INTERNET-ACCESSIBLE LIBRARY CATALOGS & DATABASES August 5, 1990 Changes plus Pennsylvania Entries Send corrections and additions to Art St. George: STGEORGE@UNMB (BITNET) or STGEORGE@BOOTES.UNM.EDU (Internet) NEW IN THIS RELEASE: University of Konstanz, Germany University of Hawaii Virginia Commonwealth University Deakin Library, Victoria, Australia Vanderbilt University Australian National University Dialup Survey of Library Access Auburn University Wayne State University University of Missouri University of Chicago Case Western Reserve University The results of the volunteer survey to check access and connection/disconnection are included in the description of the individual libraries. PENNSYLVANIA Provider/Service Description Provider: CMU Service: LIS Availability: now IP-address: cmulibrary.andrew.cmu.edu Requirements:VT100, etc. Assistance: (412) 268-2442 VT100 emulation is supported and logoff instructions are provided. LIS is a library catalog information retrieval system which indexes all words in the entries. Several databases are available: the CMU library catalog and journal list, a set of bibliographies on a variety of topics compiled by CMU librarians, and in index to architectural pictures found in a number of standard reference books. Provider: Penn State Service: LIAS Availability: now IP-address: lias.psu.edu Requirements: vt100 Assistance: (814) 865-0672 VT100 emulation is supported. Volunteer surveyors reported that logoff was difficult or impossible. LIAS is the on-line catalog of the Penn State libraries. The catalog contains approximately 1.5 million titles, representing not only the holdings at thee main campus at University Park, but also the holdings of the 20 Commonwealth campus libraries. Besides monographic and serial records, LIAS also provides bibliographic access to parts of the government documents collection; the maps collection; archives and manuscript collections; and machine-readable datafiles available on campus. Telnet, preferably using VT100 emulation, to LIAS.PSU.EDU (128.118.25.13). No action is necessary until after the following message appears: SELECTION? The user should hit a carriage return and will then be greeted with the following prompt: WE ARE PSU >>> Hit carriage return twice at this point. Now, you can begin searching the LIAS database. LIAS does not differentiate between author, title, series or subjects in its command structure. Simply enter the words you wish to search. The user can type HELP for more information on using LIAS. For general reference material, type HELP COMMANDS. There is an extensive HELP structure that can answer questions about the system. There is no logoff command. Users should manually close their telnet connections with their local software. Contact person for use of the system: Sally Kalin LIAS Coordinator E-6 Pattee Library University Park, PA 16802 E-mail: SWK@PSULIAS Tekephone: (814) 865-0672 Provider: Penn State Service: PENpages Availability: now IP-address: psupen.psu.edu Requirements: vt100 User: pprepnet Assistance: (717) 787-6120 (PSDC) VT100 emulation is supported and logoff instructions are provided. PENpages is a database of agricultural and Extension related information ranging from daily, weekly, and monthly agricultural news and alerts to permanent reference material. It is maintained by the faculty and staff of the College of Agriculture and offered as a public service by the Cooperative Extension of Penn State. Provider: Penn State Service: EBB Availability: now IP-address: psuvm.psu.edu Requirements: tn3270 If emulate VT100-use address: cac3270.psu.edu Assistance: (814) 863-2494 TN3270 emulation is required for psuvm.psu.edu VT100 emulation is supported for cac3270.psu.edu Logoff instructions are provided. EBB is a database of information relating to Penn State, including academic programs, academic calendars, and phone directories. Provider: Penn State Service: EDIN Availability: now IP-address: psuvm.psu.edu IP-address: cac3270.psu.edu Requirements: tn3270 Assistance: (717) 78-6120 (PSDC) TN3270 emulation is required. The Pennsylvania State Data Center maintains this database of population and economic statistical data, which includes, among other things, the Commerce Business Daily. EDIN is accessible through the EBB service of Penn State. Provider: Lehigh U. Service: ASA Availability: now IP-address: asa.lib.lehigh.edu Requirements: VT100 Assistance: (215) 758-4998 jpl3@lehigh ujluci@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu VT100 emulation is supported but not required. TN3270 emulation is possible. Logoff instructions are provided. Lehigh's (GEAC-based) library catalog is now accessible through PREPnet. Provider: U. of Pennsylvania Service: PENNLIN Availability: now IP-address: pennlib.upenn.edu Requirements: VT100 Assistance: (215) 898-7555 pennlibr@upenn VT100 emulation is supported and volunteer surveyors found logoff difficult. PENNLIN is Penn's NOTIS-based on-line library catalog system. Provider: U. of Pennsylvania Service: MEDINFO Availability: now IP-address: med.upenn.edu Requirements: VT100 User: penn_med Assistance: (215) 898-9755 VT100 emulation is supported and logoff instructions are provided. UPenn's medical school provides access to a version of its MEDINFO bulletin board via PREPnet. Provider: U. of Pittsburgh Service: NIH Guide Availability: now IP-address: nic.cis.pitt.edu Requirements: VT100 Assistance: (412) 624-7417 Volunteer surveyors reported the instructions not sufficient to log onto this service. The NIH (National Institutes of Health) Guide contains information on scientific initiatives and administration regarding extramural programs. The guide is being provided to Pitt on-line as a pilot project. Files are available by anonymous FTP in the "nihguide" subdirectory. The guide is published weekly, and information from the last 4 weeks will be online.