Document: LIBCAT NNEWS Archive: listserv@ndsuvm1.bitnet ftp vm1.nodak.edu in nnews directory Date: March 28, 1994 Comments: noonan@msus1.msus.edu Copyright: 1994 Dana Noonan Permission granted to download and print personal copies of this guide. Please contact the author before printing copies for re-distribution. Print copies of this guide are available from Metronet. Contact the author for further information. ........................................................................... LIBCAT NNEWS is online catalogs, special collections, Gopher and WWW servers, special interest lists for librarians. ........................................................................... LIBCAT: A Guide to Library Resources on the Internet by Dana Noonan March 1994 Distributed by Metronet ........................................................................... Table of Contents THE ONLINE CATALOG Tips for Information Providers LIBRARY GOPHERS Selected Library Gophers WORLD WIDE WEB Library-related Web Sites SPECIAL COLLECTIONS How To Find Special Collections Cautions Special Collections via Online Library Catalogs PUBLIC DATABASES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES LISTS FOR LIBRARIANS The Listserv Manager Searching a List Archive Selected Special Interest Lists for Librarians Electronic Newsletters and Journals GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY General Interest Internet Tools and Treasures Subject Guides APPENDIX A: ONLINE CATALOGS IN THE UNITED STATES APPENDIX B: MULTI-LIBRARY CATALOGSIN THE UNITED STATES APPENDIX C: ONLINE CATALOGS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES *See A Guide to Internet/Bitnet for an introduction to searching online library catalogs as well information on Gopher and World Wide Web. ........................................................................... THE ONLINE CATALOG The online catalog is the most important and most powerful tool that libraries have to organize and present information to their users. Its strength lies in its relationship to a series of standards developed over time to meet the needs of both users and library staff. Each cataloging system is informed by an over-arching world-of-information-view that places catalog items in appropriate categories. Today users are offered what appears to be an enriched catalog replete with ancillary databases, cd-rom access, and various gateways to other information sources. To the user it's "just the catalog" even though it may in reality be a seamless web of programs using various types of hardware. Some libraries add simple text files containing tips on how to use the catalog, library guides, calendars of events; others offer commercial and in-house bibliographies and databases. Increasingly Internet libraries use Gopher or World Wide Web to make local and remote files, collections, and databases available. Automated mailing systems have not been used much thus far, but offer yet another way to inform users of new materials in the collection, changes in library policies and procedures, and up-coming special events. The uses of the online catalog are limited only by our vision and willingness to experiment. The databases listed in this guide demonstrate one method of adding value to the online catalog, but the catalog itself can contain a wider range of material than is usually included. For example, the Minnesota Historical Society has catalog entries for articles about Minnesota not just from in-house publications but also from local and regional publications that aren't indexed elsewhere. The Society also includes extensive notes in the online catalog about artifacts in its collection. Tips for Information Providers Whether a library creates a Gopher or World Wide Web server or just adds a few information files to the existing catalog, staff must: 1. Select the appropriate platform for presenting the information to local and/or remote users. The best solution to a local need may not require the investment of thousands of dollars in equipment and staff time but just the addition of a few simple text files. Consider the needs of the library user before adding elaborate gateways or impressive but little-used multi-media. 2. Use the service to bring to light library services and collections that don't usually get much public notice or attention. If someone in the literature department has been tracking the activities of local authors, add that information and possibly the database to the server. The handouts that libraries have generated over the years are the most appropriate additions to the catalog or information servers. 3. Manage the information service actively. Someone has to keep calendars up-to-date, modify Gopher or Web links to other Internet services, and watch for new services that would be of benefit to local users. Someone has to rally library staff and other stakeholders behind the project so that they actively seek ways to improve it. The greatest commitment of resources should be in staff time not computer software or hardware. 4. Remember the users without state-of-the-art equipment. The users limited to VT100 connections can still benefit from Gopher and World Wide Web servers but won't be able to see movies or enjoy sound presentations. Note: Even users with "right" equipment and connections may not be able to figure out how to set up their equipment properly. LIBRARY GOPHERS Gopher is a distributed document delivery service using a client-server model to make it easy for users to search for and retrieve materials from local sources and remote sites. Gopher employs a hierarchical outline to make browsing and searching local and remote sources of information easy and uncomplicated. Gopher users can connect to other information services without being bothered by most of the details of Telnet or FTP protocols and addresses. Libraries around the world have setup Gopher servers to supplement the information resources available in the local catalog. Some libraries use Gopher as a front-end to the catalog; others as separate but related service. The Library of Congress Marvel shows a straight-forward and easy to grasp organizational structure. It lists local resources first followed by a selection of Internet resources. A few items likely to be of interest to only library staff are also included on the main menu. Library of Congress Marvel 1. About LC MARVEL (Please Read First)/ 2. Library of Congress: Facilities, Activities, and Services/ 3. Research and Reference/ 4. Library of Congress Online Systems/ 5. The U.S. Congress/ 6. Federal Government Information/ 7. Services to Libraries and Publishers/ 8. Copyright/ 9. Employee Information/ 10. The Global Electronic Library (by Subject)/ 11. Internet Resources/ 12. What's New on LC MARVEL/ 13. Search LC MARVEL Menus/ Selected Library Gophers The following gophers demonstrate different ways of organizing library information and Internet resources for library staff, campus communities, and the public. BUBL: The Bulletin Board for Libraries bubl.bath.ac.uk 7070 Cal Poly Library Database Resources library.calpoly.edu 70 Carleton University, Library Gopher library3.carleton.ca 70 Cleveland Public Library library.cpl.org 70 Cornell University, Albert R. Mann Library usda.mannlib.cornell.edu 70 Indiana State University, Libraries Gopher odin.indstate.edu 70 Indiana Univ., Bloomington, Libraries Gopher lib-gopher.lib.indiana.edu 70 Indiana Univ., School of Music & Music Library theme.music.indiana.edu 70 Library of Congress (LC MARVEL) marvel.loc.gov 70 North Carolina State University Library dewey.lib.ncsu.edu 70 University of California - Santa Barbara Library ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu 3001 University of California - Santa Cruz, InfoSlug gopher.ucsc.edu 70 University of Michigan Libraries gopher.lib.umich.edu 70 University of Minnesota, Forestry Library minerva.forestry.umn.edu 70 WORLD WIDE WEB Like Gopher, World Wide Web is a distributed document delivery service using a client-server model to make it easy for users to search for and retrieve materials from remote sites. Unlike Gopher, WWW can integrate text, graphics, and sound as well as links to other resources on a single page. Gopher servers present menus that resemble a collapsed outline; WWW servers offer visually rich pages that draw users into a complex but easily accessible web of information. Gopher excels in making connections rapidly and providing an interface that can be used with the simplest of computer equipment. Most text files on Gopher servers require little in the way of extra formatting. The Veronica search engine enables users to quickly search for information on hundreds of Gopher servers. Although a variety of clients exist for WWW, the real power of the Web requires a graphical interface such as Mosaic or Cello along with a computer with multimedia capability. Web documents have to be formatted using the hypertext mark-up language (HTML). Gopher clients allow users to set bookmarks, but Web clients let users create their own home pages -- the equivalent of a top level Gopher menu. Library-related Web Sites Although many campus-wide information systems and libraries have begun to migrate from Gopher to WWW (or use a combination of both), few make full use of the hypertext or graphic capabilities of the Web. The Library of the University of Texas, Austin makes excellent use of the Web to exhibit maps, documents and artifacts from its special collections. The University of Iowa's Virtual Hospital makes library and other materials available to both medical staff and the general public. At least, two library schools demonstrate the use of the Web for show-casing student and faculty research. VTLS, a vendor of catalog software, uses its server to give prospective customers and other a glimpse of its vision for the library of the near future. AskERIC Virtual Library http://eryx.syr.edu/Main.html Iowa State University Library http://www.lib.iastate.edu/welcome.html Legal Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu/ National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ NASA Langley Technical Library http://www.larc.nasa.gov/ org/library/larc-lib.html NCSU Libraries http://dewey.lib.ncsu.edu Northwestern University Library http://www.library.nwu.edu/ The Virtual Hospital http://vh.radiology.uiowa.edu/ University of Connecticut http://spirit.lib.uconn.edu/ University of Texas, Austin - Library Web http://www.lib.utexasf.edu Special Exhibits - Univ. of Texas, Austin http://www.lib.utexas/Exhibits.html University of Virginia Library http://www.lib.virginia.edu/ University of Michigan, School of Information & Library Studies http://http2.sils.umich.edu/ University of Texas, Austin, GSLIS http://fiat.gslis.utexas.edu/start.html VTLS, Inc. http://www.vtls.com/ BUBL - Bulletin Board for Libraries http://www.bubl.bath.ac.uk/BUBL/home.html Brunel Library and Information Service http://http1.brunel.ac.uk:8080/ The John Rylands Library Institute http://www.mcc.ac.uk:80/JRL/00.html Australian National University, Library http://info.anu.edu.au:1066/ National Library of Australia http://email.nla.gov.au/ RMIT Libraries http://ghmac.lib.rmit.edu.au/ SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Now that over seven hundred library catalogs are available on the Internet, savvy users are beginning to ask which ones are worth searching for topic X. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to decide which OPACs you should search for a given topic. The collection size, geographic location, and perhaps even institutional history might provide clues to collection strengths. In addition the guides to graduate level programs in various disciplines could help identify a core group of institutions that "ought" to have strength in a given subject area. How To Find Special Collections 1. Use the traditional print guides to special collections. If the source mentions that Michigan State University has a terrific collection on popular culture (it does!), then you are likely to find some or all of the materials in the collection included in the online catalog. If you can locate a copy of A Guide to Special Collections in the OCLC Database (OCLC,1988), you will have a head start on locating some of the buried treasures that can be found in the research library catalogs on the Internet. Many of these collections appear not only in OCLC but in the public access catalogs. 2. Assume that the large research libraries will have materials related to the topic you are interested in researching. Start your search with a major university research library, the Library of Congress or the New York Public Library. 3. Check the library-sponsored gophers for information on collection strengths and special collections. You might want to do a "veronica" search on "special collections" but until gopher administrators use more descriptive titles you will have to plow through dozens of "special collection" entries in order to find the ones you are interested in viewing. 4. Check an online catalog's help screens to see what if anything is said about its special collections. Libraries could and should include more information about their collections in their online catalogs. Search under the name of the library just in case they have cataloged in-house guides to their special collections. Try combining the name of the institution with the words library or special. You will probably get a number of useless entries but may find just what you need. 5. Assume that major libraries will have special collections related to their region. I have not included most of these collections in this guide. 6. Make the obvious and not so obvious connections. The University of Texas at Dallas has a lot of material about the Kennedy assassination, but does not appear to have a separate special collection devoted to the topic. W.H. Auden taught at Swarthmore for a time, so Swarthmore has an Auden collection. The American Geographical Society Archive is located at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Expect to find not only materials on discovery and exploration, but urban and transportation planning listed in the catalog. Collections of the works of popular American authors can be found in many places. Faulkner collections are found many libraries, but odds are that the University of Mississippi may have items not found elsewhere. Always look for local heroes (or demons). Remember that political figures aren't the only ones to give libraries their personal memorabilia. 7. Ask a local reference librarian for suggestions. Cautions 1. Many libraries have not finished adding the materials from their special collections to the online catalog. 2. Don't expect to find non-print artifacts to be included in most opacs. Brown has a great collection of toy soldiers but is unlikely to include each one in the online catalog. 3. Don't expect to borrow items from special collections. 4. Most of the special collections mentioned in this guide have been verified by searching the online catalogs However, it was not possible to find evidence of somecollections because of poor VT100 connections or arcane search procedures. 5. Very few of the collections of the largest research libraries are included here. Seek and you will find them. 6. The collections mentioned in the appendix may not be the best that an institution has to offer; they were just easy for me to identify and check. Special Collections via Online Library Catalogs =============================================== 16th century books Canisius College 17th century research collection University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 17th Century Theology and Politics University of Rochester 19th century and Edwardian poetry/belles lettres University of British Columbia 20th century Anglo-Irish & American literature University of Tulsa 20th Century European Art Northwestern University 20th Century Poetry in English SUNY, University at Buffalo A. W. Kuchler Vegetation Map Collection Miami University (OH) Adelaide Nutting History of Medicine Columbia University Teachers College Afghanistan Collection University of Nebraska, Omaha African History Collection University of Virginia Aldine Collection University of Texas at Austin Alfred Cortot Collection University of Texas at Austin Alliance College Collection University of Pittsburgh American Archives of the Factual Film Iowa State University American Curriculum Collection Columbia University Teachers College American Musical Heritage Collection University of Southern Colorado American Radicalism Michigan State University Amistad Research Center Tulane University Applied Anthropology Documentation University of Kentucky Archie Givens, Sr. Collection - Afro-American Literature University of Minnesota Archive of New Poetry University of California, San Diego Archive of Popular American Music San Diego State University Arctic Studies Bowdoin College Arents Tobacco Collection New York Public Library Armstrong-Browning Library Baylor University Art of the Book Hofstra University Art of the Book Yale University Arthur Conan Doyle University of Minnesota Artist's books Virginia Commonwealth University Ascher Collection of Operetta Music Millersville Univ. of Pennsylvania Automotive History Collection Detroit Public Library Bach Yale University Music Library Baja California University of California, San Diego Ballad Collection - Helen Hartness Flanders Middlebury College Barchas Collection Stanford University Basque Studies University of Nevada, Reno Batchelder-McPharlin Puppetry Coll. University of New Mexico Baudelaire Center Collection Vanderbilt University Bay Poets California State Univ., Hayward Beck Angling Collection Northwestern University Becker Collection - Russian-German migration University of Saskatchewan Beethoven Studies San Jose State University Belgian-Americans University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Benny Goodman Yale University Music Library Bension Coll. Sephardic manuscripts University of Alberta Benson Latin American Collection University of Texas, Austin Berg Coll. of Eng. & Am. Literature New York Public Library Bieler Press University of Minnesota Birney Anti-slavery Collection Johns Hopkins University Black Culture - Schomburg Collection New York Public Library Bloomsbury Group Hofstra University Blues Archive - music University of Mississippi Bolivian Pamphlet Collection University of Pittsburgh Book Arts University of Washington Book Arts Collection New York Public Library Borowitz True Crime Collection Kent State University Botanic Medicine Collection Miami University (Ohio) Bowman Gray Coll. of World Wars I & II Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill British and American travel accounts University of Virginia British & American literature - Ulizio Collection Kent State University Brown Military Collection Brown University Bruce Rogers Collection Central Connecticut State Univ. Bund Archives of the Jewish Labor Movement Columbia University Burnam Classical Library University of Cincinnati Byron Johns Hopkins University Cairns Collection University of Wisconsin, Madison California Santa Clara University Californiana - Goodman Collection Univ. of California, San Diego Calvert Norland Collection on the History of Biology, Natural History & Sciences San Diego State University Canadian Authors' Manuscripts University of Calgary Canadian Children's Books University of British Columbia Canadiana - Lande Collection McGill University Captain James Cook National Library of Australia Carl Menger Collection - economics Duke University Carlyle Collection - Strouse University of California, Santa Cruz Carnegie Collection George Washington University Celtic Library University of St. Thomas Central American Collection University of Kansas Chapin Collection - John F. Kennedy Kalamazoo College Charles Darwin - Stecher Collection Case Western Reserve Univ. Charles Olson University of Connecticut Charters South Seas Collection Butler University Cherokee Collection Northeastern Oklahoma State Univ. Chesler Collection - comic art Fairleigh Dickinson University Chess Collection - Justice Colorado College Chicano - Mexican- American San Jose State University Children's books - Darton Collection Columbia University Teachers College Children's Literature - Gildersleeve Collection Connecticut College Children's Literature - Ball. Coll. Indiana University Children's Literature Collection Kent State University Children's Literature Research Coll. University of Minnesota Chile Collection University of Connecticut Chilson Western American Collection University of South Dakota China and the Chinese - Wason Coll. Cornell University Christlieb Collection - Western books and art University of Nebraska, Lincoln Chronology Collection = van Wijk University of Texas, Austin Civil War Collection Gettysburg College Classical Library - Burnam University of Cincinnati Classics - Oost Collection Southern Methodist University Cole Coll. - history of chemistry University of Wisconsin, Madison Cole Collection - naval history University of Maine Colgate Printing Collection McGill University Comic Art Michigan State University Comic Art University of Missouri, Columbia Comic art - Chesler Collection Fairleigh Dickinson University Contemporary. Political Movements - Wilcox University of Kansas Contemporary American Literature University of Rochester Conversations from Wingspread Michigan State University Cookbook and Menu Collection Texas Woman's University Cookbooks Library of Congress Cookbooks Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Cookery Collection - Justice Lamar University Cooper Collection - Esperanto University of Oregon Cordell Coll. - word books - philology Indiana State University Covington Coll. - Ohio Valley History Miami University (OH) Craig Collection - history of theater Northwestern University Creative Studies Collection SUNY, College at Buffalo Crocchiola New Mexico Collection Eastern New Mexico Univ. Cryptography - Lamb Memorial Coll. Kent State University Cuba University of Miami Curwen Press University of Alberta Czechs and Slovaks abroad University of Chicago D. H. Lawrence Bucknell University Dahllof Coll. of Swedish Americana University of Minnesota Dance Collection New York Public Library Daniel Webster Central Connecticut State University Danish Literature University of Wisconsin Darton Collection - children's books Columbia University Teachers College de Bellis Collection University of Missouri, Columbia Diabetes - Striker Collection University of Cincinnati Dictionaries, word books (1440-1900) Indiana State University Dime Novels University of Rochester Downs Angling Collection Connecticut College Dramatic Literature & Performing Arts Collection Kent State University E.C. Comics (1950s) Iowa State University Early American sheet music - Krohn Collection Washington University Early telecommunications - McNichol Queen's University Early Voyages and Travels Collection University of Tennessee East Asian Collection Univ. of California, San Francisco Echol Collection on Southeast Asia Cornell University Economics - Carl Menger Collection Duke University Edmund Wilson Library University of Tulsa Edwin Arlington Robinson Collection Oberlin College Edwin Way Teale Collection University of Connecticut Effective Teaching Aids Collection National University of Singapore Elihu Burritt Collection - peace advocate Central Connecticut State Univ. Elizabeth Ball Collection Children's Literature Indiana University Elizabeth Chater Collection in Science Fiction San Diego State University Ellison Poetry Collection University of Cincinnati English & American Literature - Berg Collection New York Public Library Ernst Zinner Collection: History of Astronomy & Science San Diego State University Evelyn de Mille Collection on the Book and Book Arts University of Calgary Fildes Collection Victoria Univ. of Wellington (NZ) Fiske Icelandic Collection Cornell University Flannery O'Connor Georgia College Folklore archive Wayne State University Fondren-Clampitt Collection of Texana Southern Methodist University Forest Resources Collection University of Washington Frederic Goudy Collection Central Connecticut State Univ. Freewill Baptists Bates College French Monarchy Collection Michigan State University French Revolution and Napoleon Coll. Florida State University Friends Historical Library Swarthmore College Fugitive/Agrarian Collection - Wills Vanderbilt University G.B. Shaw Hofstra University Gambling University of Nevada, Las Vegas George Orwell Miami University (OH) George S. Patton, Jr. U.S. Military Academy Georgian Poets Hofstra University Gigante Collection - musical scores University of New Mexico Gildersleeve Collection - Children's Literature Connecticut College Gothic Fantasy Queen's University Gothic Novels - Sadler-Black Coll. University of Virginia Great Lakes Bowling Green State University Great Western Illustrators Collection Texas A&M University Gregory Bateson Univ. of California, Santa Cruz H.G. Wells Hofstra University H.L. Mencken Gettysburg College Hanes Collection - 16th & 17thc books Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays Brown University Hart Crane Kent State University Hawaiian Collection University of Hawaii Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Coll. Middlebury College Henry Miller University of Minnesota Henty Collection University of South Florida Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages Univ. of California, San Diego History. of Economic Thought - Howey Collection University of Kansas Historical Chicano Collection Univ. of Texas, Pan American Historical Veterinary Medicine Michigan State University History of Astronomy & Science - Ernst Zinner Collection San Diego State University History of Aviation University of Texas, Dallas History of Cartography California State Univ., Fullerton History of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania History of Chemistry - Cole Collection University of Wisconsin, Madison History of Criticism - Welleck Coll. University of California, Irvine History of English Law City Polytechnic of Hong Kong History of Exploration University of Minnesota History of Health Sciences Univ. of California, San Francisco History of Information Processing University of Minnesota History of Medicine Columbia University Teachers College History of Medicine SUNY, University at Buffalo History of Nursing Boston University History of Nursing Collection - Kandel University of Cincinnati History of Printing and Small Presses Kent State University History of Theater - Craig Collection Northwestern University Holocaust Testimony Yale University Holtzman Faulkner Collection University of Michigan Hong Kong Collection Chinese University of Hong Kong Horace Walpole Yale University Howey Collection- History. of Economic Thought University of Kansas Howey Collection - English imprints University of Missouri, Columbia Hubbard Imaginary Voyage Collection University of Michigan Human Potential Kent State University Icelandic Collection - Fiske Cornell University Illuminated Manuscript Facsimiles Michigan State University Imaginary Voyage Collection - Hubbard University of Michigan India and Indians Colgate University Indians of North America - Yager Collection Hartwick College International Comic Art Collection Michigan State University Jackson Pharmacology Collection University of Cincinnati James A. Michener Swarthmore College James Broughton Kent State University James Robert Parish Reference Library Kent State University James Wright University of Minnesota Janus Press Collection San Diego State University Jazz - Paul Whiteman Collection Williams College Jeff Dykes Range Livestock Collection Texas A&M University Jennewein Western Library Collection Dakota Wesleyan Univ. Jewish Labor Movement - Bund Archives Columbia University John Berryman University of Minnesota John Buchan Queen's University John Calvin and Calvinism Calvin College John F. Kennedy - Chapin Collection Kalamazoo College John Henry Nash Collection Santa Clara University John Masefield University of Colorado, Boulder John R. and Jane Adams Postcard Coll. San Diego State University John Ruskin - Ross Collection University of Rochester John Steinbeck Ball State University John Steinbeck Stanford University Joseph Conrad Texas Tech University Joubert Collection on French Canada McGill University Judaica Yale University Julia Morgan Collection - San Simeon Calpoly State University Jussi Bjoerling Memorial Collection Indiana University Justice Chess Collection Colorado College Justice Cookery Collection Lamar University Juvenile Collection University of Maine Juvenile Literature - King Collection Miami University (OH) Kandel History of Nursing Collection University of Cincinnati Katherine Anne Porter University of Maryland Kays Collection - horses University of Connecticut Kelmscott Press Collection University of Colorado, Boulder Kenneth Patchen University of California, Santa Cruz King Collection of Juvenile Literature Miami University (OH) Krohn Collection early American sheet music Washington University Ku Klux Klan Collection Texas A&M University Labadie Collection - Social Protest Material University of Michigan Labor History Rutgers University Lamb Memorial Coll. of Cryptography Kent State University Lande Collection - Canadiana McGill University Lang Letter Coll. - letter writing Case Western Reserve University Latin American Collection - Benson University of Texas, Austin Latvia - President Ulmanis Collection University of Nebraska, Omaha Law in Popular Culture Univ. of Texas at Austin, Law Library Lewis Carroll New York University Limited Editions Club Hofstra University Limited Editions Club University of Colorado, Boulder Lincoln Collection Brown University Little Magazines University of Wisconsin, Madison Locke Collection University of Otago (NZ) Lord Haberly Coll. - small presses Fairleigh Dickinson University Louis Szathmary Collection University of Chicago Louise Bogan Miami University (OH) Louisiana Collection University of New Orleans Lower Rio Grande Valley University of Texas, Pan American Maine Juvenile Collection University of Maine Maine Small Press Collection Bates College Making of modern science - Barchas Collection Stanford University Manning Collection (Cardinal Manning Emory University - Theological Library Margaret P. Hess Collection - Western Canadian history University of Calgary Maritime Pamphlet Collection University of New Brunswick Mark Twain Central Connecticut State Univ. Marsden Hartley - artist/poet Bates College Mazour Collection - Czech materials University of Nebraska, Lincoln McGuffey Coll. of School Textbooks Miami University (OH) McMillan Shakespeare Collection University of Michigan McNicol Collection early telecommunications Queen's University Medici Collection University of Texas, Austin Menninger Collection - orchids University of California, Irvine Mexican & Central American Indian languages Tulane Univ. Latin America Library Mexico and Southwest Collection California State Univ., Fullerton Michigan Collection Library of Michigan Milton and Miltonia - Stuart Coll. University of Western Ontario Minis Collection Georgia/Savannah authors Armstrong State College Modern American Fiction Collection University of Northern Iowa Modern Chinese Drama Chinese University of Hong Kong Modern Greek Collection University of Minnesota Modern Literature Collection Washington University, St. Louis Mountaineering Collection University of Colorado, Boulder Musical scores - Gigante Collection University of New Mexico Musical theater - Tams-Witmark Coll. University of Wisconsin, Madison Native American History University of Tulsa Natural History Collection University of Connecticut Naval history & architecture University of New Orleans Naval history - Cole Collection University of Maine Neitz Textbook Collection University of Pittsburgh New Mexico Collection - Crocchiola Eastern New Mexico University North American Indian Collection University of Tennessee, Knoxville North Carolina Spanish Theater Coll. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Ohio Valley History - Covington Coll. Miami University (OH) Oost Collection - classics Southern Methodist University Operetta Music - Ascher Collection Millersville Univ. of Pennsylvania Orchids - Menninger Collection University of California, Irvine Outdoor Advertising Assn. of America Fairleigh Dickinson University Pacific Voyages - Hill Collection University of California, San Diego Pacifica Collection University of Hawaii Paper Science Collection Miami University (Ohio) Pascal Pia Collection Vanderbilt University Paul Laumonier Collection of French Revolution University of Connecticut Paul Whiteman Collection - jazz Williams College Peace Collection Swarthmore College Peace Studies Colgate University Peal Collection - 19th century English & American literature University of Kentucky Pearl River Delta Collection City Polytechnic of Hong Kong Pennsylvania Research Collection Millersville Univ. of Pennsylvania Pharmacology Collection - Jackson University of Cincinnati Phenomenology Duquesne University Philippine Collection - Worcester University of Michigan Phillip Mills Arnold Semiology Coll. Washington University, St. Louis Poetry Collection - Ellison University of Cincinnati Polish Collection University of Virginia Polish Heritage Collection Central Connecticut State Univ. Polish literature, history, culture University of Pittsburgh Polish Room Collection SUNY, University at Buffalo Popular Culture Bowling Green State University Popular Culture - Nye Collection Michigan State University Popular Fiction Michigan State University Popular Information Michigan State University Popular Performing Arts Michigan State University Postcard Collection - John R. and Jane Adams San Diego State University Printing Collection - Colgate McGill University Private Press Collection Swarthmore College Private Presses Hofstra University Proletarian Fiction University of Tulsa Psalters and liturgical music University of Texas at Austin Puerto Rico Collection University of Connecticut Puppet Collection - Stearn McGill University Puppetry Collection University of New Mexico Quaker Collection Haverford College Rabbi Berent Collection Bates College Radar and radio astronomy Queen's University Randall Jarrell Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro Range Livestock Collection - Dykes Texas A&M University Ranke Coll. historian Leopold von Ranke Syracuse University Reginald S. Davis Orchid Collection San Diego State University Reidel Collection - Eric Gill Georgetown University Remmel Collection - Race & Republicans University of Arkansas Riche-Coverington Collection radar and radio astronomy Queen's University Robert A. Heinlein University of California, Santa Cruz Robert M. Stecher Coll. Charles Darwin Case Western Reserve University Roman Ecclesiastical Architecture University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Ross A. McFarland Collection aerospace medicine Wright State University Ross Collection of John Ruskin University of Rochester Rudyard Kipling Syracuse University Russel B. Nye Popular Culture Coll. Michigan State University Russian history, art, literature Miami University (OH) Sadler-Black Coll. of Gothic Novels University of Virginia Samuel Beckett Washington University, St. Louis Samuel Colgate Baptist Historical Collection Colgate University Samuel Richey Collection - Southern Confederacy Miami University (OH) Sandoz Collection - Mari Sandoz University of Nebraska, Lincoln Santa Cruziana University of California, Santa Cruz Saperstein Jewish Center Collection Colgate University Schomburg Collection of Black Culture New York Public Library Science Fiction - Elizabeth Chater Collection San Diego State University Science Fiction Library - Williamson Eastern New Mexico University Science Fiction Research Collection Texas A&M University Semiology - Phillip Mills Arnold Coll. Washington University, St. Louis Sephardic manuscripts - Benison Coll. University of Alberta Seventh-day Adventist History Andrews University Shakespeare Collection - McMillan University of Michigan Shaker Collection Miami University (OH) Shaker manuscripts and printed works Williams College Shakespeare University of Pennsylvania Shea Collection Georgetown University Ship Collection naval history & architecture University of New Orleans Singapore Company Reports Collection National University of Singapore Singapore/Malaysia Collection National University of Singapore Slavica Collections Stanford University Small Press Collection - Maine Bates College Small Presses - Lord Haberly Coll. Fairleigh Dickinson University Social Protest Material - Labadie Coll. University of Michigan Sorokin Collection University of Saskatchewan Southeast Asia - Echol Collection Cornell University Southeast Asian Environmental Coll. Dalhousie University Southern Confederacy - Richey Coll. Miami University (OH) Southern Newspapers University of Rochester Southwestern writers and literature Southwest Texas State University Southworth Spanish Civil War Coll. University of California, San Diego Spanish Civil War Brandeis University Spanish Drama of the Golden Age University of Pennsylvania Spanish Theater Collection Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Stearn Puppet Collection McGill University Stephen Crane Syracuse University Stout Pamphlet Collection - New Zealand history Victoria University of Wellington (NZ) Strens/Guy Recreatonal Mathematics Collection University of Calgary Striker Collection - diabetes University of Cincinnati Strouse Carlyle Collection University of California, Santa Cruz Stuart Collection Milton and Miltonia University of Western Ontario Swedish Americana - Dahllof Coll. University of Minnesota Tams-Witmark Coll.- musical theater University of Wisconsin, Madison Texana - Fondren-Clampitt Collection Southern Methodist University Theodore Dreiser University of Pennsylvania Thomas Hardy Colby College Thomas Wolfe University of Minnesota True Crime Collection - Borowitz Kent State University Typography Kenyon College Ulmanis Collection - Latvia University of Nebraska, Omaha Ulizio Collection - British & American literature Kent State University Underground newspapers Northwestern University Vegetation Map Collection Miami University (OH) Vietnam Fiction University of Tulsa Vermont Archives of Traditional Music Middlebury College Von Der Haar Coll.- William Faulkner University of New Orleans Von Gontard Collection Washington University W. E. van Wijk Chronology Collection University of Texas, Austin W. H. Auden Swarthmore College Wallace Pearce Printing and Private Press Collection San Diego State University Wason Collection China and the Chinese Cornell University Water Quality Management Plans Southern Illinois University (Law) Weingrow Collection Avant-Garde Art & Literature Hofstra University Wellek Coll. History of Criticism University of California, Irvine Western American Collection - Chilson University of South Dakota White Coll. Folklore, Orientalia, Chess Cleveland Public Library Wickersham Pedagogical Collection Millersville Univ. of Pennsylvania Wilcox Collection Contemporary. Political Movements University of Kansas William Dean Howells Miami University (OH) William E. Warner Collection Kent State University William Faulkner University of Mississippi William Faulkner - Holtzman Collection University of Michigan William Faulkner - Von Der Haar Coll. University of New Orleans Williamson Science Fiction Library Eastern New Mexico University Wills Fugitive/Agrarian Collection Vanderbilt University Woman's Collection Texas Woman's University Women since 16th century University of North Carolina, Greensboro Women's Collection Northwestern University Women's Collection Radcliffe College Women's Pamphlet Collection University of California, Irvine Worcester Philippine Collection University of Michigan Works by American women - Cairns University of Wisconsin, Madison World Cullinary Collection Miami University (Ohio) World Music Archives Wesleyan University Wright Brothers Collection Wright State University Yager Coll.Indians of North America Hartwick College PUBLIC DATABASES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES The following databases are listed as examples of the types of databases libraries make available to patrons via the online library catalog. Many more databases are now being included on library gophers. Database Library Catalog ACCESS 93 - based on ACCESS EPA directory U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Amigos database Universidad De Las Americas, Pueblas ANSAX - ANSAX-L listserv Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland Ant bibliography Florida State University System Antilope - list of current periodicals in Belgian libraries University of Antwerp Archpics - Architectural Illustrations Catalog Carnegie Mellon University Arizona and Southwest Index Arizona State University Arizona Statistics Arizona State University Articles in Hospitality and Tourism University of Surrey Asia & Pacific Studies University of California ASU Newspaper Index Arizona State University Baudelaire Database Vanderbilt University Beethoven Bibliography Database San Jose State University Bible (King James version) Dartmouth College Bibliography of Scotland National Library of Scotland Bishop Museum University of Hawaii BNL Reports Brookhaven National Laboratory Bookstore catalog Stanford University British Library Document Supply Centre (fee) Colorado Alliance of Research Lib. Canadian Education Index Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Canadian Education Index Univ. of Saskatchewan - Databases Canadian Labor Bibliography Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland Career Services Database & Calendar Arizona State University Chemical Collection System U.S. Environmental Protection Agency CIHM- Early Canadiana Univ. of Saskatchewan - Databases Clean Lakes DB U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clio (microfilmed books from before 1900) University of New Brunswick Community info, city council minutes Vancouver Public Library Community information Pikes Peak Library District Community information Seattle Public Library Community Information and Referral Database Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Community resources Dakota County Public Library Community resources Ramsey County Public Library Conser Colorado Alliance of Research Lib. Consumer index Vancouver Public Library Copyright information Library of Congress CORK - collection on alcoholism and substance abuse Dartmouth College CULT database (law) Tilburg University Early American Imprints Princeton Univ. Manuscripts Catalog Enlist (applied science & technology) University of New Brunswick Environmental Financing Information Network (EFIN) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Faculty Bibliography Rockefeller University FAQs about CRPL Cedar Rapids Public Library Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Colorado Alliance of Research Lib. Federal Legislation since 1981 Library of Congress Florida Times-Union Florida State University System Foreign Law Library of Congress Forthcoming conferences CERN Scientific Information Service Government Publication Catalog University of Calgary Government Publications Catalog Washington University-St.Louis Great Books (recommended by faculty) University of Dayton Hawaii Data Book University of Hawaii Hawaii Newspaper Index Hawaii State Public Library System Hawaii Pacific Journal Index University of Hawaii Hawaii Sheet Music Index University of Hawaii Hazardous Waste U.S. Environmental Protection Agency History of Technology Bibliography Stanford University Hongkongiana - index to articles in local publications Hong Kong Polytechnic Houston Community Organization Houston Area Lib. 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It has two or three parts: network number, optional subnet number, and host number. Both numeric and alphabetic versions are available. For example, one of the Library of Congress addresses is loc.seq1.gov. ARCHIE - A tool used to search hundreds of file archives on the Internet. BROWSER - A client for World Wide Web. CLIENT/SERVER - Software that can operate on multi-platforms or multiple machines. For example, Gopher servers and clients can run on VAX, UNIX, MAC or DOS machines and take advantage of the special characteristics of each platform. MAC users connected to a UNIX gopher server would have a GUI (graphical user interface - - complete with icons and folders), while UNIX clients connected to a MAC server would see a plain ASCII menu. FINGER - Tool for checking user-ids or addresses. FTP - File Transfer Protocol: The standard Internet protocol for transferring files from one computer to another. GOPHER - Distributed document delivery tool and internet navigator created by a team at the University of Minnesota. HYPERTEXT - Text that contains internal and external links or pointers to other text or services. HTML - Hypertext Markup Language is used to mark-up World Wide Web pages. INTERNET - The global collection of interconnected regional networks using the Internet Protocol (IP). INTERNIC - InterNIC Network Information Center maintains databases of network services and e-mail connections. LISTS - E-mail linked special interest groups on Internet. Some lists are moderated; others feature free-wheeling conversations and controversy. NSLOOKUP - Tool for looking up alphabetic or numeric equivalents of network addresses. NETFIND - A tool for finding e-mail addresses. OPAC - An online library catalog (Online Public Access Catalog) PROTOCOL - Rules two computers follow in order to exchange data. SLIP - Serial Line Internet Protocol establishes a network connection via a modem. TELNET - The Internet standard protocol for connecting to a remote service. Telnet allows a user at one site to interact with a system at another site as if the user's terminal was connected directly to the remote computer. URL - Uniform Resource Locators are used to identify network resources. They are used extensively by World Wide Web browsers. USENET - A worldwide network of newsgroups (special interest groups) not on the internet but often available via networked computers. A selection of these newsgroups may be found on various gopher servers. VERONICA - A tool for searching gopher-space, indexes menu titles, provides keyword searching. (Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-Wide Index to Computerized Archives) WAIS - A distributed document search and delivery tool. Items found can be viewed online or mailed to user. (Wide Area Information Service) WWW - World Wide Web -- a hypertext document and network navigation tool. BIBLIOGRAPHY The following list includes a selection of useful works related to the Internet library resources; it is not intended to be comprehensive. General Interest A Guide to Special Collections in the OCLC Database (OCLC,1988) "America's information highway: A hitch-hikers guide." Economist, v.329, n.7843 (December 25, 1993 / January 7, 1994), pp. 35-58. Bender, David R. "Wave our magic wands." Information Today v. 10, n. 10 (November 1993): 11-12. Burrows, Toby. *The virtual catalogue: Bibliographic access for the virtual library." New Library World v. 94, n. 1107 (1993): 5-9. Copyright FAQ. Available via anonymous FTP from rtfm.mit.edu in pub/usenet/news.answers/law directory as Copyright-FAQ. Eagan, Ann. "Order out of chaos: science databases on the Internet." Database v. 16, n. 6 (Dec. 1993): 62-67. Farley, Laine (editor). Library Resources on the Internet: Strategies for Selection and Use. ALA. August 1991. Available via anonymous FTP from ftp.unt.edu. Grundner, Dr. Tom. "Whose Internet is it anyway? -- A Challenge." Online V. 15, N. 4: .6-7,10. Ladner, Sharyn J.; Tillman, Hope N. "How Special Librarians Really Use the Internet." Canadian Library Journal v. 49, n. 3 (June 1992): 211-215. Polly, Jean Armour. "Surfing the Internet." Version 2.0. Available via anonymous FTP from nysernet.org in the pub/guides directory. Postman, Neil. Informing ourselves to death. In SCIT Digest 1.18. Available from listserv@qucdn. Quint, Barbara. "Inside a Searcher's Mind: The Seven Stages of an Online Search: Part 1." Online v 15, n. 3 (May 1991): 13- 18, and Part 2 Online v. 15, n. 4 (July 199): 28-35. Scientific American - Special Issue on Communication, Computers and Networks. September 1991. Stewart, Thomas A. "The Netplex." Fortune, March 7, 1994, 98-104 Stanton, Deidre E. "Using Networked Information Resources: a Bibliography". Western Australia, 1992. Available for anonymous ftp from infolib.murdoch.edu.au in the pub/bib directory. Internet Tools and Treasures Bailey, Charles W., Jr. Library-Oriented Lists and Electronic Serials Barron, Bill. "UNT's Accessing On-line Bibliographic Databases." 1991. Available via anonymous FTP from ftp.unt.edu in the pub/library directory. Bontell, Thomas. "FAQ on World Wide Web." Available via anonymous FTP from rtfm.mit.edu in pub/usenet/news.answers/www directory. Decmber, John. Information Sources: the Internet and Computer- mediated Communication. Available via anonymous FTP from ftp.rpi.edu in the pub/communications/internet-cmc directory. "Exploring the Power of the Internet Gopher." Available via anonymous FTP from ftp.cso.uiuc.edu in the doc/net/uiucnet directory as vol6no1.txt. Kovacs, Diane, editor. Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences.7th revision. Available via anonymous FTP from ksuvxa.kent.edu in library directory. Morin, R. "Text archives." UNIX Review, v.12, n.2 (February 1994): 91-92. Noonan, Dana. A Guide to Internet/Bitnet. Version 2.0. Available via anonymous FTP from vm1.nodak.edu in the nnews directory Notess, Greg R. "E-mail lists as databases." Database v. 16, n. 2 (April 1993): 106-108. Notess, Greg R. "The low-end power user: Using the Internet via a dial-up account." Online v.17, n.6 (November 1993): 87-89. Notess, Greg R. "Usenet: Taming the e-mail flood." Online v.17, n.4 (July 1993): 86-88. Notess, Greg R. "Using Gophers to burrow throught the Internet." Online, v.17, n.3 (May 1993): 100-102. Powell, James. "Adventures with the World Wide Web: Creating a hypertext library information system." Database v17n1 (February 1994): 59-66. Scott, Peter. "HYTELNET as Software for Accessing the Internet: A Personal Perspective on the Development of HYTELNET." Electronic Networking (Spring 1992):38-44. Simmonds, Curtis. "Searching Internet Archive Sites with archie: Why, What, Where and How." Online v.17, n.2 (March 1993): 50-55. Strangelove, Michael (compiler). Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters. Electronic file available: send email to listserv@uottawa.bitnet with "get Ejournl1 Directry" and "get Ejournl2 Directry" as message. Also available in print from Association of Research Libraries. Tuss, Joan. "Easy Online Access to Internet Guides." Online v.17, n.5 (September 1993): 60-64. Tuss, Joan. "Roadmaps to the Internet: Finding the best guidebook for your needs." Online v.18, n.1 (January 1994): 14-26. Subject Guides Check the University of Michigan's Clearinghouse for Subject- oriented Guides for a broad range of topical guides to Internet resources: Gopher una.hh.lib.umich.edu 70 FTP una.hh.lib.umich.edu in subdirectory inetdirsstacks WWW http://www.lib.umich.edu/chhome.html Also check the Usenet news.answers archive: FTP rtfm.mit.edu in the pub/usenet/news.answers directory. Ciolek, Dr. T. Matthew. Internet Voyager (a.k.a Electronic Voyager Guidebook) Social Scientist's Guidebook to AARNET/Internet Online Information Services. Available via anonymous FTP from coombs.anu.edu.au in coombspapers/coombswork/coombs-computing directory as internet- voyager.txt. Drew, Wilfred. Not Just Cows: A Guide to Internet/Bitnet Resources in Agriculture and Related Sciences. May 1992. Available via anonymous FTP from hydra.uwo.ca in libsoft directory. FineArt Forum. Directory of Online Resources. Available via anonymous FTP from ftp.msstate.edu in pub/archives/fineart_online directory. Gumprecht, Blake. Internet Sources of Government Information. Available via anonymous FTP from una.hh.lib.umich.edu in inetdirsstacks directory. Hancock, Lee. Bitnet/Internet Health Science Resource List. Available via anonymous FTP from ftp.sura.net in the pub/nic/ directory as medical-resources.xx.xx (xx.xx represents release date). Hirtle, Peter. Surfing the Internet for the History of Medicine. Available via anonymous FTP from beach.utmb.edu in the CADUCEUS/ directory as Hist_Med.Resources. Makulowich, John S. The Journalism List. Available via anonymous FTP from ftp.clark.net in the pub/journalism directory. McGee, Arthur. Black/African/Development Related Information. Available via anonymous FTP from ftp.netcom.com in the /pub/amcgee/african/myafrican_related_lists directory. NCSA Education Group. Incomplete Guide to the Internet and Other Telecommunications Opportunities Especially for Teachers and Students K-12. July 1993. Available via anonymous FTP from zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu in the /Education_Resources directory. Smith, Prescott. An Educator's Guide ot E-Mail Lists. Available via anonymous FTP from nic.umass.edu in pub/ednet directory as educators.lst. Strangelove, Michael. Electronic Mystic's Guide to the Internet. Available via anonymous FTP from panda1.uottawa.ca in the pub/religion directory. Taylor, Dave. "The Internet Mall: Shopping on the Information Highway." Finger taylor@netcom.com for information on how to obtain this list.