From: lib1p@rosie.uh.edu (Tammy Stark Blandino)
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Subject: Internet Catalog to Online Public Catalogs
Date: 12 Jan 1993 20:53 CST
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Back over the Christmas holidays I said that I would post this when I
returned to work.....sorry to be late....:)

Anyway, here are the instructions that will allow you to download Billy
Barron's compilation of OPAC internet addresses and instructions for using
them.  If you have any questions you can e-mail Mr. Barron at:

Internet	billy@unt.edu
Bitnet		billy@untvax.bitnet
THENET		ntvax::billy

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Another new version of my Internet library guide "Accessing Online 
Bibliographic Databases" is out.  HYTELNET 6.3 and it should be in sync
except for one minor change I made after 6.3 came out.

The changes are extremely major.  There are over 100
additions/deletion/changes.  The total number of sites is now in excess 450.
The most major changes are in the areas of Innopac sites, Nordic sites, and
British sites.  Beware that we are up in the 230 page range now....

By the way, I have upgraded the HYTELNET WAIS database to 6.3.

Some commonly asked questions:

How do I acquire the files?

If you have any problems with this prcedure, contact your local support
staff FIRST.  The files are available on ftp.unt.edu (129.120.1.1) via
anonymous FTP in the library directory.  The files are:

LIBRARIES.TXT - ASCII version (with formatting)
LIBRARIES.TX2 - ASCII version (without formatting)
LIBRARIES.PS  - Postscript version
LIBRARIES.PS.Z- Postscript version (Unix compress format)
LIBRARIES.WP5 - WordPerfect 5.1 source (transfer in binary mode)
LIBRARIES.CON - WordPerfect 5.1 concordence file (binary mode)
LIBRARIES.ADR - Numeric IP addresses of Internet libraries
LIBRARIES.CONTACTS - Contacts for some of the Internet libraries

Detailed Description by Roy Tennant (rtennant@library.berkeley.edu) 
[edited by Billy Barron]:

Please note that these instructions are only for Internet sites.  Users
with access only to BITNET should send a mail message to BITFT@PUCC
wit HELP at the first and only line of the message.  The response will
give you instructions on using the Princeton BITFTP server, which
provides a mail interface to the FTP portion of the TCP/IP protocol 
suite.

TO RETRIEVE:

At your system prompt, enter:			ftp ftp.unt.edu
or						ftp 129.120.1.1

When you receive the Name prompt, enter:	anonymous

When you receive the password prompt, enter: 	your Internet address.

When you are at the ftp> prompt, enter:		binary  
						[only if you need binary mode]

At the next ftp prompt, enter:			cd library

Then enter					get FILENAME 
						[one of the names listed above]


If you are on BITNET and not the Internet, you can do the following to get
the files(s):

To use BITFTP, send mail to BITFTP@PUCC.BITNET.  The body should be as 
follows:


FTP FTP.UNT.EDU [filetype]
USER ANONYMOUS [your e-mail address]
CD LIBRARY
BINARY
GET [filename]
QUIT

{only use the binary line if it is a binary file like WP}

filetype is blank for text, UUENCODE for a UUENCODED version of the
file  (need UUDECODE to undo), or NETDATA for IBM NETDATA format (may only
work for IBM Mainframe BITNET users).  filename would be as listed above.


Why is there UNT's guide, Metro State's guide, 
and the Art St. George/Ron Larsen guide?


Art St. George and I have some differences of opinion in the area of formatting
and what should be included in an Internet library guide.  Though I could just
use the St. George guide, I need to format the information into an easy to use
form for novice computer users for my on-campus users.  It is not much harder to
provide it to the Internet at large and also gather my own information.  Joe
St. Sauver, the author of the VAXbook, on PACS-L put forth a rather good
argument for the case that two guides are actually a benefical thing.  In the
case of the Metro State guide, Dana Noonan and I try to both provide the same
information with the metro State guide being formatted differently into a 
relatively compact guide.


Where do I send updates?


Send all new information, updates, and deletions to BILLY@UNT.EDU
(more details on first page of guide).  If you are using a TELNET/TN3270 
package not listed in the appendix, please send me the information on it.
Also, if you have instructions for a library software package not yet 
described, please send them to me and give me at least one example where it
is in use.

If you would like to keep VERY current on the latest developments (new sites,
new instructions, etc), join the LIB_HYTELNET mailing list by sending mail to
Peter Scott at scott@sklib.usask.ca.


What are some good on-line utilities for acquiring this information?


1.	HYTELNET - HYTELNET is a hypertext package available for MS-DOS,
Unix, and VMS.  HYTELNET contains all the information in my guide
(there is of course slight differences due to timing of releases) plus 
BBSes and other interesting services on the Internet.  It is also
available on FTP.UNT.EDU in the library directory.

2.	WAIS - The information in HYTELNET is available in HYTELNET.SRC.
To get the source record, see the directory-of-servers.  For more information
about WAIS, FTP to THINK>COM and look in the WAIS directory.

3.	CATALIST - CATALIST is a Hypertext version of my guide (summer release)
for MS-Windows.


I do not see such-and-such site in your guide.  Is it available?

No.  (yes, this is always going to be my answer to this question.  :-)


Print Problems


Also, you must have 8" by 11" paper to print it.  If you use A4 or some 
other paper size, you will have to get the WordPerfect version and
change the paper size.


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This is all I have at the moment.  I do warn you, it is a very big document
so make sure your printer has plenty of paper before you start printing
it out.

There is also some problems with logging off some systems.  There is 
suppose to be a hypertext solution to this on Archie, but I just heard
about it briefly in passing this morning.  I need to find out more about
it before I list it here.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

Tammy


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