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Date:         Thu, 23 Jul 1992 12:58:00 PDT
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From:         Eloisa Gomez Yeargain <ECZ5YEA@UCLAMVS.BITNET>
Subject:      Economic Bulletin Board

May I add to Carl Braun's message on EBB, the following information from
GOVDOC-L that provides the details for accessing it.

--Eloisa.

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Date:         Mon, 6 Jul 1992 18:35:00 CST
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Subject:      EBB
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     Over 700 files from the Commerce Department's Economic Bulletin Board,
Census STF1A summaries for all 2000 counties, places and minor civil
divisions in Michigan, and library catalogs from around the world can now
be accessed through Internet and Michnet via the University of Michigan
Library's new GOPHER system.  The EBB files are updated daily and include
17 areas related to the U.S. economy, among them the gross domestic
product, consumer price index, treasury bill rates, unemployment, and
Trade Opportunity Program announcements.  Additional Census files
include selected U.S. summaries and CD-ROM guides.  STF3A summaries for
Michigan may be added this fall.
     To access the files, you will first need to reach the Merit (MTS)
Network's "Which Host?" prompt.  If you need instructions on how to do
this, contact the U-M Computing Resource Center at 313-764-HELP.
Generally, Michigan sites can reach MTS through their local MICHNET
numbers while Internet sites can TELNET "hermes.merit.edu".
     At the "Which Host?" prompt, type "um-ulibrary" with the quotes.
At the "login" prompt, type "gopher". Follow the menu through the
"Social Science Data."
     The files are hierarchical.  To move through the system, use the
arrow keys to highlight and hit RETURN.
     If a MENU has more than one screen, type ">" to move forward and
"<" to move backward.  When there are multiple DATA screens or
TEXTUAL files, press the space bar to advance.  Press "u" to go up
or backtract the menu hierarchy.  Press "q" to quit.
     To download a file into your own computer account, position the
arrow next to the menu selection and press "=".  Make a note of the
path (e.g. "0/census/summaries/stf1us.sum") and host (e.g.
"una.hh.lib.umich.edu") that will be displayed.  Quit um-ulibrary.
     Sign on to your own computer account.  At the # prompt, type
"ftp hostname" (e.g. ftp una.hh.lib.umich.edu).  At the name prompt,
type "anonymous", and at the password prompt, type your e-mail address.
To change to the proper directory, ignore the leading "0" in the path.
At the "ftp>" prompt, type "cd [directory]" (e.g. CD census/summaries).
To see the contents of the directory, at the "ftp>" prompt, type "LS".
Then at the next "ftp>" prompt, type "get [filename]" (e.g.
"get stf1us.sum"). To exit, at the "ftp>" prompt, type "bye".
     I'll do my best to answer any questions you may have or refer them
to our technical experts, who have really done an outstanding job of
putting this together over the past few months.
                        -- Grace York, Government Documents Librarian,
                           University of Michigan
                           grace.york@um.cc.umich.edu OR
                           USERGBP2@UMICHUM or 313-764-0410
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