Human Relations Area Files; Medieval, Renaissance & Islamic Collections; Anti-Imperialist League; American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born; Finerty Irish Papers; Papyri, US & Canada Document Depository. Contact University of Michigan University Library 818 Graduate Library University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1205. Phone: (313) 764-1148 (Graduate Library Reference) E-Mail:mirlyninfo@um.cc.umich.edu Source University of Michigan Library 1992 CIC Technical Services Directors Survey on OPAC Descriptions Information on holdings & special collections as reported to American Library Directory, 1991-92 ======================================================================== 5.18. University of Minnesota On-line Library Catalog-LUMINA Last verified: April 92 LUMINA (Libraries of the University of Minnesota Integrated Network Access) is the official catalog of the holdings of the University of Minnesota Libraries-Twin Cities, the Law Library, the Eric Sevareid Journalism Library, and the Immigration History Research Collection. It includes records for all books and journal titles in these libraries; United States government publications from 1978; selected music scores, maps, sound recordings and other audiovisual materials, computer files, special collections and archival materials which are not monographic in nature. Projects are underway to add records of non-Roman materials and of more of the materials represented only selectively. In addition, the complete holdings of the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago are represented as are an experimental set of records for Department of Energy materials. Access Type telnet lumina.lib.umn.edu. When prompted for terminal type, type 0 for VT100 emulation. When prompted to do so, type pa. On the Public Access Information Service screen, type 1. Exit To exit from LUMINA, type xq. At the Public Access Information Service, type xq. If you are not released from the Telnet session at this point, you may have to use your local TELNET software to break the connection. On-line Catalog LUMINA contains 8.7 million records of the holdings of the University of Minnesota libraries mentioned above. One hundred percent of the fully cataloged collection is represented as are selected materials of other formats. LUMINA uses the NOTIS catalog system. Library Information The University of Minnesota Library was founded in 1851. Books: 4,760,000 Periodical subscriptions: 42,300 Microform units: 3,308,000 Associated with RLIN and OCLC. Special Collections Archives for the History of Quantum Physics; John Berryman Collection; Hess Dime Novels Collection; History of European Expansion Prior to 1800 (James Ford Bell Collection); History of Information Processing (Charles Babbage Archives); Kerlan Children's Literature Research Collections; Northwest Architectural Archives; Performing Arts Archives (Minnesota Orchestra, Guthrie Theatre); Philosophy; Private Presses Collection; American Indian Law; Anglo-American Law; Foreign Law; Scandinavian and India-Pakistan Law; Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine; Ames Library of South Asia; Social Welfare History Archives; YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) Archives; American and English Literature (selected authors); Ballooning; Black History Collection; English History (seventeenth century); Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle Collection); August Strindberg; University of Minnesota Archives; Atomic Energy Commission (to 1968); Scandinavian government documents; United Nations document depository library; United States regional document depository library; Minnesota document depository library; Canadian document depository library; Botanical Taxonomy (Herbarium Collection); Youth Development (Konopka Collection). Contact University of Minnesota Libraries 499 Wilson Library 309 Nineteenth Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 For questions about searching LUMINA or resources available: UMn Reference and Information Services Phone: (612) 626-2227 For technical questions regarding network access: UMn Computer and Information Services Phone: (612) 626-2272 Charlene Mason Assistant University Librarian for Automated Systems E-mail:c-maso@vm1.spcs.umn.edu Source Annual Report Statistics reported to Association of Research Libraries, 1991/92 Information on holdings & special collections as reported to American Library Directory, 1991-92 University of Minnesota Libraries ======================================================================== 5.19. University of Notre Dame On-line Library Catalog-UNLOC Last verified: May 92 UNLOC is the on-line catalog system for the University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries in Notre Dame, Indiana. UNLOC provides access to many of the Libraries' 1.9 million titles. Access UNLOC can be accessed with TN3270 emulation. Type tn3270 irishmvs.cc.nd.edu. At the "Enter Command" or "'HELP':" prompt, type library. Exit Type stop; at the "Enter command or 'HELP':" prompt, type bye. On-Line Catalog UNLOC is the on-line public catalog component of the Notre Dame Libraries' automated system. UNLOC contains records for 99% of all cataloged items in the University Libraries' collections including all books cataloged since 1977 and more than 80% of books cataloged before then. Holdings information for individual issues or volumes of all currently received serials are now available in UNLOC. UNLOC uses the NOTIS catalog system. Library Information The University of Notre Dame Libraries were founded in 1873. Volumes: 1,996,606 Periodical Subscriptions: 17,513 Microcards: 386,566 Microfiche: 546,060 Microfilm: 29,251 CD ROM Titles: 12 Records: 6,966 Audio Tapes: 1,086 Maps: 128,883 Associated with OCLC. Special Collections Irish Music (Captain Francis O'Neill Collection); Early Printed Maps of Ireland Collection; 1798 Irish Rebellion Collection; Descartes (Denisoff Collection); Edward Gorey Collection; Jaques Maritain Collection; Dante (John A. Zahm Collection); R. H. Gore, Sr. Orchid Collection; Historical Botany (Edward Greene Collection); Penguin Paperbacks 1935-1965; Sports (Edmund Joyce Collection); History of Medieval Universities; Ambrosiana microfilm & photographic (Frank M. Folsum Collection). U.S. & European Communities Document Dept. Contact Robert Wittorf Assistant Director, Systems and Administrative Services University of Notre Dame Libraries Notre Dame, Indiana 46656 Phone: (219) 239-6258 (Reference Desk) E-mail:robert.wittorf.1@nd.edu For questions concerning network access, contact: Information Resource Center Office of University Computing E-mail info@nd.edu Phone: (219) 239-8111 Source Information on holdings & special collections as reported to American Library Directory, 1991-92 University of Notre Dame Libraries UNT's Accessing On-Line Bibliographic Database ======================================================================== 5.20. University of Wisconsin Madison On-line Library Catalog-NLS Last verified: May 92 The Network Library System (NLS) is the on-line public catalog of the libraries at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. NLS supports a separate on-line catalog for each campus. Access TN3270 access is preferred. Type tn3270 blue.adp.wisc.edu. When connected, you are presented with a menu from which you select NLS, the library catalog. Use function keys to select an option, or tab to the option you want and press ENTER. You can also type the three or four character identifier for the menu entry you want at the command line prompt. If 3270 emulation is not available, Telnet access is available via a gateway machine providing tn3270 emulation: telnet nls.adp.wisc.edu. You will be prompted to enter a terminal type. VT100 is the default, or you can enter the command list to display a list of supported terminal types. After entering a valid terminal type, select NLS from the menu to connect to the library catalog. At the NLS entry screen, press ENTER to search the Madison catalog or Type mil and press ENTER to search the Milwaukee catalog. Xterm users or other windowing software users must set their window size to 80 characters x 25 lines. Exit Type exit on any catalog screen to return to the main menu. From the main menu, select the option to quit. Press return. On-line Catalog The catalog holds 2,400,000 bibliographic records representing 55-60% of total holdings. All formats are included; titles which are on order and in process are represented in the catalog as well as those which have been cataloged. Several subject libraries have completely converted their holdings or nearly so, such as the Instructional Materials Center, Health Sciences and Clinical Sciences, Primate Center, Science Collections in the General Library System, Social Science Reference, Social Work, and the College (undergraduate) Library. NLS includes most materials acquired and cataloged since 1976, including GPO regional depository holdings. Many earlier titles of all types have been converted. All currently received multipart titles for the General Library System have holdings represented in the catalog. Most of these holdings have been input following the U.S. MARC holdings format, level 4. The NLS software was developed locally. Library Information Library was founded in 1850. Books: 4,800,000 Affiliated with OCLC. Departmental Libraries Biology, Business, Center for Demography Library, Chemistry, College (Undergraduate) Library, Cooperative Children's Book Center, F. B. Power Pharmacy Library, Geography, Geology-Geophysics, Institute for Environmental Studies Reference Collection, Instructional Materials Center, Kohler Art Library, Kurt F. Wendt Engineering Library, Land Tenure Center Library, Law School Library, Map & Air Photo Library, Mathematics, Mills Music Library, Nieman Grant Journalism Reading Room, Physics, Plant Pathology Memorial Library, Primate Center Library, School of Library & Information Studies, Social Science Reference Library, Social Work, Space Science & Engineering Center Library, Steenbock Memorial Agricultural Library, Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Research Center, Water Resources Center Reference Services, William S Middleton Health Sciences Library, Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research, Woodman Astronomical Library. Contact Automation Help Desk 312F Memorial Library University of Wisconsin 728 State Street Madison, WI 53706 E-mail:glshelp@vms.macc.wisc.edu Phone: (608) 262-8880 For help using NLS or to obtain a free NLS Computer Catalog User's Guide, contact: Memorial Library Information Desk Phone: (608) 262-3193 or Dennis Hill E-mail:dhill@vms.macc.wisc.edu. More detailed information on accessing NLS via the Internet is documented in: "TCP/IP Network Access To The NLS Catalog Via Tn3270 And Telnet". For a copy of this document, or any other information, contact: Automation Help Desk E-mail:glshelp@vms.macc.wisc.edu. Phone: (608) 262-8880 Source Internet Resource Guide Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison UNT's Accessing On-Line Bibliographic Databases 1992 CIC Technical Services Directors Survey on OPAC Descriptions Information on holdings & special collections as reported to American Library Directory, 1991-92 ======================================================================== 6.Library Applications and Related Resources ======================================================================== 6.1. CARL: Colorado Association of Research Libraries- On-line Catalogs, Periodicals Citation Access, and More Last verified: May 92 The CARL System is an information service developed by the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, marketed and supported by CARL Systems, Inc. CARL offers access to the following groups of databases: 1. Library Catalogs (including Government Publications) 2. Current Article Indexes and Access (including UnCover and ERIC) 3. Information Databases (including Encyclopedia) 4. Other Library Systems Access telnet pac.carl.org Select appropriate terminal type (select 5 for vt100). Exit type `//EXIT' from any screen. Usually this must be done twice; the first returns to the introductory screen, the second closes the connection. Contact CARL System 3801 East Florida Ave, Suite 300 Denver, CO. 80210 Phone: (303) 758-3030 Fax:(303) 758-0606 E-mail:help@carl.org Source NYSERNET Guide 10/91 ======================================================================== 6.2. Catalist: An Internet Library System Guide for MS Windows Last verified: May 92 Catalist is a hypertext guide to Internet-accessible library systems and other information resources which was created to run under Microsoft Windows (TM). Access CATALIST is available from the following two anonymous FTP sites: ZEBRA.ACS.UDEL.EDU in the directory pub/library VAXB.ACS.UNT.EDU in the directory library/catalist Description The following information was taken from the announcement of Catalist 3.0. CATALIST is a hypertext version of Billy Barron's "UNT's Accessing On- Line Bibliographic Databases" for Microsoft Windows 3.0. CATALIST is available via anonymous FTP. As you may know, many university libraries make their bibliographic databases available as On-Line Public Access Catalogs (OPACs). Anyone who has access to the Internet may log into these systems and search them free of charge. CATALIST is a hypertext catalog of OPAC addresses and access instructions. CATALIST has the ability to search for OPACs by either geographical location or alphabetical list. The user simply starts CATALIST by double-clicking its icon, then uses intuitive hypertext principles to locate instructions for logging into a specific catalog. Because it is a Windows application it will run alongside any Windows compatible communications software. You can simply start CATALIST in one window and log into your mainframe in another. This gives you the ability to look up library after library without leaving CATALIST or your mainframe session. Once you have found a library and gotten connected, CATALIST provides information to help you search the database. CATALIST has a notebook function which will allow you to take notes and keep the notes associated with that particular library. You can even copy whole entries or screens from the library's catalog to CATALIST's notebook using the Windows Clipboard. Contact Richard H. Duggan English Department University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 E-mail:duggan@brahms.udel.edu or richard.duggan@mvs.udel.edu ======================================================================== 6.3. Project Gutenberg Last verified: May 92 Project Gutenburg's goal is to create a large set of machine readable texts that are freely available to all. Books released in 1991 include Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, The Hunting of the Snark, Moby Dick, The Book of Mormon, The Federalist Papers, The Song of Hiawatha, Paradise Lost, Aesop's Fables, and Roget's Thesaurus. 1992 releases have included Frederick Douglass, 1991 CIA World Factbook, Paradise Lost, Far From the Madding Crowd, Data From the 1990 Census, The Bible (King James Version), and Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy. Access ftp mcrnext.cso.uiuc.edu Directory etext/etext92 contains electronic texts released in 1992 Directory etext/etext91 contains 1991 releases Directory etext/articles contains Project Gutenberg articles and newsletters Project Gutenberg also maintains an on-line newsletter. It is available as the USENET group bit.listserv.gutnberg, or you can subscribe directly. To subscribe, send a message to listserv@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu with the text of the message reading sub gutnberg your name Where "your name" is replaced by your own name. More Information The following information was taken from a description in the Project Gutenberg directory. The purpose of Project Gutenberg is to encourage the creation and distribution of English language electronic texts. We prefer the texts to be made available in pure ASCII formats so they would be most easily converted to use in various hardware and software. A file of this nature will also be made available in various markup formats as it is used in various environments. However we accept files in ANY format, and will do our best to provide them in all. We assist in the selection of hardware and software as well as in their installation and use. We also assist in scanning, spelling checkers, proofreading, etc. Our goal is to provide a collection of 10,000 of the most used books by the year 2001, and to reduce, and we do mean reduce, the effective costs to the user to a price of approximately one cent per book, plus the cost of media and of shipping and handling. Thus we hope the entire cost of libraries of this nature will be about $100 plus the price of the disks and CDROMS and mailing. Currently the price of making CDROMS is said to be about $500 for mastering and then $2 per copy. To create such a library would take less than one out of ten of a conservatively estimated 100,000 libraries in the U.S. alone: if each created one full text. If all the libraries co-operated, it would be less than 10% of a volume per library. If there were 10 members of each library creating electronic texts, then each only has to do 1% of a single book to create a truly public library of 10,000 books which would each be usable on any of the 100 million computers we are targeting. So far most electronic text work has been carried out by private, semi- private or incorporated individuals, with several library or college collections being created, but being made mostly from the works entered by individuals on their own time and expense. This labor has largely been either a labor of love, or a labor made by those who see future libraries as computer searchable collections which can be transmitted via disks, phone lines or other media at a fraction of the cost in money, time and paper as in present day paper media. These electronic books will not have to be rebound, reprinted, reshelved, etc. They will not have to be reserved and restricted to use by one patron at a time. All materials will be available to all patrons from all locations at all times. The use of this type of library will benefit even more greatly in the presence of librarians, as the amount of information shall be so much greater than that available in present day libraries that the patron will benefit even more greatly than today from assists in their pursuit of knowledge. Therefore, we call on all interested parties to get involved with the creation and distribution of electronic texts, whether it's a commitment to typing, scanning, proofreading, collecting, or what ever your pleasure might be. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of any person or institution. Neither Professor Hart nor Project Gutenberg have any official contacts with the University of Illinois. Contact Michael S. Hart, Director, Project Gutenberg Illinois Benedictine College 5700 College Road Lisle, IL 60532-0900 E-mail: HART@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU Source Mail from Michael S. Hart (5/92) and on-line files at mcrnext.cso.uiuc.edu. ======================================================================== 6.4. Library of Congress Catalog Records Last verified: May 92 Search access to 4.1 million titles of the Library of Congress database via Data Research Associates (DRA). Availability Guest access to this database may not be used for cataloging or competitive purposes. Access from outside of the United States may require prior arrangements. Only 2 guest users are allowed access at a time during business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Central Time). Records originating with the Library of Congress are copyrighted by the Library of Congress for use outside the United States. Access telnet dra.com This service expects some form of VT100 emulation. Exit Type "ex" from any screen. Description The Software Development Group of Data Research Associates, Inc. has made the 4.1 million cataloging records from the Library of Congress available to researchers via the Internet. This database contains the records from the Books All, Maps, Music, Serials, and Visual Materials services as distributed by the Cataloging Distribution Service (CDS) of the Library of Congress. This database is not the same as the card catalog at the Library of Congress. Guest users may search the database by author, title, author/title, ISBN, ISSN, LCCN, as well as qualifying searches by language, copyright date, or cataloging format. Subject and keyword searching is not available to guest users. Additional types of searches may be available for users with Data Research accounts. Data Research Associates, Inc. is not responsible for supporting or maintaining this service or its data for guest users. This service may be modified, unavailable or withdrawn at any time without notice. Contact Mail about problems, suggestions, or comments may be sent to CATALOG@DRA.COM For information on continuing access for a host, site, or network contact Data Research Associates, Inc. Sales Department 1276 North Warson Road St. Louis, MO 63105 Phone: (314) 432-1100 E-mail: sales@dra.com ======================================================================== 6.5. Network Fax Project Last verified: May 92 Academic Computing Services (ACS) at The Ohio State University has an ongoing effort to provide image transmission services over the Internet. The most important aspect of this work is a project to develop an Internet/Fax gateway for use by libraries as an Interlibrary Loan delivery mechanism for items such as journal articles. The gateway works in conjunction with an existing Fax machine to provide Internet/Fax transmission as well as normal telephone Fax transmission. The project is supported by grants from CICNet and OARNet and by ACS. CICNet is the midwestern regional NSFNet affiliate network formed by the CIC, a consortium of the Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago. OARNet is the statewide Ohio Academic Resources Network. The goal of the project is to integrate off-the-shelf PC and Fax technology with public-domain software and a simple menu-driven user interface for use by non-technical personnel. The gateway is intended to work as a low-cost adjunct to an existing Group 3 Fax machine. The Fax machine can continue to work over the telephone for deliveries and receipts to and from libraries without Internet gateways. Other library projects, such as those sponsored by the Research Libraries Group (RLG) and the National Agricultural Text Digitization Project (NATDP), are involved with complete higher-end, higher-cost, non-Fax workstations using integral printing and scanning. In early research, ACS personnel examined the feasibility of transmitting Fax images at Group 3 and Group 4 standards over TCP/IP networks. The results of this work indicated that there were no technical impediments and that a functional Internet/Fax gateway could be built from currently available hardware and software. The basic approach was to scan an image with a Fax machine and transmit the image to an IBM-compatible PC equipped with Fax and Ethernet interface cards. The image was then stored as a file on the PC's disk. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) software was used to transmit the image file over an Ethernet to a similarly equipped distant PC for storage on disk. Finally, the image was transmitted from the Fax interface card of the second PC to a nearby Fax machine. The Fax machines were connected to the PC's Fax interface card through a commercially available telephone company adapter which dealt with line power and signaling concerns for the telephony equipment. A test system was assembled to demonstrate the concept. The CICNet project grew out of an earlier CIC Interlibrary Loan pilot project which placed Group 3 Fax machines at CIC libraries to deliver documents over long-distance telephone lines. After a demonstration of the Internet/Fax image transmission process, CICNet awarded ACS a grant to develop a low-cost gateway to enable the libraries' existing Group 3 Fax machines to transmit documents over CICNet facilities rather than telephone lines. The OARNet grant supports extending the project to explore Fax-over-Internet document delivery for Ohio academic libraries using OARNet facilities and includes the University of Cincinnati as a test site. The goal of this project is to integrate inexpensive off-the-shelf microcomputer and Fax components with public domain TCP/IP software for use with any Group 3 Fax machine. The result will be a low cost, easily procurable Internet/Fax document transmission workstation operable by non-technical personnel. During the 1990-91 academic year, ACS selected the hardware, built several prototype workstations, and developed control software to integrate the components. At this point, beta testing is underway at three universities. These are The Ohio State University (OARNet and CICNet), University of Cincinnati(OARNet), and Indiana University(CICNet). Good results have been achieved thus far and at this point the libraries are using the beta units for actual Interlibrary Loan document delivery. ACS is now preparing to build production units for the CIC libraries. Because of a low-cost approach, the production unit cost is $2500, complete with hardware and all software installed. The beta test units are PC AT clones equipped with a large hard disk, VGA monitor, Ethernet (both thinnet and 10 Base T) card, and a Fax card. The software includes KA9Q network software, a toolkit for the Fax card, and ACS-developed control and interface software. In operation the gateway receives a Fax from the local Fax machine and stores it on disk. The operator selects the destination library from the menu and the gateway notifies the destination that a document is available. The destination gateway then queues the document for processing and later retrieves it from the originating gateway. It then queues the document for output on a local Fax machine. When the selected Fax machine is available, the destination gateway transmits the document. Once the final Fax transmission is complete, the destination gateway deletes the document from the originating gateway. The originating gateway then logs the delivery and notifies the operator. The speed of the network Fax workstation is limited by the speed of the Fax machine and the telephone connection to the PC Fax interface card. The actual Fax transfer across Internet facilities is nearly instantaneous, running typically at two seconds per page. User workflow is enhanced because the Fax machine can scan and print documents continuously without regard for busy remote machines. Network transfer is handled as a background task, freeing the Fax machine for input and output. Our future plans include: - support for 386-based PC's; - support for Group 4 Fax standards; - exploring the area of automating addressing through OCR or other technologies; - adding scanners and laser printers as input and output devices; - moving toward delivery to the scholar's desk; - adding a document preview capability without the usual workflow integrations caused by scanner previews; - and further tailoring the gateways to better fit into typical Interlibrary Loan workflow patterns. ACS staff are working with The Ohio State University Libraries participating in the NATDP project. In addition, ACS staff have attended meetings of the new IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) Network Fax Working Group. This group has been established to explore Internet/Fax issues and to recommend standards for Fax transmission over Internet facilities. ACS intends to participate in this work. While development will continue on current projects, ACS intends to evolve toward new standards as they are developed. There may well be additional non-library applications for the gateway. Though the current units are tailored for library use, the heart of the unit is a general purpose bi-directional Internet/Fax gateway CICNet Participants These CICNet members are participants in the Network FAX Project (as of 4/92). Indiana University Ohio State University University of Chicago University of Illinois - Chicago University of Iowa University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Wisconsin - Madison Further Information John Hankins CICNet, Inc. 2901 Hubbard Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Phone: (313) 998-6102 Fax:(313) 998-6105 E-mail: hankins@cic.net Bob Kalal The Ohio State University Academic Computing Services 1971 Neil Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210 Phone: (614) 292-4843 Fax:(614) 292-7081 E-mail:Bob_Kalal@osu.edu Source June 1991 Status report on the Network FAX Project. ======================================================================== 6.6. Oxford English Dictionary II Last verified: May 92 On-line version of the Oxford English Dictionary. Availability Because of site licenses for the OED2 software and database, only hosts registered in the "uiuc.edu" and "uic.edu" domains are permitted to access the OED2 dictionary service. The Contact section contains a reference to the organization that licenses both the software and the database. Access OED2 client programs have been developed for UNIX and Macintosh platforms. The UNIX OED2 client software has been installed on all UNIX machines administered by the University of Illinois Computing and Communications Services Office and is readily accessible to users of those computers. Other departments or groups who wish to install the UNIX client program may obtain a copy of it via anonymous ftp from uxc.cso.uiuc.edu in pub/oed2-2.XX.tar.z (where XX is the current version; set mode to binary prior to transfer). The Macintosh client is a HyperCard stack and can be retrieved via anonymous ftp from uxc.cso.uiuc.edu in cso/oed2/mac-oed2-stack.sit.hqx (set mode to ASCII prior to transfer). Description The complete Oxford English Dictionary Version II (OED2), a major literary resource and research tool of the English language, is now available on- line to users at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois at Chicago. The OED2 is the Mount Everest of dictionaries, containing an overwhelming collection of 291,592 entries for known words. The presentation of text in the dictionary has been maintained in the rigid style of OED's first editor, Sir James Murray. A defined word's etymology, current and past definitions, and a history of literary usages tracing from as far back as 1150 A.D. are all included in the consistent albeit lengthy reference structure. The original version of the dictionary, completed in 1928, produced twelve volumes and took seven decades to produce. Its supplement, initiated in 1955, was finally completed 30 years later and contributed four additional volumes of material. The Oxford English Dictionary was revised and reissued as a second version in 1988. This new version was organized and stored in a computer database format. The on-line database and associated indexes occupy almost 1.5 gigabytes of disk space on the University of Illinois UNIX host uxc.cso.uiuc.edu. The user interface to the OED2 service supports commands for selecting and sorting dictionary data as well as for various screen and printer output formats. The OED2 service is based on a server/client relationship. All of the OED2 data is stored and processed on one CCSO computer functioning as the OED2 "server." OED2 "client" software is installed on any number of other host machines attached to the University of Illinois campus network. Special handshaking communications between the server and client machines allow the client machines to quickly access the server's dictionary data over the campus network. Thus the vast amount of OED2 data need only be stored on one machine, but any number of network users have access to it through client machines. Contact For more information about the OED2 service at UIUC, contact Paul Pomes Phone: (217) 333-6262 E-mail: Paul-Pomes@uiuc.edu For information on licensing the OED2 dataset and Pat (the patricia tree searching program), contact E-mail: newoed@watsol.waterloo.edu To be put on the mailing list for OED2 users, message oed2-talk-request@watsol.waterloo.edu. ======================================================================== 7.Campus Wide Information Systems Last verified: January 92 Campus Wide Information Systems, also known as CWIS, are becoming increasingly popular on the Internet. Though they usually exist to serve people at a particular institution, they sometimes provide services or information of more general interest. This section lists some of the CWIS systems on CICNet, and also lists some systems of note at other institutions. It also gives references to broader lists of CWIS systems. Though many CWIS systems are based on large central campus mainframe computers, the University of Minnesota Gopher software is also gaining popularity as a relatively simple way to bring up a CWIS on smaller systems. See section 2.2. for more information about Gopher. ======================================================================== 7.1. CWIS Systems in CICNet Last verified: January 92 This information comes from a report on CWIS activity prepared by the CICNet Network Information Resource Committee's CWIS Working Group. The CWIS working group is chaired by Joel Cooper of Notre Dame University, who prepared this report. The report was dated February 1992. University of Chicago UOC uses AppleTalk based distribution system to disseminate information in student dormitories and CCSO NameServer. UOC currently has a dozen or so dedicated Campus Information Centers (CIC's) deployed around campus primarily in student residence halls, but also in libraries and administrative areas. These "centers" are Mac SE 30's running a collection of HyperCard stacks with several different functions. They are currently network aware and in fact are updated, reloaded, etc. over the AppleTalk network. They provide standard sorts of CWIS information such as movie and sports schedules, as well as databases for College jobs, a map function with zoom, on-line directory (ph) queries, and other information. QuickTime movies are under evaluation at present. The long term goal is to back out of the dedicated kiosk deployment towards a network service for subscription at the desktop possibly to be implemented for DOS Windows, UNIX, and Macintosh. U. of Chicago is also prototyping a WAIS server for alternative access to the library catalog, and ultimately for other databases. University of Illinois Developed and use CCSO NameServer. Used by other CICNet institutions as an electronic phonebook, U. Illinois has extended the amount of information included in the NameServer to include departments, institutes, offices, etc. rather than just people. Ph client software available for: Macintosh (both standalone and within Eudora), NeXT, PC/DOS (within POPmail/PC), X-Windows (under development), UNIX application. Illinois is also looking seriously at implementing Gopher. Indiana University Developed and uses a VMS-based CWIS. Terminal interface available via direct-connect and telnet. The system is currently under development to include all state system institutions. The strategy involves developing a distributed version of their present CWIS. Clients will be available for PC, Mac and UNIX workstations. Initially the server will reside on a VMS system, providing access to the same content (the same files) as the current host based system. Eventually the server will likely be UNIX based. Part of this "desktop AIE" will be the inclusion of new navigation/search strategies including free text search ala WAIS and Gopher. One of these search engines may be incorporated into the server. In addition the Biology Department has set up a Gopher as an alternative means of accessing the IUBio Biology Archive. University of Iowa Currently using Gopher and CCSO NameServer. Panda is a joint project between Weeg Computing Center (the University's academic computing center) and ISCA (the Iowa Student Computer Association). Currently, over ten departments are providing services or regularly using the services of Panda. Panda is used about 3,000 times a week while school is in session. University of Michigan Currently using Gopher. Also have X.500 directory service. Michigan State University Use Emc2 based system for information distribution, email, and directory services. University of Minnesota Developed and use Gopher. Gopher software is based on the TELNET protocol. UNIX based server. Gopher client software available for: Macintosh, NeXT, PC/DOS, X-Windows, UNIX CURSES application. UMN also uses the CCSO NameServer. Gopher is an extremely versatile front-end application. Other network services such as archie, WAIS, TELNET, NWS Weather, etc. can be accessed via Gopher client software. The end result is a uniform interface for accessing resources on the Internet. Gopher in some senses is becoming a superset of CWIS, not only within CICNet, but around the Internet community in general. The number of Gopher servers available on the Internet grows monthly. Northwestern University Use Princeton's PNN software (NUInfo) and CCSO NameServer. Looking at UNIX based server options. The alternatives currently being considered are: TechInfo, Gopher, FreePort, and IU's system. Some of the needs identified by users for Northwestern's CWIS are: 1. distributed input by information providers rather than "messengers" 2. search abilities, but not necessarily full text search 3. interactive capability such as textbook exchange, ride board, etc. 4. a good front-end for several networked services such as email, USENET, library access, etc. 5. Mac front-end 6. more flexible menus than the maximum of 23 items available with the PNN software. From the usage statistics collected, the most popular items on NUInfo are registration information and phone and e-mail directories. University of Notre Dame Use Princeton's PNN software (NDInfo) and CCSO NameServer. NDInfo available via TN3270. Also testing UNIX and Macintosh clients. Also planning to build a Gopher server. While NDInfo is relatively new, there were already over 700 logins during the month of January. Notre Dame is also running a prototype Gopher server. The Ohio State University Developed and currently use CWIS running on a DEC Ultrix system. Terminal access is available. They are also investigating the use of industrial strength touch screens for use in public areas. Purdue University Under discussion. University of Wisconsin-Madison Testing Gopher and using CCSO NameServer. It has been described as a grass roots movement that is catching on and spreading across campus. Wisconsin is currently running an IBM mainframe system called Inquire on their administrative system for faculty and staff. ======================================================================== 7.2. List of Internet Campus Wide Information Systems Last verified: May 92 A list of available Campus Wide Information Systems is available from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The list includes many CWIS' from across the United States and around the world. Access Anonymous ftp to ftp.oit.unc.edu, directory /pub/docs, file cwis-l. The Extended Bulletin Board (EBB), offered by UNC-CH, can connect you to many of the information systems in this list. You may access the EBB through Telnet, using bbs.oit.unc.edu as the connection. For "username" type "bbs". When you get the EBB's menu, select item 9, "On-line Information Systems." Contact Judy Hallman University North Carolina, Chapel Hill E-mail:hallman@UNCVM1.OIT.UNC.EDU ======================================================================== 7.3. CWIS Mailing List Last verified: May 92 The CWIS-L mailing list is for discussing the creation and implementation of campus-wide information systems. The term CWIS includes systems which make information and services publicly available on campus via kiosks, interactive computing systems and/or campus networks. Services routinely include directory information, calendars, bulletin boards, databases. Access To subscribe to the CWIS-L mailing list, send an e-mail message containing the following command to LISTSERV@WUVMD.wustl.edu: SUB CWIS-L your_full_name All contributions should be sent to CWIS-L@WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU Contact Timothy Bergeron E-mail:C09615TB@WUVMD.wustl.edu ======================================================================== 7.4. Panda: University of Iowa Campus-wide Information System Last verified: May 92 Panda is an on-line information system based on the University of Minnesota gopher program (see section 2.2.). Panda is used for distribution of information about The University of Iowa and Iowa City as well as general reference material to the students, faculty, and staff of The University of Iowa and members of the Iowa City community. Access telnet panda.uiowa.edu Client and server programs are available for anonymous FTP from chop.isca.uiowa.edu; however, as the developer notes, as of May 1992 "it is in very rough form." Exit To exit, type quit at any "Command==>" prompt. Panda was initiated in November, 1991, and is being jointly developed by the Iowa Student Computer Association (ISCA) and Weeg Computing Center, the university's academic computing center. Many local modifications are planned, with the intent that Panda remain gopher-compliant. Panda already includes data about University courses and policies, events on and off campus, local weather, student groups, bus schedules, local movie times, and daily news events. Access is available to a newsletter for international students and announcements from the supporting office on campus. Basic information and hours for community social services organizations are included in Panda. The computing center has the price list for the University-run microcomputer purchase program in Panda as well as answers to other often-asked questions about mainframe equipment configurations, hours, communication links and modems, schedule of short courses offered by the Center, and an index of past Newsletter articles. The newsletter will soon follow on-line. Future Directions The following is from a note posted to alt.gopher news group, May 5, 1992, by Lee Brintle, ISCA: The eventual goal is to provide a common, user-friendly, secure front end for most Internet services (FTP, Gopher, USENET, DOC (a BBS server), mail, talk, write) so that the average user can start off using the Internet without learning UNIX. Right now, we've taken the gopher program and modified both the client ("panda") and the server ("pgopherd") heavily. Contact Iowa Student Computer Association Student Activities Center Iowa Memorial Union Iowa City, IA 52242-1317 Phone: (319) 335-3397 E-mail:panda@uiowa.edu Source Lee Brintle, Panda Project Director ISCA ======================================================================== 7.5. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Gopher Last verified: May 92 The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has a Gopher server that offers information about local and remote network services. As of May 1992, this system is still under development, but already offers many useful services. Access Use any gopher client to access gopher.uiuc.edu or telnet gopher.uiuc.edu and log in as user gopher. What's Available As of May 1992 the UIUC Gopher server contains: Computer documentation including some coverage of network services available on UIUCnet (The University of Illinois Campus Network) and the Internet; GUIDE (Guide to University of Illinois Data and Events), a campus-wide information system containing campus announcements, up-to-date descriptions of campus services and facilities, schedules and descriptions of local cultural and athletic events, and many other items of interest to the UIUC campus community; FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) documents covering a wide range of topics; Up-to-date National Weather Service information; Information about and transparent National Weather Service information; Information about and transparent access to on-line library catalogs on the Internet; An Archie (section 2.1.) client and transparent access to the file systems of more than 800 anonymous FTP sites; and Phone Books (student/staff directory information) for UIUC and other campuses running a "ph" server. Contact Paul Gibbs E-mail:gopher@uiuc.edu Source Lynn Ward, UIUC ======================================================================== 7.6. SUINFO: Syracuse University Campus Information System Last verified: May 92 SUINFO is a campus information system for Syracuse University with much to offer the Internet user. In addition to course catalogs and local news, there is access to the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database, an information resource of great importance to a variety of disciplines including education, psychology, and libraries. Syracuse University is one of a small number of ERIC participants which make this access possible. In addition to ERIC, there are several well known BITNET listserv discussion groups included, such as Humanist and NOTIS-L (for NOTIS library system users). Also accessible is the LISTSERV lists file which includes information on all BITNET discussion groups. (All BITNET groups are also accessible to Internet users.) Other databases include current North American weather conditions and Syracuse University job openings. Availability There is no charge for accessing PRISM, the SPIRES-based database management system on which SUINFO is based. Some selections require password authorization and are reserved for SU students and faculty. Access telnet acsnet.syr.edu At the Prompt, type suinfo. The SUVM logon screen will appear. Tab to the command line (skipping the USENAME and PASSWORD lines) and type suinfo. Please note that if the "..MORE" or "HOLDING" message appears at the lower right-hand corner of the screen, press the "clear" key to bring up the next screen. For most KERMIT users, be sure to use the "7171" keyboard emulation which makes the "home" key on the PC keyboard the "clear" key. If your terminal emulation does not support function keys, then just type the command at the YOUR RESPONSE prompt. Exit Type logoff from any SUINFO screen. Contact Computing Services, Syracuse University , Syracuse, NY 13244 E-mail:consult@suvm.acs.syr.edu Bhaskaran Balakrishnan Academic Information Resources E-mail:BBALAKRI@SUVM.ACS.SYR.EDU Phone: (315) 443-2143 ======================================================================== 7.7. CUINFO: Cornell University Campus/Regional Information System Last verified: May 92 Information on campus and regional events including concerts, ski conditions, news, graduate bulletin, jobs, ornithology newsletter, announcements, and more. CUInfo is of interest to people outside of Cornell because of some of it's innovative services. Of particular interest is an on-line counseling service called "Uncle Ezra." Access tn3270 cuinfo.cornell.edu 300 The first screen will appear with general instructions. Usually the user types a "+" to move forward, "-" to back up, or "ENTER/RETURN" to exit to a previous menu. Exit From the first screen "blank to exit" instruction displayed means to press RETURN/ENTER without any additional command. Source NYSERNET Guide 10/91 ======================================================================== 8.Internet Resources ======================================================================== 8.1. AEDNET: The Adult Education Network Last verified: May 92 AEDNET is an international electronic network that now includes people from the Americas, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. The network was initiated as part of a Kellogg Foundation grant to Syracuse University's Adult Education Program, School of Education, and now operates out of the Adult Education Program. Access To enroll in AEDNET, send an email note to AEDNET@SUVM.ACS.SYR.EDU with your FULL NAME and USERID. You will be enrolled by the "sysop" and receive further information about AEDNET and how to participate on the network at that time. The following information was provided by AEDNET: Who Approximately 400 people from 115 sites located in nine countries are AEDNET members and the numbers are growing, and the diversity is increasing. Participants are still primarily adult education graduate students, faculty members, administrators, and other academic staff members studying and working in higher education. AEDNET is not intended just for academics, but, because of academic affiliation, they enjoy easier access to electronic networking. Please help AEDNET include practitioners by arranging guest accounts at your institutions, forwarding suggestions for helping practitioners reach AEDNET through public electronic networks, or assisting nonacademic adult education-related institutions get on-line and networked. Although AEDNET activities focus on adult education, a few members represent other fields like computing, social work, and communication, as well as other areas of education. Why AEDNET exists to help adult educators explore this still new medium for international information sharing and to exchange information of mutual interest. Network activities thus include: 1) network-wide discussions; 2) continuing small-group discussions on special interest topics; 3) job, conference, special event, and publication announcements, and 4) specific query and response exchanges. AEDNET relies heavily on participants' contributions and suggestions. The network also serves as the distribution channel for the graduate students' electronic journal, New Horizons In Adult Education, and for other adult education publications as appropriate. Where Network activities are coordinated by Roger Hiemstra, Professor and Chair of Adult Education at Syracuse University. Dan Eastmond, a graduate student in the program, also assists with these functions. When Barring computer or network problems, your messages reach AEDNET shortly after you send them. We usually post messages intended for general distribution within 24 hours and try responding to all messages within five days. How AEDNET is a VM/CMS-based listserver, networked to BITNET, NSFNET, Internet, CSNET, and NYSERNet. To enroll members, we need their userids and node addresses AND their full names. For Example: HIEMSTRA@SUVM Roger Hiemstra Suggestions For Participating Some members have institutional limitations restricting the length of any one electronic message they can receive. Please either limit what you intend for general distribution to 2-3 screens OR send your message in several parts. We are a very diverse, international group so let's avoid jargon, idioms, and specialized language. Finally, computer gremlins introduce odd line breaks plus typographical and grammatical errors into electronic messages. Don't let the gremlins discourage you! Send your contributions as they are. As several people have pointed out, we're engaged in `written talk,' not formal writing. New Horizons - The Electronic Journal of Adult Education New Horizons In Adult Education is transmitted to adult educators around the world via AEDNET, an electronic network that uses BITNET for transmission. AEDNET and the journal are sponsored by Syracuse University, through funding from the Kellogg Foundation. Conceived in 1987, the journal is distinctive not only because of its means of dissemination but also because it is managed by graduate students in the United States and abroad. Access to New Horizons In Adult Education is facilitated in two ways. First the journal is free. Second, the contents of the journal are indexed in ERIC, Educational Resources Information Center. Syracuse University's Adult Education Program hopes the journal and AEDNET will be catalysts in connecting adult educators throughout the world and in promoting the exchange of ideas and research. By using the speed of electronic transmission, New Horizons gives adult educators a means to publish the most current thinking and research within adult education and related fields. Articles can be submitted in a variety of disk formats or transmitted electronically over AEDNET. The editorial staff sends submissions out for blind review, relays the reviewers' comments to authors, and finally, formats and distributes the revised articles in the form of New Horizons In Adult Education - all this is done using the medium of mainframe computer telecommunications. If an individual author does not have access to mainframe computer technology, the editorial staff will work with conventional paper copies and postal systems in order to publish important thinking in adult education. Anyone interested in submitting articles, working on the editorial board, or receiving the journal can contact the network through Internet (E-mail address: HORIZONS@SUVM.ACS.SYR.EDU). The mailing address is: Editors, New Horizons Syracuse University Adult Education Program 50 Huntington Hall Syracuse, NY 13244-2340 Phone: (315) 443-3421 FAX:(315) 443-5732 ======================================================================== 8.2. American Philosophical Association: The Electronic Agora Last verified: May 92 The American Philosophical Association (APA) Agora is a bulletin board system with news and information of interest to philosophers and the APA membership. The system features news, calendar of events, job listings, and e-mail directory of users. Please note that this bulletin board system is new, and is officially only a beta-test version. Please report all bugs and problems to the system administrator. Access telnet atl.calstate.edu. At the login prompt, type "apa". Exit type "q" from most screens. Contact Saul Traiger Department of Philosophy/Cognitive Science Program Occidental College Los Angeles, CA 90041 Phone: (213) 259-2901 E-mail:traiger@oxy.edu ======================================================================== 8.3. ARTFL: The French Literature Database Last verified: May 92 ARTFL is a textual database containing 2000 texts from the l7th-20th centuries including texts in literature, philosophy, arts, and the sciences. ARTFL is the result of a Cooperative Project between the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and the University of Chicago. It is intended as a research tool for scholars and students in all areas of French Studies. The ARTFL Project In 1957 the French Government initiated the creation of a new dictionary of the French Language, the "Tresor de la Langue Francaise". In order to provide access to a large body of word samples, it was decided to transcribe an extensive selection of French texts for use with a computer. Twenty years later, a corpus totaling some 150 million words had been created, representing a broad range of written French-from novels and poetry to biology and mathematics-stretching from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. It soon became apparent that this corpus of French texts was an important resource not only for lexicographers, but also for many other types of humanists and social scientists engaged in French studies on both sides of the Atlantic. The result of this realization was American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL)-a cooperative project established in 1981 by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and the University of Chicago. Its objectives over the last eight years have been to restructure this database in such a way as to make it accessible to the research community, and to develop tools for its analysis. The Database At present the corpus consists of nearly 2000 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of nonfiction prose and technical writing. The eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller selection of seventeenth-century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts. Genres include novels, verse, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises. Subjects include literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy. In most cases standard scholarly editions were used in converting the text into machine- readable form, and the data include page references to these editions. New Opportunities for Research The ARTFL Database is one of the largest of its kind in the world. The number, variety and historical range of its texts allow researchers to go well beyond the usual narrow focus on single works or single authors. The database permits both the rapid exploration of single texts, and the inter-textual research of a kind virtually impossible without the aid of a computer. The ARTFL System Users access the database through the PhiloLogic system, an easy to use full-text retrieval package. In designing the Philologic system the ARTFL Project has sought to keep two goals in mind: *To make it flexible enough to meet the research needs of a wide variety of scholars. *To make it simple enough to be an effective tool for those with limited computer experience. Using the Database The ARTFL Database can be accessed from anywhere in the United States and Canada by using a standard microcomputer or terminal and modem or through several widely available computer networks. PhiloLogic is menu driven and features a sophisticated help system which can be accessed at any time. Using PhiloLogic does not require previous computer experience-in fact, the ARTFL system provides an excellent opportunity to become acquainted with the possibilities of computer-assisted research and teaching. The ARTFL Project has written full documentation for PhiloLogic, including tutorials demonstrating the system from logging-on to printing of results. Text Selection ARTFL stores the entire database on an optical disk. All of the texts in the database are available to the user at any time. The first step for any user of the database is to select the texts to be analyzed. PhiloLogic provides several ways to select texts to be examined. Users may search a single text, texts by a single author, texts from a particular time period, texts with a particular word in the title, or all the texts in the database. For example, one might wish to work with all the texts of Balzac in the database, or all the texts published between 1750 and 1789. A single command will select these texts for further analysis. Queries The ARTFL system supports a number of searches which can be performed on the texts selected by users. A user may search for a single word, a word root, prefix, suffix or a list of words created by the user. For example, one might search for the word liberte/ in the texts published between 1789 and 1794, or all of the words associated with Sartist"-artiste, artistes, e/crivain, e/crivains, poe+te, poe+tes, etc-in the works of Zola. In many cases a researcher will not merely be interested in the occurrences of single words or lists of words, but where words cooccur in texts. PhiloLogic allows the user to search for logical combinations of words and word lists. One might, for example, search for all the occurrences of words associated with "artist" where words beginning with "fem"-femme, femmes, fe/ministe, etc-are found in the same sentence in the works of Zola. Display There are several display formats available to the user of PhiloLogic. Results can be displayed on screen in a concordance style Key-Word-In- Context format, which centers the keyword in the middle of the screen, with one occurrence per line. The user may browse through the full context of any result, examining many sentences or paragraphs around the target of the search. PhiloLogic displays the bibliographic information and page number for each occurrence and can sort the results on screen by date, author name, keywords and other fields. Output Since a single search can yield many interesting results which cannot be examined on screen in a single sitting, PhiloLogic has a wide range of output formats and delivery methods. Users can generate single line KWIC concordances, multi-line concordances, indices and bibliographies. The output can be printed at the University of Chicago, downloaded to the user's microcomputer, sent by electronic mail to the user's university computer, or stored on disk at ARTFL and retrieved later using existing network facilities such as FTP. These delivery methods are aimed at reducing the telecommunications charges as much as possible. Access To The ARTFL Database Access to the ARTFL database is organized through a consortium of user- institutions, in most cases universities and colleges, each of which pay an annual subscription fee. As of May 1992, this fee is $500 (US) for PhD granting institutions and $250 (US) for other universities and colleges. All scholars and students at affiliated institutions have access to the database. Each individual user is issued an account on the ARTFL computer upon registering with ARTFL. Users may access the ARTFL computer by using Internet remote logins or long-distance telephone service. In addition, ARTFL has an electronic mail interface which automatically processes queries from registered users and sends the results to the user's e-mail account. ARTFL expects to release a CD-ROM containing all of the works in the database not protected by copyright in the Fall of 1992. The texts on the ARTFL CD-ROM are accessed by a new version of the PhiloLogic package running under the UNIX operating system on a variety of workstations. Each member Institution will receive a license to use one copy of the ARTFL CD-ROM. Additional copies will be made available to member institutions for a nominal annual fee. Options for Users Requests made by an individual researcher who performs the work him or herself. PhiloLogic and the computer programs underlying Philologic are flexible enough to allow for other possibilities. A scholar, for example, may want to have specialized research performed by an ARTFL research assistant (there is a charge for this service). The database may also be put to pedagogical use by means of computer accounts open to an entire class of students. ARTFL staff will consult closely with researchers to tailor the system to their needs. The ARTFL project also welcomes inquiries from anyone wishing to work with the database using programs or packages not described here. Future Development Both the CNRS and the University of Chicago are committed to the future growth of the ARTFL Project. These activities include expansion of the size of the database, correction of texts already in the database, and continued development of access and analysis software. ARTFL has obtained an optical character scanner and has been entering a wide range of texts, including works by Zola, Beckett, Maupassant and D'Aubigne. The Project has obtained many important texts from other scholars and welcomes new contributions and proposals for collecting more texts. ARTFL expects to continue improving the Philologic system and plans to develop new analytical tools as well. All of these activities have occurred in close consultation with members of the consortium. Users at member universities will continue to play an important role in providing direction to the future development of the ARTFL Project. More Information The ARTFL Project is supported by a full-time staff at the University of Chicago. We encourage you to write or call us with any questions you may have about the project - the availability of texts, operation of the system, the costs of using the database. Contact American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language Department of Romance Languages and Literatures University of Chicago 1050 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637 Phone: (312) 702-8488 E-mail:mark@gide.uchicago.edu ======================================================================== 8.4. ClariNet: The Electronic Newspaper Last verified: May 92 ClariNet is a full text newsfeed including UPI wire-service as well as professional and industry news. Data is transmitted to subscribers and can then be read, manipulated and filtered using USENET software such as "rn" (readnews). The following information was edited from materials provided by ClariNet, Inc. What are the publications? ClariNews-our "electronic newspaper," gathered live from the wire services of United Press International (UPI). ClariNews articles are distributed in one hundred newsgroups based on their subject matter, and are keyworded for additional topics and the geographical location of the story. ClariNews has everything from headlines to industry news to box scores to network TV schedules. ClariNews is divided into several products: ClariNews-our general "newspaper" with news, sports and features. All major news, sports, weather and UPI feature articles, plus limited business and science/technology coverage. Coverage of US and international news, Washington and more. Around 300 stories per day, but categorized and headlined to help you read only what you want to read. Get your news and sports scores long before they show up in your daily newspaper. Also available is ClariNews-Canada, with regular newsbriefs on Canadian stories usually hard to find in the USA. For expatriate Canadians this is a must. TechWire-special groups for stories on science and technology and the industries around them. Computers, Electronics, Telecom, Space, Aerospace, Defense, Biotechnology, Research, Education, AIDS and more. Around 30-40 stories/day. Coming soon: A daily report of the stock prices of computer industry stocks. ClariNews-Business and financial stories. Economic indicators, corporate news, regular stock market reports, legal issues, government info, commodities and much more. Around 120 stories/day. Newsbytes-a daily computer industry newsmagazine, on your computer well before InfoWorld or PC Week can be on your desk. Gathered from 11 bureaus around the world. Newsbytes covers the IBM, Apple, UNIX, Telecom and general computing worlds, along with coverage of trends, legal issues, industry news and reviews of new products. Delivered each business day. A delayed version, delivered weekly, is available in some areas at a reduced cost. Syndicated Columns- ClariNet offers the finest in syndicated columns and features. Currently we offer: Dave Barry America's Best Humor Columnist Mike Royko Top rated opinion columnist Miss Manners Light hearted-advice on etiquette Kinsey Report Q&A and information on sex People Daily column on celebs. Contact General information: e-mail to info@clarinet.com For an electronic order form and the full sheet of terms and conditions, e-mail to order@clarinet.com. Phone: (800) USE-NETS or (408) 296-0366 ClariNet Communications Corp. Box 1479 Cupertino, CA 95015 ======================================================================== 8.5. CICNet Computer Conferencing Service Last verified: June 92 CICNet offers access to the Caucus computer conferencing system from Camber-Roth. Caucus is a descendent of the Confer conferencing system used at the University of Michigan. One of the strengths of computer conferencing is helping small groups of people work on common problems. Of course, there are other tools that can be used to do this work: electronic mail, mailing lists, network News, and so forth. Computer conferencing uses many of the same concepts, but with some differences: A computer conference is more like a meeting, and involves on-going discussion among the participants. A conference focuses on a specific topic. The responses by the participants form the "minutes" of the meeting, stored in a common place for all future participants. Each conference has a moderator, who keeps the discussion on-track. The conference can contain a number of topics, and the discussion for each topic is kept separate by the system, making it easier to follow the discussions. The CICNet conferencing system is hosted on a Sun workstation at the CICNet offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Users of the system log into this workstation from the Internet. Another example of a commercial fee-based conferencing system with a large community is the WELL (See section 8.38.). Access CICNet will consider making accounts on this system available to any users or groups that believe they might be able to make use of it. All that is required is access to the Internet. More information on the CICNet conferencing system can be fetched via anonymous FTP from nic.cic.net in the directory /pub/conferencing. Contact If you'd like more information or would like to set up a conference, please contact: Paul Holbrook CICNet, Inc. E-mail:holbrook@cic.net Phone: (313) 998-7680. ======================================================================== 8.6. Comserve: The Human Communications Forum Last verified: May 92 Comserve is an electronic information service for people interested in human communication studies. Services include journal citations, job listings, user directory, fileserver, mailing lists, and more. Access Comserve responds to email commands from any address and to interactive (TELL) commands over BITNET. EASYCOM EXEC and EASYCOM.COM are available for VM/CMS and VMS users for interactive access. Access and system responses are similar to the LISTSERV program: users type commands in the body of a mail message, and receive responses via email. Internet email address: comserve@vm.ecs.rpi.edu Although the mailing list and fileserver capabilities of Comserve are similar to LISTSERV, Comserve also provides many other types of services for communication scholars and others. Current services include: a syllabus collection, communication job ads, white pages listings, file searching capabilities, and an extensive journal index for the field of communication. Some services are limited to institutions which are affiliated with the administrative organization, the Communication Institute for On-line Scholarship. Information about joining CIOS is available from Comserve. Current mailing lists (called Hotlines) topics include: communication theory; research methods; computer-mediated communication; organizational communication; gender studies; mass communication; political communication; inter-cultural communication; rhetoric. Comserve has also announced the availability of an electronic database of communication literature for PC access. Comserve's Principal Functions 1. Comserve is a "file server;" i.e, Comserve can send you copies of files - computer programs and documents including bibliographies, instructional materials, announcements, research instruments, etc.-from its extensive collection. Descriptions of files are available by category in special files called "directories". The command "Directory Info" (without quotes) returns a list of valid directory names and the command "Directory Directory_Name" (without quotes)-where Directory_Name is the name of a valid directory-returns the directory files themselves. 2. Comserve is a news service. Announcements of interest to users are distributed periodically in issues of Comserve's electronic news bulletin. Ordinarily the news bulletin will be sent to you when a new issue has been created and you send a command to Comserve. However, you can subscribe to the news as well. Users who subscribe to the news by sending Comserve the following command: Join Newsline Your_First_Name Your_Last_Name are sent the news bulletins automatically as computer mail whether they contact Comserve or not. We strongly advise users to register for this service. Comserve's "CommJobs" service is similar to the Newsline service; however, CommJobs is used to distribute advertisements for faculty positions in communication departments. Use the Join command to begin your subscription to CommJobs. 3. Comserve maintains a "white pages" or "user directory" service. Commands exist that allow you to include your name as well as multiple lines of descriptive information in Comserve's central directory of users. Others can search this directory to obtain your computer address and you can search it to obtain computer addresses of other users. 4. Comserve has a "Hotline" system that provides a method for communicating with others on topics of general interest in communication studies. Sending Comserve the command: Show Hotlines returns more information on how this service works and on which topics are currently covered by Hotlines. 5. Comserve maintains indexes of articles in important journals in the communication studies discipline. Commands are provided that allow you to perform powerful electronic searches within particular journals. Searches can be performed by authors' names or by article title. Searches are completed within seconds and results are sent to you over the network. 6. Comserve has a system for automatic distribution of announcements or survey forms in electronic format. For More Information The following information was excerpted from the Comserve help system. You can obtain a brief description of Comserve's commands and their syntax by sending Comserve a note containing the following line: Send Comserve Helpfile The file that will be sent to you will also explain how you can receive detailed information about Comserve's commands. If you'd like a printed copy of the Comserve User's Guide, send a note containing your regular mailing address to Support@Vm.Ecs.Rpi.Edu You are strongly encouraged to join Newsline, Comserve's news service. This channel will bring you important information about changes and enhancements in Comserve. For more information, send this message to Comserve: Show Hotlines Contact If you have any questions about the service, send electronic mail to Support@Vm.Ecs.Rpi.Edu. ======================================================================== 8.7. Dartmouth DANTE Project Last verified: May 92 The Dartmouth Dante Project uses the BRS/Search Full-Text Retrieval System to provide on-line access to Dante's La Commedia and centuries of commentary. Scholars of Dante will find this service an indispensable companion to understanding the texts. The powerful Boolean search software makes it possible to pull together original text and commentaries. The project is an ongoing effort to put the entire text of over sixty commentaries into the database that anyone can search via computer. Access telnet lib.dartmouth.edu At the -> prompt, type "connect dante". Exit From any search prompt, type "q" and press [RETURN]. If you are currently displaying documents, to reach a search screen type "s" and press [RETURN]. This will take you back to the search screen where you can issue the quit command. Contact Brief information about the Dartmouth Dante Project can be found in the Dartmouth Library catalog by typing "explain dante". ======================================================================== 8.8. DISTED: On-line Journal of Distance Education Last verified: April 92 Electronic journal on the topic of distance education, which deals with how to get education to people located far away from educational institutions. Access To subscribe to the mailing list, send an e-mail message containing the following command to LISTSERV@UWAVM.U.WASHINGTON.EDU: SUB DISTED your_full_name All contributions should be sent to JADIST%ALASKA.Bitnet@UWAVM.U.WASHINGTON.EDU More Information The following information is from the maintainers of the DISTED list. In the industrial age, we go to school. In the information age, school can come to us. This is the message implicit in the media and movement of distance education. The Message The issues that the Journal is concerned with fall into four basic content areas: Content Area #1- Distance Education The Journal is interested in distance education as the organized method of reaching geographically disadvantaged learners, whether K-12, post secondary, or general enrichment students. Areas of interest include: delivery technologies, pedagogy, cross cultural issues implicit in wide area education delivery, distance education projects that you are involved with, announcements, workshops, or programs of study, anything else regarding the theory and practice of distance education. Content Area #2- Distance Communications The Journal recognizes that education encompasses a broad area of experience and that distance education includes distance communications that fall outside the domain of formal learning. The Journal welcomes contributions that deal with serving people at a distance who aren't necessarily associated with a learning institution. The Journal welcomes information about, for example: public radio and television efforts to promote cultural awareness, governmental efforts to inform a distant public about social issues, or the many training programs run by private business to upgrade employee skills. Content Area #3- Telecommunications in Education Once the distance education infrastructure is solidly in place, local learners will want to tap into it, because they simply prefer learning in a decentralized setting or because they want to expand their learning opportunities and resources beyond those immediately available to them. This phenomenon, which we call `bringing distance education home,' will grow in the coming years and we look forward to hearing from people about telecommunications in education, as a tool or a content area. Content Area #4- Cross Cultural Communication Efforts Particularly Between the US and the Former Soviet Republic The Journal is interested in projects concerned with overcoming cultural barriers through the use of electronic communication. The Journal particularly looks forward to contributions concerning: efforts to improve electronic communication between the format Soviet Republics and the US international electronic conferences cultural domination through the inappropriate use of media the use of telecommunications to promote understanding of the human condition Contact Any other questions about DISTED can be sent to: Jason B. Ohler, Editor JFJBO%ALASKA.Bitnet@UWAVM.U.WASHINGTON.EDU or Paul J. Coffin SPJC%ALASKA.Bitnet@UWAVM.U.WASHINGTON.EDU ======================================================================== 8.9. The Freenet Systems: Electronic Cities on the Net Last verified: May 92 The Cleveland Free-Net is the first of a number of multi-user community computer systems using software developed at Case Western Reserve University, confederated into an organization called the National Public Telecommunications Network (NPTN) (see section 8.25.). Other Free-Nets are located in Peoria, Illinois and in Medina, Youngstown, and Cincinnati, Ohio. The Cleveland Free-Net's 64 modem lines, campus network, and Internet connections, provide over 250 computerized information and communications services to over 4,000 users a day with a total of over 12,000 members. Participants have access to the full range of Free-Net communications features including: private electronic mail, chat, the Teleport (real-time connections to other computerized information resources around the country), as well as a wide range of information resources in areas such as health, government, law, education, and the sciences. Unique programs include the Academy One project for K-12 levels. An electronic version of USA Today is also available. The other Free-Nets offer similar services, appropriate to their own geographic/population communities. All Free-Nets may be accessed through the Tele-port of any other Free-Net. A number of other Free-Nets are in various stages of development, using the software developed and available through Case Western Reserve University, including Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; Buffalo, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Minneapolis, MN; and Helsinki, Finland. Access To access the Cleveland Freenet, Telnet freenet-in-a.cwru.edu, freenet-in-b.cwru.edu, or freenet-in- c.cwru.edu You will be offered a prompt to indicate your status as a guest or a registered user. Peoria, IL Heartland Free-Net: telnet heartland.bradley.edu login as 'bbguest' Cincinnati, OH, Tri-State Online telnet tso.uc.edu login as 'visitor'; Youngstown, OH: Youngstown Free-Net telnet yfn.ysu.edu login as 'visitor' The Medina, OH system is modem-accessible only. NOTE: Free-Nets other than Cleveland's may be more accessible, due to the popularity of the Cleveland one. First time users can access the system to try it out. Accounts may be obtained at no charge which give users e-mail, chat, and remote logon capabilities. The system is set up like a city where one moves from building to building. Commands like "go library" or "go teleport" access those functions. The command "go m" returns users to the main menu. Exit From most screens, type `x' to exit Freenet. Contact Tom Grundner, Ed.D. - President National Public Telecomputing Network Box 1987 Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Phone: (216) 368-2733 FAX:(216) 368-5436 E-mail:aa001@cleveland.freenet.edu ======================================================================== 8.10. General Accounting Office Reports Archive Last verified: May 92 Full text reports from U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO). This is part of a test that the GAO is conducting to determine whether there is sufficient interest within the Internet community to warrant making all GAO reports available over the Internet. As of May 1992, no additional reports have been made available beyond the initial set listed here. Access anonymous FTP to ftp cu.nih.gov directory GAO-REPORTS. The following U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) reports are available over the Internet as part of a test to determine whether there is sufficient interest within this community to warrant making all GAO reports available over the Internet. The reports are in ASCII text format and available in the Anonymous FTP directory GAO-REPORTS at the NIH computer center (CU.NIH.GOV). Use the FTP TEXT download format. 1. Computer Security: Government-wide Planning Process Had Limited Impact, GAO/IMTEC-90-48, May 1990. Assesses the government-wide computer security planning process and extent to which security plans were implemented for 22 systems at 10 civilian agencies. (This report is named REPORT1 and is 55,062 bytes or 1,190 lines long.) 2. Drug-Exposed Infants: A Generation at Risk, GAO/HRD-90-138, June 1990. Discusses health effects and medical costs of infants born to mothers using drugs, impact on the nation's health and welfare systems, and availability of drug-treatment and prenatal care to drug-addicted pregnant women. (This report is named REPORT2 and is 113,916 bytes or 2,421 lines long.) 3. High-Definition Television: Applications for This New Technology, GAO/IMTEC-90-9FS, December 1989. Provides information on 14 HDTV applications and the key industry officials' views on the effect of an HDTV production standard on potential applications. (This report is named REPORT3 and is 31,947 bytes or 643 lines long.) 4. Home Visiting: A Promising Early Intervention Strategy for At- Risk Families, GAO/HRD-90-83, July 1990. Discusses home visiting as an early intervention strategy to provide health, social, educational, and other services to improve maternal and child health and well-being. (This report is named REPORT4 and is 287,547 bytes or 5,711 lines long.) 5. Meeting the Government's Technology Challenge: Results of a GAO Symposium, GAO/IMTEC-90-23, February 1990. Outlines five principles for effective management of information technology that can provide a framework for integrating information technology into the business of government. (This report is named REPORT5 and is 39,017 bytes or 777 lines long.) 6. Strategic Defense System: Stable Design and Adequate Testing Must Precede Decision to Deploy, GAO/IMTEC-90-61, July 1990. Discusses why the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization will not be able to support currently scheduled full-scale development or deployment decisions on any part of Phase I of the Strategic Defense System. (This report is named REPORT6 and is 104,521 bytes or 1,847 lines long.) 7. Training Strategies: Preparing Non-college Youth for Employment in the U.S. and Foreign Countries, GAO/HRD-90-88, May 1990. Discusses (1) weaknesses in the U.S. education and training system for preparing non-college youth for employment and (2) foreign strategies that appear relevant to U.S. shortcomings. (This report is named REPORT7 and is 190,323 bytes or 3,951 lines long.) Some of these reports have material-e.g., pictures, charts, and tables-that could not be viewed as ASCII text. If you wish to obtain a complete report, call GAO report distribution at 202/275-6241 (7:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. EST) or write to GAO, P.O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg, MD 20877. The GAO is interested in keeping track of how this service is used and reactions to it. If you use this service, please send an e-mail message to KH3@CU.NIH.GOV and include, along with your e-mail address, the following information: 1)Your organization. 2)Your position/title and name (optional). 3)The title/report number of the above reports you have retrieved electronically or ordered by mail or phone. 4)Whether you have ever obtained a GAO report before. 5)Whether you have copied a report onto another bulletin board-if so, which report and bulletin board. 6)Other GAO report subjects you would be interested in. GAO's reports cover a broad range of subjects such as major weapons systems, energy, financial institutions, and pollution control. 7)Any additional comments or suggestions. ======================================================================== 8.11. Geographic Name Server Last verified: May 92 On-line verification of place names throughout the US and North America with access by name, state or province, and ZIP codes. The geographic names database contains a variety of information about US cities, including state, county, latitude, longitude, population, elevation, area code, and ZIP code. Access telnet martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000 Exit To exit the server, enter "stop", "end", "quit", "bye", "exit", Slogout", "logoff", or control-D. Further Information Data came primarily from the US Geodetic Survey and the US Postal Service. Coverage includes all US cities, counties, and states, as well as some US mountains, rivers, lakes, national parks, etc. A few international cities have also been included. Unfortunately, some minor inaccuracies remain. Merit Inc. is not responsible for maintaining this data. As of May 1992, this data covers 150,000 records across the United States. Future plans include the incorporation of the Relational World Data Bank II (developed by the Central Intelligence Agency, and scheduled for distribution through the EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota starting in February, 1992) This databank should provide world-wide coverage for the Geographic Name Service. Since the server was first announced in 1990, the Geographic Name Service has been used by thousands of people for purposes never imagined by its author, including: Network mapping (no surprise here!) Genealogical studies Epidemiological studies Astronomy Amateur radio Navigation Shortest-path network routing algorithms Other future plans for the Geographic Name Service include various user client programs that will use the server to perform other useful tasks. Information about these clients will be made available on the Geographic Name Server when they are available. Contact Tom Libert Computing Solutions Inc. 2145 Blaney Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Phone: (313) 769-4444 E-mail:libert@eecs.umich.edu ======================================================================== 8.12. The Human-Computer Interaction Bibliography Project Last verified: May 92 The HCI Bibliography Project is an initiative to provide unrestricted access to on-line versions of extended bibliographic information on the subject of Human-Computer Interaction. The result of the project is a database of over three thousand bibliographic records, freely accessible to researchers, developers, educators and students around the world. Access ftp to archive.cis.ohio-state.edu, directory /pub/hcibib. The file README gives a general description of the project, and also describes how to submit new materials and corrections. Availability The contents of the HCI Bibliography can be copied and distributed free of charge, and only copied and distributed free of charge. All information in the bibliography has been obtained with the permission of the publishers; however, any commercial use or republication of this material does require permission from the publishers. To allow us to inform users of additions and corrections, and to keep track of who uses the HCI Bibliography, the HCI Bibliography Project requests that users register with the project. Send electronic mail and/or postal address to hcibib@cis.ohio-state.edu. The first line of the message should be: Register: followed by a line with electronic mail address, followed by lines with other identifying information (e.g., a mailing label, in electronic form). Details The bibliography contains most publications on HCI dating back to 1980; for publications before 1980, the Project will be more selective. The publications to be compiled include major journals in HCI, major conference proceedings, and selected publications from other sources. The records in the bibliography are in the UNIX refer format. The Project plans to provide a basic set of software tools for searching and viewing bibliographic records, but the release date has not been set. Contact Electronic mail on this project should be directed to hcibib@cis.ohio-state.edu. Gary Perlman Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 43210 USA Phone: (614) 292-2566 Fax:(614) 292-9021 E-mail:perlman@cis.ohio-state.edu ======================================================================== 8.13. ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Last verified: May 92 ICPSR maintains the world's largest repository of computer-based research and instructional data for the social sciences. The Consortium Data Network (CDNet) is available via Internet and offers on-line access to ICPSR data holdings and computational resources. In addition to using Internet for access to CDNet, datasets are routinely transferred via Internet to requesting members. ICPSR is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization with over 350 member colleges and university members in the U.S. and abroad. Since 1962, ICPSR has served the academic and research communities by acquiring, processing, and distributing data relevant to a broad spectrum of academic disciplines including political science, sociology, history, economics, gerontology, criminal justice, public health, and law. CDNet provides the following services: on-line ordering of datasets remote access to ICPSR holdings full-text searchable databases including ICPSR "guide" on-line which contains detailed descriptions of all ICPSR data collections, ICPSR variables which contains complete question text employed in selected surveys in the ICPSR holdings (over 60,000 survey questions), ICPSR rollcalls (description of rollcall votes taken in the U.S. Congress) and bibliographic citations from the Survey Methodology Information System database originally developed by the Bureau of the Census. Access Individuals can obtain accounts for searching CDNet whether their institution is a member or not. CICNet Participants These CICNet members are participants in ICPSR. The University of Michigan State Chicago University University of Illinois, University of Minnesota Chicago University of Illinois, Northwestern University Urbana Indiana University University of Notre Dame The University of Iowa The Ohio State University Loyola University of The University of Chicago Wisconsin, Madison The University of The Pennsylvania State Michigan University Purdue University Contact For information on new accounts and to arrange access, contact: Member Services ICPSR P.O. Box 1248 Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1428 Phone: (301) 763-5010 E-mail:ICPSR_NETMAIL@UM.CC.UMICH.EDU ======================================================================== 8.14. IGC: Institute for Global Communications Last verified: June 1992 Fee-based access to international on-line services for the environmental and peace movements. A variety of communications, contacts, and services are provided through the IGC networks. Access Basic information about the IGC networks and programs can be obtained by anonymous ftp to igc.org, directory /pub. Several files from IGC present services and charges. To register for a new account on IGC, users with a credit card can telnet directly to igc.org: telnet igc.org Enter "new" at the "login" prompt, then press return at the "password" prompt. You will be guided through a self-registration process. PeaceNet, EcoNet, and two other networks (ConflictNet; HomeoNet) are part of IGC, the non-profit Institute for Global Communications. Complete information regarding fees is available from IGC; see the contact section. About EcoNet And ConflictNet By subscribing to PeaceNet, you also have full access to EcoNet and Conflict, all part of the Institute for Global Communications. EcoNet serves individuals and groups interested in environmental issues, including acid rain, global warming, energy policy, rainforest preservation, and toxics in the environment. By becoming part of EcoNet you are participating in an international network working on environmental issues and education at the grassroots and planetary level. Along with hundreds of grassroots organizations, virtually all of the major national environmental organizations are represented on EcoNet. ConflictNet serves those users, groups and individuals working for social justice and conflict resolution. ConflictNet's resources include: guidelines for choosing a neutral third party; sample case development in conflict resolution; extensive bibliographies; legislative updates; newsletters from around the world. Contact Institute for Global Communications 15 De Boom Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA E-mail:igcoffice@igc.org Phone: (415) 442-0220 Fax:(415) 546-1794 Source The descriptions of EcoNet and Conflict net from IGC materials as included in the NYSERNet Guide. The contact information was taken from the prompts at igc.org. ======================================================================== 8.15. Image Analysis Facility Last verified: May 1992 The University of Iowa Image Analysis Facility provides a unique combination of software, computer-based hardware, and technical expertise for those interested in computer visualization and imaging and molecular modeling. Several commercial, public, and facility developed software packages are available-including applications in image processing, graphics modeling, voxel processing, three-dimensional animation, and molecular modeling. Availability The facility is open both to University and Industrial users. Description Image processing applications include digital image acquisition, image enhancement, and image analysis. Images can be digitized from films, video signals, video tape, microscopic slides, electron micrographs, autoradiograms, gels, and photographs. Images that have been digitized elsewhere (including images from medical scanners) and stored on magnetic media can be transferred into the computer via the Internet, a magnetic tape drive, a floppy disk, or a computer modem. Once images have been stored on the computer, they can be processed on Silicon Graphics Iris workstations, Macintosh II computers and IBM PC's. Three-dimensional visualization techniques such as voxel processing and molecular modeling can be performed on one of four Silicon Graphics workstations. The facility has several molecular modeling programs including FRODO, TOM, SYBYL, NITRO, Gaussian 85, Ribbons, MacMolecule, Quanta, and Charmm. University courses and workshops are offered in Molecular Modeling. Software development and consulting is available from the three full- time engineers. Training in techniques and production work is available from several research assistants. Contact To make arrangements to use this facility's programs, contact: Boyd Knosp Director/Engineer Image Analysis Facility 71 Eckstein Medical Research Building The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242-1101 E-mail:Boyd-Knosp@uiowa.edu Phone: (319) 335-7900 Source Boyd Knosp, Image Analysis Facility Director ======================================================================== 8.16. Improving the Environment Through Computing Technology Last verified: June 92 This entry is taken from Penn State's Academic Computing - Newsletter of the Center for Academic Computing, April 1992 issue. Computer users today are more tuned to the concept of a world community than ever before. As various international networking systems increase and expand, computer users are afforded more and more international communication possibilities. Your computer can provide a link to a variety of information and conferencing sources. These information links and resources can be used, for instance, to help solve the problems threatening the future of the earth and its inhabitants. GlasMail is an innovative example of how the Internet is used to promote international dialogue. An electronic-to-surface mail service, GlasMail allows computer users worldwide to communicate with people throughout the Russian Confederation who do not have access to a computer. GlasMail, which is based in Moscow, receives electronic mail from around the world and then sends it to the addressee through more traditional means, such as paper mail, telephone and Fax. Using computer and networking technology, GlasMail dramatically improves the speed and efficiency of information dissemination throughout the various Republics. That services such as GlasMail exist is due to the existence of various organizations devoted to the promulgation of international network systems. One such organization is the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), an international coalition of computer networks dedicated to the creation and improvement of international network systems. APC's primary objective is to provide low-cost global communication services for people and organizations who are working for the environment, peace, and conflict resolution. For example, APC recently established an electronic bulletin board on the APC network devoted to information related to international collaboration on education, with a particular emphasis on the educational system in the former Communist bloc countries. The newly established APC Secretariat is now preparing for United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) to be held in June. Penn State University and the Shaver's Creek Environmental Education Center are also involved in the improvement of international, educational ties through computer networking. In April, Professor Potter from Shaver's Creek will be traveling to Czechoslovakia to propose an educational exchange program between Penn State and the Center for Environmental Studies at Charles University in Prague. Potter will meet with Professor Branis, Director of Environmental Studies at Charles University, to explore the possibilities of a relationship between the institutions. As part of this exchange program, EcoNet, a network devoted to environmental issues, will be improving E-mail links with Czechoslovakia. Initial links have been established through the Econnect Fido node in Prague, a node that serves the "Green Circle" environmental organizations in the country. Econnect communicates with (polls) GreenNet, EcoNet's partner network in London, three times a day. Through this networking system, Potter can communicate quickly and easily with Branis and his colleagues at Charles University. Until the Czechoslovakian internet (CSEARN) is developed more fully, the low-end networking system EcoNet has established serves as an important and valuable communication channel for educational cooperation between East and West. A list of computer-based communications systems devoted to environmental concerns follows. All are available through the Internet. Ecology E-conferencing System ECONET@IGC.ORG EcoNet is an international, fee-based computer-based communication system committed to serving organizations and individuals who are working for environmental preservation and sustainability. Most importantly, EcoNet is a community of persons using the network for information sharing and collaboration with the intent of enhancing the effectiveness of all environmentally-oriented programs. If you have a personal computer and a modem, EcoNet can connect you with people around the world. From most U.S. cities, you need only make a local phone call. EcoNet offers easy-to-use tools for posting your events on international bulletin boards, preparing joint projects through electronic conferences, and finding and discussing the latest information on environmental topics. These resources on EcoNet include such data as the Environmental Grantmakers Association's directory of grantmakers, the Sierra Club National News Report, the National Wildlife Federation's Conservation Directory, Global Action Network's federal legislative information, action alerts, and newsletters from around the world. Added to U.S. accessibility, local access is available from many other countries. EcoNet has made international access even more affordable by establishing partnership relationships with like-minded networks in Canada, England, Sweden, Australia, Nicaragua, and Brazil. EcoNet users can also exchange information with users in the Soviet Union through the newly-established GlasNet network. These connections also allow users to be in constant communication with a wide range of internationally active environmental organizations and individuals. Interactive public conferences on EcoNet let you read and participate in discussions on issues of interest to you. The public conferences focus on a wide range of environmental issues. Among many others, these include global warming, rainforests, legislative activities, water quality, energy policy, toxics, and environmental education. You may set up a private conference, accessible to a specified group of users of your choice, to prepare a joint paper, conduct business with your board or with affiliated organizations, or plan an action or educational campaign. EcoNet's rates are among the least expensive telecommunications rates anywhere. For a one-time $15 sign-up fee, you receive a user manual, your private account and password, and one free hour of off-peak connect time during your first month. EcoNet access via the Internet is billed at $3 per hour any time, plus local system charges. After you set up your EcoNet account and password, access EcoNet by typing telnet igc.org. You will then see the "Login:" prompt for EcoNet. Please address questions to econet@igc.org. For more information on other programs by the IGC, see section 8.14. of this guide A Discussion of Ecological and Environmental Issues ECONET@MIAMIU Bitnet: listserv%miamiu.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu The Environmental Studies E-Conference ENVST-L@BROWNVM.brown.edu The purpose of this e-conference is to exchange information about Environmental Studies (ES) programs, generally about course designs, successful student projects, important information sources, etc. All who have a serious interest in ES at the undergraduate and graduate levels are invited. Some topics that might be of interest are: the balance between science/social science/humanities in degrees; the role of project classes and individual applied projects in programs; relations with more traditional departments and disciplines; and even exiting new ideas that we would like to refine. Entries to this e- conference will be restricted to items of general interest. This e- conference will not be used for personal exchanges or dialogues. Internet: listserv@brownvm.brown.edu Listowner: Sandra Baptista Internet: st802218@brownvm.brown.edu Green Movements Study E-Conference GREEN@INDYCMS.iupui.edu Green is dedicated to the study of Green movements worldwide and their influence on public opinion and public policy. The scope of the list's discussion is global: all Green movements, at every level, are of interest to this e-conference. Of special interest to the e-conference is the emerging Green movement in the U.S.-how it is being organized by various competing elements, how it is being influenced by other Green movements worldwide (especially European), how it is interacting with those movements, and how it is influencing American public opinion and public policy on the local, state, regional and national level. It is emphasized that the purpose of Green is the study of Green movements. Green is not a tool for organizing or promoting those movements. In keeping with policies defining the appropriate use of academic networks (which often include prohibitions on explicit political activism), adherence to the stated purpose of this e- conference is strictly monitored and enforced. Green is open to all persons interested in the study of Green movements worldwide. Internet: listserv@indycms.iupui.edu Listowner/editor/coordinator: John B. Harlan Internet: ijbh200@indyvax.iupui.edu Recycling List RECYCLE@UMAB.umd.edu Recycling in Practice Environment Safety SAFETY@UVMVM E-conference for people interested in the various environmental, health and safety issues and problems on college and university campuses. These can include life safety issues (fire protection, trip and fall and other general safety issues), chemical safety issues (waste disposal, laboratory safety, meeting regulations), biological hazards and radiation safety. Both users of hazardous materials and people administering campus safety programs are welcome on the e-conference. Internet: listserv%uvmvm.bitnet@vm1.nodak.edu. Coordinator: Dayna Flath Internet: dmf%uvmvm.bitnet@vm1.nodak.edu Resource Groups Eco-Action 224 Hetzel Union Building (HUB) Office Phone: (814) 863-1972 Earth Day Coordinators: (814) 861-6981 Shaver's Creek Environmental Center 203 Henderson Building South University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 863-2000 or 667-3424 Econet, Peacenet, Conflictnet 18 De Boom St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: (415) 442-0220 Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility P.O. Box 717 Palo Alto, CA 94301 Phone: (415) 322-3778 Source Reprinted with permission from Penn State's Academic Computing - Newsletter of the Center for Academic Computing, April 1992 issue. Reported by Paul Cannan, Mimi Ridenour, CAC. Information provided by Andy Alm (aalm@igc.org) and written by Jillaine Smith (JILLAINE@IGC.ORG), IGC Assistant Director and editor of Netnews, the Monthly Newsletter from the Institute for Global Communications; Internet listings provided and maintained by Diane K. Kovacs, Kent State University Libraries; Kent, Ohio 44242. (dkovacs@kentvm.ksu.edu). ======================================================================== 8.17. IPSM: Iowa Political Stock Market Last verified: June 92 Four professors at The University of Iowa have set up a "Political Stock Market" that operates over the network. In this experimental market, participants invest money and earn profits or incur losses through trade in shares of Presidential contenders. The market, which has been approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is not really about making and losing money. It was designed to tell researchers why political polls are not more accurate than they are, to find out how well informed faculty members and students are about the Presidential campaign, and to teach students things about financial markets and politics that are hard to glean from a book. Access telnet ipsm.biz.uiowa.edu. Once connected, press return. You will see a list of supported terminal types. At the "Enter your terminal number (1 - 32):" prompt, type the number associated with your terminal type and press return. Type 26 for VT100. At the Login Menu, you can type L, M, or I, as explained below. Do not press Return after making your selection. Type L to Login to the market. If you do not have a valid trader ID for the current market, you may connect with a practice market. Practice trader IDs are "AAA" through "ZZZ," with corresponding passwords of "A" through "Z." Type M to make a Market Selection among current markets. Type I for Market Information. This selection allows you to view market statistics, general information about the market, and news bulletins. Exit You can exit the Trade program from any menu. Type Esc a x. On the Internet The Iowa Political Stock Market (IPSM) is accessible through the Internet, making it open to students, faculty, and staff of other colleges and universities. While previous experiments had been limited to Iowa's faculty, staff, and students, the 1992 version of the IPSM has traders from the CIC member universities of Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, Northwestern, Ohio State, and Wisconsin, and from a number of other universities and colleges including Caltech, Bowdoin College, and the universities of West Virginia, Stanford, Colorado, Duke, Maryland, California at Berkeley, Arizona, and North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and at Greensboro. All trading is done by way of computer networks linked to the central market in the College of Business Administration in Iowa City. The market uses a computer program that automatically matches people who want to buy and sell specific shares at specific prices, credits and debits cash accounts, and lets traders see information on the market. Trading goes on 24 hours a day. Traders operate from a menu screen which shows current market prices and information on their own portfolios; menu options provide access to a variety of utilities, to current news and to both private and public market information. Traders can participate in a number of different markets on the IPSM. One based on the Democratic nomination opened on January 10, 1992 and will close the day after the Democratic convention. A second, which continues from January 10 until the day after the election in November, is based on the nationwide popular vote for the U.S. Presidency. Two markets based on primary elections in Illinois and Michigan operated for a short time during March. A Democratic Vice Presidential Nomination market opened in May and will run until the nominee is chosen at the convention in July. A market involving the presidential candidacy of Ross Perot also opened in May, and the originators of the market anticipate the introduction of an options market during the Summer. The university's market is, strictly speaking, more closely akin to a futures exchange than to a stock exchange. A given market on the IPSM ceases operation at a fixed time, just as, say, trading in November corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade will terminate on a fixed day in November. And the "shares" traded on the IPSM are paid a redemption value upon close of the market, corresponding to the cash value of the corn delivered on a futures contract. The IPSM share redemption values are based on the outcome of the underlying election. Thus, the prices at which shares trade in June, for example, can be taken as a prediction of the election outcome, just as the June price of a November corn futures contract predicts the November cash price. The commodities listed and the nature of the redemption values to be paid on them vary from market to market. Six commodities are listed in the Democratic nomination market, for example, including one for each of the five major declared candidates-Tsongas, Harkin, Clinton, Kerrey, and Brown-and another labeled "Rest of Field" which represents all other contenders. Each share held in the winner of the democratic nomination will be paid a redemption value of $1.00, while shares in the other commodities will be worthless. Listed in the Democratic VP market are Bill Bradley, Paul Tsongas, Bob Kerrey, Jay Rockefeller, Paul Simon and "Rest-of-Field." As other serious contenders emerge, they will be added to the slate. As in the Presidential Nomination market, shares in the winner will earn redemption values of $1.00. Upon opening of the Presidential market in January, seven securities were listed, one for each of the five democratic contenders, one labeled "Rest of Democratic Field," and the seventh representing the Republican nominee, presumably George Bush. Non-zero redemption payments will be made on two of these seven commodities, those representing the democratic and republican nominees, and the size of the payments will be $1.00 times that party's share of the nationwide popular votes cast for the candidates of those two parties. The Perot market includes two securities, Ross Perot and "Democrat & Republican," and will pay dividends based on vote shares as in the Presidential market, but the vote shares here will be computed according to the three candidate race. In each market, new shares are placed in circulation through the purchase of share blocks, or "unit-portfolios" from the market system. Details vary slightly from market to market, but typically each unit- portfolio sells for $1.00 and consists of one share in each of the commodities traded in that market. Since the dividend structure is designed to pay a total dividend of precisely $1.00 on the shares in a unit-portfolio, the IPSM neither makes nor loses money on the issuance of new shares through this mechanism. All funds invested in the market are repaid to participants through share dividends or cash account refunds. Of course the dividend payments will generally not be made to the original purchasers of unit-portfolios, since subsequent to their issue the shares in a unit-portfolio are traded individually to other participants on the market. Though the motivation for the IPSM is research and education rather than investment profits, participants are required to invest hard cash and they do incur real profits and losses. Traders open accounts on the IPSM with a minimum investment of $5. No credit trading is allowed, and each account is limited to $500. Using the computer, traders try to sell, for the highest possible price, shares of the candidates who they think are least likely to win, and buy, for the lowest possible price, shares of candidates who they think are most likely to win. Depending on the outcome of the democratic convention and the November election, traders could lose their entire investment, typically less than $25.00. Or, if a long shot comes in, they could make a substantial profit. As of May 1, 1992, more than 400 traders had opened accounts on the IPSM and had made investments of over $12,000. Those traders had conceded the democratic nomination to Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, since his shares on the nomination market were trading at about $.95, while "Rest of field" was going for 3 cents and other contenders were valued at a fraction of a penny each. IPSM participants were, on the other hand, predicting that Clinton would lose the election to George Bush. As of May 1, prices on the Presidential market predicted a two-party vote share of about 53 percent for Bush and 47 percent for Clinton. Robert Forsythe, Forrest Nelson and George R. Neumann, all economics professors, and Jack Wright, a political-science professor, set up their first market in 1988 to study the Presidential election. Since then the group has also studied the 1990 Senate race in Iowa and elections in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Turkey. So far, the markets have proven more accurate and much less volatile than political opinion polls in predicting the outcome of elections. In 1988, for example, the election eve market prices predicted a margin of victory for George Bush which was within a tenth of a percent of the actual victory margin, while the forecast errors of the major polls ranged from one to four percent. "The critical difference between markets and polls is that people are not trading on the basis of their preferences. They're trading on their belief about who's going to win and by what margin," Wright says. If shares of Mr. Clinton are selling at 45 cents, he explains, that means that traders give the Governor a 45-percent probability of capturing the nomination. The markets also are more effective than opinion polls in allowing researchers to spot significant events as they occur during a campaign. Since polling data are not continuous, it is frequently difficult to detect turning points in political campaigns, a weakness the market overcomes by functioning all the time. Through the Spring semester about a third of the IPSM participants were involved in the market in connection with specific courses. Undergraduates at Iowa used the market in a class called Voting Behavior and Elections. The students spent most of their time studying the Democratic nomination campaign, but about a third of the coursework was devoted to principles of stock markets and the use of the IPSM to predict the nomination. Credit was allowed through both economics and political science registration. Enrollment in the IPSM was also required of about 80 students in an undergraduate financial markets course in the business school at the University of Michigan and of a class of 15 economics students at Bowdoin College in Maine. "This is a wonderful teaching technique," Forsythe says. "It teaches people how a market works, and it gets a lot of business-oriented types following campaigns regularly." Contact If you wish to learn more about the market or use the market in your classes, contact: Forrest Nelson or Bob Forsythe IPSM Market Office, PHBA College of Business Administration The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242-1323 Phone: (319) 335-0881 E-mail:ipsm@scout-po.biz.uiowa.edu Source Forrest Nelson, University of Iowa Excerpts from "The Chronicle of Higher Education," February 19, 1992 Excerpts from "fyi for faculty and staff of The University of Iowa," February 21, 1992 ======================================================================== 8.18. Louis Harris Data Center: The Institute for Research in Social Science Last verified: May 92 On-line access to poll data collected from the Harris organization, USA Today polls, and North Carolina polls. Printouts and datasets in the SAS format are available for a fee. Access tn3270 uncvm1.oit.unc.edu Logon is "irss1" or "irss2", password is "irss". Exit type "quit" or F3 Over 750 Harris polls are archived at the Harris Data Center. These surveys contain over 50,000 questions and have been administered to over 900,000 respondents. The polls are a valuable source of data about American society. Many questions have been repeated over time, allowing researchers to track changes. IRSS distributes Harris data at a nominal cost. Copies of data tapes, printouts of frequencies, or printouts of other analyses are provided by IRSS staff. A copy of a Harris questionnaire with a copy of unweighted response frequencies for a single study will be provided for $25. Contact David Sheaves Phone: (919) 966-3348 Fax:(919) 962-IRSS E-mail: uirdss@uncvm1.oit.unc.edu Source NYSERNet Guide 10/91. ======================================================================== 8.19. MicroMUSE: A Virtual Reality Adventure Game Last verified: April 92 MicroMUSE is a combination of real-time "chat" group and role-playing science fiction game. The user can enter the 24th century world of Cyberion City and meet many other characters who inhabit the space colony. Users may enter as a guest or apply to become a character via e- mail or regular mail. The commands are similar to many "adventure" games such as the Zork series. What makes the experience unique is that others share it at the same time. MicroMUSE is a virtual community which supports real-time conversations and provides a microworld (text-based virtual reality). Participants can communicate, explore, and even design their own corner of the microworld. The MicroMUSE charter is available via anonymous ftp from michael.ai.mit.edu in the directory /pub/tinymuse. Visitors and colonists are encouraged to read the charter. Access telnet michael.ai.mit.edu Login as guest. This will run the program TinyFugue, which will connect you to the MicroMUSE world. Read the first screen and type "help" to get oriented to the commands. Note that some commands must be typed in uppercase. Exit Type QUIT (uppercase) at any point in the game. For More Information MicroMUSE is actually just one example of a MUD. MUD (Multiple User Dimension or Dialogue) describes a class of multiple player computer games that can be played over the network. The best introduction to MUDs and all the different types of MUDs available are the USENET groups rec.games.mud and rec.games.mud.lp. A "Frequently Asked Questions" file for this group is available from pit-manager.mit.edu in the directory /pub/news.answers/rec.games.mud. This file also gives a pointer to many other on-going MUDs available around the network. Note: Many sites consider the operation and use of MUDs to be an anti-social act because of the net traffic they generate. Users should be aware that some sites have policies about the use or operation of MUDs. If there is any question, contact your local site administrator. ======================================================================== 8.20. Music on the Net: Lyric and Discography Archive Last verified: May 92 Archive of song lyrics, and discographies of classical and popular artists are being collected for Internet users at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside archive. There are over 350 discographies and over 1000 songs and albums represented in the archive. Many other music related files are also here. Access Anonymous ftp to cs.uwp.edu, directory /pub/music It is recommended that the user first retrieve indexes of the archive before trying to browse the files themselves. The discography directory includes lists of recordings by many artists in the directory /pub/music/discog/ The archives are also searchable with WAIS (see section 2.5.); the name of the server in the WAIS "directory-of-servers" is "lyrics". Lyrics Most of the files are now contained in the FTP site cs.uwp.edu:/pub/music/lyrics/*/* Many lyrics from the old server are here and donations are welcome; there are currently over 1000 songs and albums in the archives. There is now a musical lyrics area where you can find lyrics to various albums. Look in the /pub/music/lyrics directory. Due to the extreme size of the directory, the index and readme files are in the directory /pub/music/lyrics and the files are in the directory /pub/music/lyrics/files. The maintainer recommends that you grab the file "Index" before doing a `ls' of the `files' directory. Contact Dave Datta University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, Wisconsin. E-mail:Datta@cs.uwp.edu ======================================================================== 8.21. NASA Ames On-line Archives Last verified: May 92 Anonymous ftp site for NASA press releases, image files, data files, software for use with NASA data, indexes to NASA data and information. Access ftp ames.arc.nasa.gov, directory /pub/SPACE The file /pub/SPACE/Index is a listing of the contents of the archive. Note that the index file is 200K by itself. The directory /pub/SPACE/FAQ contains responses to frequently asked questions about space related topics. See the file /pub/SPACE/FAQ/README for a listing of available files. Description The Ames NASA archives are a rich source of information and files about the space program. These archives include many images and a wide variety of documents including this FAQ list, NASA press releases, shuttle launch advisories, and mission status reports. Please note that these are NOT maintained on an official basis. The Magellan Venus and Voyager Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus CD-ROM image disks have been put on-line in the CDROM and CDROM2 directories. The disks will be rotated on a weekly basis. Thousands of images are available in these collections. The GIF directory contains images in GIF format. The VICAR directory contains Magellan images in VICAR format (these are also available in the GIF directory). A PC program capable of displaying these files is found in the IMDISP directory (see the item "VIEWING IMAGES" below). The NASA media guide describes the various NASA centers and how to contact their public affairs officers; this may be useful when pursuing specific information. See directory /pub/SPACE/MISC/media.guide. ======================================================================== 8.22. NASA SPACELINK: Space-Related Informational Database Last verified: May 92 SpaceLink is an on-line service located at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The system is specifically designed for teachers. The data base is arranged to provide easy access to current and historical information on NASA aeronautics, space research, and technology transfer information. Also included are suggested classroom activities that incorporate information on NASA projects to teach a number of scientific principles. Unlike bulletin board systems, NASA Spacelink does not provide for interaction between callers. However it does allow teachers and other callers to leave questions and comments for NASA which may be answered by regular mail. Messages are answered electronically, even to acknowledge requests which will be fulfilled by mail. Messages are generally handled the next working day except during missions when turnaround times increase. The mail system is closed-loop between the user and NASA. SpaceLink also offers downloadable shareware and public domain programs useful for science educators as well as space graphics and GIF images from NASA's planetary probes and the Hubble Telescope. Access telnet spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov or xsl.msfc.nasa.gov. Exit Return to the Main Menu, and choose 1. Log Off NASA Spacelink ======================================================================== 8.23. National Space Science Data Center Last verified: May 92 The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) is the official clearinghouse for ordering NASA data. This service gives access to the catalog for the data, not the data itself. Access telnet nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov log in as `NODIS' (no password) You can also get the catalog by sending email to Qrequest@nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov'. NSSDCA is also an anonymous FTP site, but no comprehensive list of what's there is available at present. Information Available An example of some of the catalog topics available (this example is from April 1992): Master Directory - NASA & Global Change Nimbus-7 GRID TOMS Data Interplanetary Medium Data (OMNI) Geophysical Models CANOPUS Newsletter International Ultraviolet Explorer Data Request CZCS Browse and Order Utility Astronomical Data Center (ADC) STEP Bulletin Board Service Standards and Technology Information System Data can be ordered from the NSSDC on CD-ROM and other formats. Among the many types of data available are Voyager, Magellan, and other planetary images, Earth observation data, and star catalogs. Viewers for Macintosh and IBM systems are also available. As an example of the cost, an 8 CD set of Voyager images is $75. Data may ordered on-line, by email, or by physical mail. Contact National Space Science Data Center Request Coordination Office Goddard Space Flight Center Code 633 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (301) 286-6695 E-mail:request@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov ======================================================================== 8.24. NovaNET: A Follow-on to PLATO Last Verified: June 92 NovaNET, from the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois, provides computer assisted learning in a great variety of subjects and at levels suitable for elementary schools through Universities. Among its users nationwide are many alternative schools trying to prevent high school dropout, retrieve those who have previously dropped out, or reach adults who are in the work force but inadequately educated for their jobs. NovaNET is a follow-on project to PLATO. Any courseware written for PLATO IV will run on NovaNET. NovaNET uses mainframes designed and built by CERL instead of CDC machines and it uses MS-DOS or Macintosh computers instead of PLATO terminals. It also uses satellite communications and Internet instead of all private phone connections. Finally, it offers new capabilities for color, graphics, and e-mail. Availability Institutions in Illinois may contract with the University of Illinois for NovaNET service. Institutions outside Illinois need to contract with University Communications, Inc. for service even if they use CICNet to connect. Access CICNet provides one of the ways of reaching NovaNET. Connection to NovaNET requires a copy of the "Portal" software. There are serial and TCP/IP versions for MS-DOS and for Macintosh. All versions are available from the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois ($30 for the first copy and $9.50 for each additional copy). Contact NovaNET Project University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign Phone: (217) 333-6210 Potential customers inside Illinois should contact the above number. Potential customers outside Illinois should contact: University Communications, Inc. Phone: (203) 255-3603 Source Bill Golden, UIUC. ======================================================================== 8.25. NPTN: National Public Telecommunications Network Last verified: May 92 NPTN is an organization for educators and Internet users providing innovative forums and programs for users. NPTN currently runs five separate Free-Net systems starting with the Cleveland Free-Net. The article below summarizes the activities and services for members and non- members alike. Access NPTN's on-line information can be reached via anonymous ftp at host nptn.org, directory /pub. Files that can be found here include more detailed information about NPTN itself, as well as copies of the NPTN newsletters, on-line books, and so forth. Other NPTN services are available on the Free-Net systems. See the Freenet entry in this guide for information on accessing the different Free-Net systems. The following is edited from materials available from the ftp archive on ntpn.org. Electronic News Services USA Today-An electronic version of the renowned newspaper. Produced by Gannett New Media, it consists of easy to read news summaries in 18 different categories ranging from business and politics, to sports, health, technology, and science. NPTN News-Democratic and Republican Convention Coverage-Pending outcome of a grant proposal, NPTN News will be sending two people to cover both the Democratic and Republican Nominating conventions as accredited reporters. You will be receiving daily reports on convention events, observations, and behind the scenes activities. Convention reporting by an accredited telecomputing news team will be (as far as we know) a first. NPTN News: Special Events-We will continue to cover various interesting (and occasionally offbeat) events as they occur. Examples have included: the four month Whitbread Around-the-World Yacht Race, and the Earthwinds Project-the first attempt to sail around the world in a hot air balloon. Cybercasting Services Project Hermes-Full text of U.S. Supreme Court decisions delivered via a Usenet newsgroup within minutes of being rendered in Washington D.C. Each opinion normally consists of a synopsis of the case, followed by the opinion(s), followed by any dissenting opinions(s). The Congressional Memory Project-Each week three bills on the House side, and three bills on the Senate side, are summarized followed by how the delegation from the subscriber's state voted on the measure. The information is produced by the Washington Times Corporation, Insight Magazine. The Daily Report Card-An eight-page executive briefing on America's progress toward better schools. It "covers the coverage" the media gives the movement toward six specific education goals--summarizing that day's published news from all 50 states on local/regional/national stories/columns/editorials affecting education reform. Excellent for keeping your education community abreast of what is going on around the country. It is produced by the American Political Network of Washington D.C., supported by a grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Imprimis-A monthly newsletter of political thought and opinion. Extremely high quality. Includes essays by writers such as William Rasberry, Jack Kemp, Jeanne Kilpatrick, and William Buckley. Imprimis is produced by Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan. Special Projects Academy One-Academy One is an international educational resource for primary and secondary school students, teachers, and administrators. Any school within either telephone or Internet reach of a participating NPTN community computer system may join in--at no cost to the users or the participating schools. In addition to accessing the normal functions available on the system, they may participate in a series of special events including: - Centennial Launches: Simulated space shuttle program - Virtual Worlds Project - The TeleOlympics: "Virtual track meet" - Space Colony Simulations - Interstellar Space Voyage Simulations - The e.Club (Electronic Pen Pals) - Kids International/Inter-Generational Exchange - KID-LIT - KID-TREK - KID-COOK - NPTN Student News Network - A day in the life.. - Kid's Paint Box - Educator Contact File A more complete description of each of these features is available in a separate brochure. Medical Information Services H.O.P.E. Foundation Cancer Center-Comprehensive and up-to-the-minute information about cancer, with special emphasis on providing aid to families and loved ones who are caring for individuals in a home environment. Available are descriptions of benefits and side effects of currently used cancer treatments, details of promising new treatments as they appear, and information and support on the process of bereavement. This area is sponsored and operated by the H.O.P.E. Foundation of Encino, California. Pediatric Information Resource Center-The Pediatric Information Resource Center is designed to be an easy-to-use on-line method of obtaining basic information about a wide variety of infant and childhood illnesses. Written by Barbara T. Felt, M.D., a pediatrician at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, the database currently covers 23 illnesses, with 43 more expected to be added over the next few months. Nine categories of information are provided for each illness. In addition, a list of support or special interest organizations is provided for each illness, along with a list of publications for further reading. The Pediatric Information Center is provided by Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, and was funded by: the Bingham Foundation, the Cleveland Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, the Thomas White Foundation, and by NEC Computer, Inc. Government and Political Information Services The Congressional Contact File-Comprehensive information about the federally elected representatives from your state. Includes names, addresses, phone numbers, committee assignments, and other important information. Also includes information on government 800 number "hotlines," as well as federal departments and divisions--including the judiciary. CAMPAIGN 92-In 1990 NPTN became the first organization to provide comprehensive candidate information to voters via a community computer system. In conjunction with the Ohio League of Women Voters, we obtained biographical and position information on candidates throughout Ohio--including full-text of every position paper of both candidates for governor. During the 1992 elections we plan to expand this project to the national level--including the full-text of position papers of both candidates for president. International Information Services The World Factbook-The World Factbook provides over 80 categories of information, on 247 nations, territories, or dependent areas of the world. It is produced annually by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency for use by United States Government officials and made available via Project Gutenburg. Concise and authoritative, it is an extraordinary quick reference for anyone but, most especially, students. For each entry, five major categories of information are presented: Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications, and Defense Forces. Under these major categories are over eighty sub-categories of information. Historical Documents The Freedom Shrine-A collection of 30 full-text documents of relevance to U.S. history. They range from the Magna Carta, to Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, and include such hard to find documents as "The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations." The complete list is as follows: Pre-Constitution Documents 1215-The Magna Carta 1390-The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations 1620-The Mayflower Compact 1639-The Fundamental Orders of 1639 1676-First Thanksgiving Proclamation 1775-The Charlotte Town Resolves 1775-Declaration of the Causes... of Taking up Arms 1776-The Declaration of Independence 1776-The Virginia Declaration of Rights 1777-The Articles of Confederation 1777-Declaration and Resolves of the 1st Cont. Congress 1783-The Paris Peace Treaty 1786-The Annapolis Convention The Constitution 1787-The Constitutional Transmittal Letter 1787-The Constitution of the United States 1791-The Bill of Rights 1791-1971 All Amendments Post-Constitution Documents 1787-The Northwest Ordinance 1789-French Declaration of Rights 1793-The Proclamation of Neutrality 1795-The Treaty of Greenville 1796-Washington's Farewell Address 1801-Jefferson's First Inaugural Address 1823-The Monroe Doctrine 1862-The Emancipation Proclamation 1863-The Gettysburg Address 1865-Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address 1945-German Surrender Documents 1945-Japanese Surrender Documents 1963-M.L. King's: "I have a dream" Speech Contact T.M. Grundner, Ed.D President, NPTN Box 1987 Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Internet: info@nptn.org or tmg@nptn.org for personal e-mail. Phone: (216) 368-2733 FAX:(216) 368-5436 Source Adapted with permission from NTPN on nptn.org. ======================================================================== 8.26. Oceanic: The Ocean Information Center Last verified: May 92 OCEANIC is a system of interest to any researcher in the fields of oceanographic and related marine studies. The system provides access to information about current research in all parts of the world, information about datasets of physical oceanic research, an electronic directory of active researchers and marine studies professionals, and a searchable schedule of international research vessel cruises. Access telnet delocn.udel.edu. At the "username" prompt type "info" and press return. One unique feature of the system is that graphic data can be viewed on-line using KERMIT version 3.10 supporting the Tektronix 4010 graphics emulation. Instructions on how to obtain a copy of Kermit (via ftp) with this emulation are included in the "help" topics. Exit type "$" to logoff the system from most screens. Contact WOCE Data Information Unit University of Delaware College of Marine Studies 700 Pilottown Rd. Lewes, DE 19958 Phone: (302) 645-4278 E-mail:bouton@delocn.udel.edu ======================================================================== 8.27. PENpages: Agriculture's On-line Resource Last verified: May 92 PENpages contains the full-text of thousands of reports, newsletters, and fact sheets for topics in agriculture, nutrition and family living. PENpages is an excellent on-line resource for economic information pertaining to agricultural markets. Coverage includes all products from vegetables to meats to flowers at the national and Pennsylvania level. In addition to market reports, PENpages includes many newsletters from agri-chemicals to birding lists from the Delaware Valley. PENpages is a DEC-based system which has many impressive features for marking text. In addition to the selection of text through a menu-driven interface, PENpages includes an index-keyword search option which will search for all documents assigned a particular keyword or set of keywords. Information in PENpages is provided by Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences faculty and many cooperators including the Penn State's College of Health & Human Development, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. PENpages is housed at University Park with access points in each Pennsylvania county. Availability The system is available seven days a week. There are no subscription fees charged for the use of PENpages. Access telnet psupen.psu.edu At the login prompt, type "pnotpa" and press return. The standard vt100 emulation works well with PENpages. An on-line tutorial explains the use of "gold" key and function key commands. A copy of the PENpages User Guide is available by writing or calling the office listed under the Contact section. Exit To end the session, use F3 (or CTRL-B) to back out to the initial menu. Then pick selection "0" to logoff. Another exit command is F1-'.' (gold- period). Contact Questions about PENpages and its use can be referred to: Computer Services Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences 405 Agricultural Administration Building University Park, PA. 16802 Phone: (814)-865-1229 E-mail:support@psupen.psu.edu ======================================================================== 8.28. PINET: Physics Information Network Not verified from NYSERNet Guide The American Institute of Physics has implemented an on-line system available on the Internet to serve its constituent physics and astronomy communities. The system features job placement ads, meetings calendar, advance abstracts, abstracts of published papers, news and announcements, and electronic mail. Access For information regarding PINET services, send a request to admin@pinet.aip.org or to the following address: American Institute of Physics Special Programs 500 Sunnyside Blvd. Woodbury, NY 11797 Phone: (516) 349-7800 ext. 441 Fax:(516) 349-7669 Accounts are available for several classes of users including AIP members, non-members, group accounts, or student/retired. Information Services *Jobs: a comprehensive summary of job opportunities covering a broad spectrum in academia and industry; updated bi-monthly by AIP's Placement Center and the American Astronomical Society. *Meetings Calendar: listings of upcoming member society conferences and symposia, posted twice each month. Searchable meeting epitomes and on-line registration are available for selected meetings. *Advance Abstracts: contains six weeks of abstracts of papers accepted for future publication in AIP and Member Society journals. *Abstracts of published papers covering 120 scientific journals (known as SPIN); this searchable database covers more than 5 years. On-line ordering of reprints is available for selected journals. *News and announcements: a variety of timely articles, newsletters, and announcements presented in an easy-to-find, easy-to-read format, including the APS Washington, DC newsletter Whatsnew and AIP's weekly newsletter, FYI. *Electronic mail: PINET combines the best features of several electronic mail networks into one customized service to meet the needs of the scientific community. -user-friendly electronic mail among PINET users -access to BITNET and Internet -binary file transfer capability -ability to send telex and fax worldwide -Bulletin Boards, USENET Other system features include - an easy-to-follow menu structure that quickly guides you to desired services. The "go to" feature lets you directly access desired topics. - comprehensive text search and retrieval feature allows you to conduct complex Boolean searches of technical databases. - On-line help screens provide clear, user-friendly instructions on each of PINET's system functions. Source NYSERNet Guide, 11/91. ======================================================================== 8.29. Project Hermes: U.S. Supreme Court Opinions Last verified: May 92 Full text of U.S. Supreme Court opinions. Access anonymous ftp to FTP.CWRU.EDU, directory hermes The file Index gives a list of the opinions available. An alternative site for the opinions is: info.umd.edu, directory /info/USGovt/SupremeCt/Decisions More Information U.S. Supreme Court opinions are now immediately available from Case Western Reserve University via "anonymous" ftp over the Internet from Case Western Reserve University, host "ftp.cwru.edu". The files relating to the opinions are located in the directory hermes. This directory contains several readme files and two subdirectories: ascii and atex. The ascii subdirectory contains the same files as processed by a locally developed filtering program designed to remove the typesetting codes while retaining as much of the "look" of the document as possible. These files are in plain ASCII text. WordPerfect versions of some opinions are also available. Each opinion consists of an optional syllabus, the opinion and optionally concurring and dissenting opinions. Each is contained in a separate file. A syllabus is associated with most of the opinions and summarizes the ruling. The files are named as they are received from the Court. Filtered files have the extension ".filt" appended to the end of the name. The file names are as they are received from the Supreme Court. The extensions are: O for the Opinion, S for the Syllabus, C for Concurring opinions, D for Dissenting opinions. (The ascii files have a .filt extension.) On May 11th, 1990, the United States Supreme Court began the two-year experimental program called "Project Hermes." The objective of the project is to rapidly provide copies of the Court's opinions in electronic form to as wide an audience as possible. Twenty organizations applied to be a part of this project, 12 were accepted; and one of the successful applicants was a non-commercial, nonprofit, consortium composed of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), EDUCOM, and the National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN). Project Hermes is an experimental two-year program which the Court will be evaluating. For the project to continue past this period we need to be able to show that the dissemination was effective. Contact Project Hermes, CWRU 319 Wickenden Building, Cleveland, Ohio, 66106 E-mail:aa584@cleveland.freenet.edu, Phone: (216) 368-2733 ======================================================================== 8.30. Research and Education Applications of Computers in the Humanities Newsletter Last verified: May 92 The Reach: Research & Education Applications of Computers in the Humanities newsletter is a rich source of information regarding electronic discussion groups and network resources of general interest. In the past, Issues have included information regarding new discussion groups on German studies and British history. Also featured are conferences, educational programs of general interest, and articles regarding computing and networks. This newsletter is released four times a year, and is also available on paper. Access Internet users can obtain current and back issues of Reach via anonymous ftp to ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu in the directory hcf. A mailing list is also available. To subscribe to the mailing list, send a message to listserv%ucsb.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu. The text of the message should read subscribe reach "John Doe" Partial text of "readme" file regarding Reach: This is a list of the files available through anonymous FTP from the directory of the Humanities Computing Facility at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a set of directions for the transfer of those files. AVAILABLE FILES: readme (this file) The following files contain the indicated electronic versions of the issues of REACH, Research and Educational Applications of Computers in the Humanities, the newsletter of the Humanities Computing Facility of the University of California, Santa Barbara. reach.8912 Reach, December, 1989 (initial issue) reach.9001 Reach, January, 1990 reach.9002 Reach, February, 1990 reach.9003 Reach, March, 1990 reach.9004 Reach, April, 1990 reach.9005 Reach, May, 1990 (no issues published during this period) reach.9009 Reach, September & October, 1990 reach.9011 Reach, November & December, 1990 reach.9101 Reach, January & February, 1991 reach.9103 Reach, March & April, 1991 (No issues published during between May 91 and Fall 91.) reach.9110 Reach, Fall 1991 reach.9201 Reach, Winter 1992 This is a complete list of the files available from this source as of February 28, 1992. Contact Questions or comments should be directed to: Eric Dahlin, Coordinator Humanities Computing Facility 4421 South Hall University of California Santa Barbara, California 93106 U.S.A. Phone: (805) 893-2208 E-mail:HCF1DAHL@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu ======================================================================== 8.31. University of Iowa Research in Progress Database Last verified: May 92 The University of Iowa supports an on-line database of synopses of current research projects. It is hoped that this increased access to the University will strengthen the university's relationship with Business and Industry, Universities and Colleges, Foundations, Government Agencies, Chambers of Commerce and Professional Developers, Social Service Agencies, Libraries, and Public and Private Schools. Access telnet vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu. To use the database, your terminal must emulate a VT 100 terminal. Login with user name "RIP" and password "RIP". Follow the menu instructions to make your search. Exit To exit, press Ctrl-Z. Search Categories The database can be searched by key words and key phrases. The first 15 characters of department, college, researcher's last name, and topics are included in the key word/key phrase list. The following data items are displayed: Title of Research Address Researcher Name Phone College Department Research Abstract Contact Barbara Roy Weeg Computing Center 134D Lindquist Center S Iowa City, IA 52242-1589 Phone: (319) 335-5506 E-mail:Barbara-Roy@uiowa.edu For questions concerning network access, contact: User Consultants Weeg Computing Center Lindquist Center S Iowa City, IA 52242-1589 Phone: (319) 335-5530 E-mail: weeg-consult@uiowa.edu Source Project manager and programmer ======================================================================== 8.32. SPIN: Sponsored Programs Information Network Last verified: May 92 SPIN is a database of funding sources and grant programs of interest to all academic fields and used by several hundred colleges and universities. SPIN enables the user to locate external funding sources with a minimum amount of time and effort. The information provided by a SPIN search enables the user to determine what funding is available and how it may be obtained. Access SPIN has been available on a dial-up basis since 1982. As of July, 1991, SPIN has also been made available via Internet. SPIN currently requires the use of the tn3270 protocol. To obtain additional information and fee schedule regarding SPIN and to apply for subscriptions, see the information in the Contact section. Additional Information SPIN, established in November 1980, is a computerized data base of funding opportunities (federal, non-federal and corporate) designed to assist faculty and administrators in the identification of external support for research, education and development projects. Only those sponsors that are national in scope and that provide substantial support to colleges and universities are profiled. Sponsors that restrict their giving to state, local or community service organizations are not included. The data base is updated daily to incorporate new funding sources, as well as changes to existing sources. Only information obtained directly from the sponsor is used to develop the funding profile. Sponsors are contacted annually (or more frequently, if appropriate) to verify existing information and to determine when policies and guidelines for the next funding cycle will he available. Secondary sources, such as The Chronicle of Higher Education, Foundation Center Sourcebook Profiles, Corporate Foundation Profiles and the Annual Register, are also reviewed to identify new sources of support. Users can query SPIN along a number of different lines, including the type of the funding program, areas of interest of the sponsor, deadlines, and other relevant information. The SPIN staff also attaches keywords to each funding program description to allow searching on different areas of interest. Major categories for searches include: * * International Agriculture/Food/Forestry Affairs/Area Studies * * Miscellaneous/Other Arts/Culture/Humanities/C ommunications * * Science/Technology Business/Economics/Manage ment * Education * Social/Behavioral Sciences * Health/Medical Sciences * Social Welfare/Public Affairs SPIN supports a number of different ways of presenting the results of a query, including on-line display and a number ways to print the query results. Printing options include printing locally at the user's location, or having SPIN print the records and deliver them via next day mail. Contact InfoEd 453 New Karner Road Albany, NY 12205 Phone: (518) 464-0691 Fax: (518) 464-0695 E-mail:rspin%snycenvm.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu Source InfoEd ======================================================================== 8.33. The Jerusalem Social Sciences Data Archive (SSDA) Last verified: June 92 The SSDA (social science data archive) catalog, a part of Israel's inter- university ALEPH network, is now accessible to foreign archives/users via Internet. The catalog accesses dataset holdings covering a variety of studies, surveys, census data, and financial records from Israel. Searching access includes subject headings, variable lists, abstracts, and library holding information. Access telnet HAR1.HUJI.AC.IL At the Username prompt, enter SSDA and press return. The system will display the "function selection menu". Type "2" and press return. Exit Type "stop" from any screen to return to the "function selection menu", then type "1" to select logout. Data Collection The Data Archive holds more than 340 data-sets, 100 of which are full micro-level files from national surveys carried out by the Central Bureau of Statistics. Also stored are periodically updated economic time series, regional aggregate data, opinion polls, attitude surveys and government records (all individual data-sets are anonymous). The collection covers the whole range of social sciences with particular attention to large scale national surveys and lately also to economic aggregate data. Among the large data-sets are: * Israel Census data (micro and macro) 1961, 1972, 1983 * Annual Labour and Income Surveys since 1967 * Household Expenditure Surveys * Election Studies and Results * Internal Migration files * Schools and pupils achievement and intelligence tests * Series databank of Israel economy indicators 90% of the data-sets are fully documented and indexed on ALEPH inter- university catalogue network. This English on-line information system provides a hierarchical description from the survey level down to variable lists and codebooks. Contact For more information regarding searching, system use, or data orders contact Miko Levy at MAGAR1%HUJIVMS.Bitnet@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU or telephone 972-2-883181. The Hebrew University Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905 ISRAEL Phone: 972-2-883007/8 FAX:972-2-322545 E-mail:MAGAR1%HUJIVMS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU ======================================================================== 8.34. STIS: Science and Technology Information System- Access to NSF Publications Last verified: May 92 STIS (Science and Technology Information System) is an on-line system run by the National Science Foundation providing access to NSF publications and other programs including: - the NSF Bulletin, - the Guide to Programs, - grants booklet-including forms, - program announcements, - press releases, - NSF telephone book, - reports of the National Science Board, - descriptions of research projects funded by NSF-with abstracts, and - analytical reports and news from the International Programs Division New materials are added weekly. Access STIS supports many different channels of access, including anonymous FTP, retrieving documents via email, searching via WAIS, and two forms of on-line system that you can telnet to. All methods give access to the same information. The WAIS and on-line methods also allow the user to search for documents as well as retrieve them. Of all the methods, the Gopher (see section 2.2.) access mentioned under `Other Access' may be the easiest to use. Although it is experimental as of 5/92, it provides an easy way to browse the system. Anonymous FTP Use anonymous FTP to access ftp stis.nsf.gov The file ftpindex contains more instructions and a list of available files. Telnet Access telnet stis.nsf.gov At the login prompt, enter "public" and press return. You will be asked to select from a list of terminal definitions. There are three variations of "vt100". The "vt100nes" seemed to be the most flexible. STIS is dependent on a partially graphical user interface which is similar to many commercial CD-ROM products used by libraries, such as the Library of Congress products. The use of the "escape" key is critical to exit various functions and the system itself. For most users, the Escape key is the keypad 0, not the usual key marked "esc" on PC keyboards! This is definitely true for Kermit users or sessions originating from VAX computers. The vt100nes emulation provided alternatives to arrow, page up and page down using control-key sequences. These always worked. The regular keyboard arrow keys, etc. did not always work. Once past these keyboard definition problems, the system is easy and fun to use. Telnet Exit Type the ESCAPE sequence (i.e., keypad 0 for most users-see note above) to exit back to the main menu, then type "7" from the main menu to end the session. Other Access The NSF WAIS server is stis.nsf.gov. You can get the ".src" file from the "Directory of Servers" at quake.think.com. See the WAIS entry (section 2.5.) in this Guide for more information about WAIS. A Gopher server is also under test. Use Gopher to access stis.nsf.gov. See the Gopher entry in this Guide (section 2.2.) for more details. You can request that STIS E-mail you a weekly summary of all the new documents on STIS. You can also sign up to get the full text of all documents added to STIS. To find our more, send a message to stisserv@nsf.gov. The text of the message should be as follows (the Subject line is ignored): get index You will receive a list of all the documents on STIS and instructions for retrieving them. Please note that all requests for electronic documents should be sent to stisserv, as shown above. Requests for printed publications should be sent to pubs@nsf.gov. Contact E-mail:stis-request@nsf.gov Phone: 202-357-7555 TDD:202-357-7492 Source NSF publication NSF 91-10 STIS Brochure, dated March 30, 1992. ======================================================================== 8.35. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bulletin Board System Last verified: May 92 Bulletin board featuring electronic mail, discussion groups, access to USENET newsgroups, public domain software downloading/ftp, and library systems. Access telnet bbs.oic.unc.edu Follow the directions listed. Once you have chosen a password, it will be required in subsequent sessions. Exit type 8 (goodbye) from main menu ======================================================================== 8.36. USENET: World-wide News and Discussion Forum Last verified: May 92 Usenet news (or "netnews") is a wide-area discussion forum that provides newsgroups for people to talk about computers, folklore, birds, music, motorcycles, and several thousand other topics. The quality and quantity of news varies from a few carefully selected and well reasoned articles a day on some groups to megabytes of flames every week on others. Access Most CICNet schools have news available to users in some official way, either at the campus level or provided by individual departments. Many bulletin board systems on the net such as UNC's "samba" system and the Freenet systems have newsfeeds. News readers like "rn", "tin", and "nn" on UNIX systems provide ways to wade through groups and manage the flood of text. Users without direct access to a news feed can view groups via the Michigan State U "gopher" news gateway. (This system can be reached via Gopher client machines of by telnet to gopher.msu.edu; details on Gopher can be found in section 2.2. of this Guide.) Usenet news is transmitted over the Internet with the NNTP protocol. Sites wishing to get a newsfeed that don't already have one can get hooked up by sending mail to "nntp-managers@ucbvax.berkeley.edu" and asking for assistance. ======================================================================== 8.37. Weather Underground: A Complete US Weather Service Last verified: April 92 The Weather Underground is a complete on-line weather service covering forecasts for regions and cities, long range forecasts, ski conditions, and severe weather advisories. Availability Access is restricted to educational use. Commercial organizations should contact Zephyr Weather Information Service (contact listed below) for commercial services. Access telnet madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 Note port number 3000 on the telnet command. This must be specified to reach the weather server. Exit select "X" EXIT from the main menu Contact The Weather Underground is operated by Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2143 comments: sdm@madlab.sprl.umich.edu With Help from: The UNIDATA Project, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Boulder, Colorado 80307-3000 Data Source: Zephyr Weather Information Service 41 Washington Street Westborough, MA 01581 Phone: (508) 898-3511 ======================================================================== 8.38. The WELL: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link Last verified: April 92 The WELL is a computer conference system located in Sausalito, California. The WELL is one of the better known computer conferencing systems in the country. It has a distinct culture to it rooted in its location in the San Francisco Bay Area and its founding by people who created the Whole Earth Catalog and the follow-on publication, The Whole Earth Review. The WELL features over 200 conferences and over 6000 registered users. The WELL also features USENET newsgroup and email access. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the WELL is the community of people that use it. Many writers, journalists, and other well-known figures make use of the WELL. Availability The basic cost of the WELL is a $10/month service charge plus a $2.00/hour usage fee. Your first 5 hours of usage are free so you can get to know the system, though you may want to wait until you get the manual to make the best use of this time. Any group or organization can have a private conference created at no extra charge. Access Telnet well.sf.ca.us Type your userid or newuser to register. The WELL is also available via the Compuserve Packet Network or dialup phone lines. An electronic mail message to info@well.sf.ca.us will get a general information message about the WELL. Message support@well.sf.ca.us with other questions. Computer Conferencing The WELL is an excellent example of a computer conferencing system (also known as computer mediated communications systems). Computer conferencing systems have a different feel from electronic mail, mailing lists, or systems such as USENET or BITNET. On the WELL, there are over 200 different conferences on broad areas. Each conference has a number of individual topics, and each topic has a number of responses. CICNet runs a small conferencing system. See section 8.5. for more details. Contact The WELL 27 Gate 5 Road Sausalito, CA 94965 E-mail:support@well.sf.ca.us Phone: (415) 332-6106 ======================================================================== 8.39. WUGATE: Gateway to the Internet Libraries and More Last Verified: April 92 Menu interface to more than 150 libraries and information sources. Access telnet wugate.wustl.edu At the "login" prompt type "library"; at the "enter terminal type >>" prompt type vt100 Exit Select q from the WUGATE main menu. Description WUGATE is a menu of Internet Library services, databases, and other on- line services. WUGATE presents the user with a numbered list of on-line resources. To connect with one of these, enter the number and press return. WUGATE will then present a screen full of information about the resource, and give the user the option of connecting. Upon exiting the selected system, the user will return to WUGATE for another selection. Brief instructions are given on each WUGATE selection pertaining to the use of the individual systems. You should pay CLOSE attention to the exit commands for each system! Note that using WUGATE to access on-line sources sometimes causes slower response time than with a direct connection. All the addresses of the sources are provided should the user wish to connect directly to the source. Contact The Office of the Network Coordinator One Brookings Drive Campus Box 1048 Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130 E-mail:services@wugate.wustl.edu