These issues are being addressed in these major studies within the DLI as well as elsewhere around the world. This digital library includes a customized version of the Internet browser software NCSA Mosaic. Queries are entered in forms as opposed to requiring command-line syntax. This new digital collection of structured documents will be integrated into an expanded on-line catalog, including access to major periodical indexes in science and engineering which will be linked to the SGML documents. In addition to the document collections, a number of databases will be gathered into the digital library and cross- linked to the documents as well.
Commercial companies are also at work.
Supports Telnet access from the Web or from the Internet. I can access the library online from my home or hotel room. The CARL system, based in Denver, is a network of libraries throughout the United States with catalogs and databases that run on the same CARL Systems Inc. software that our catalog does. In addition, in some cases users may view full text online or request articles to be faxed to them. The library is beginning subscriptions to full text journals on the Web where users will see the same graphics and figures as in the paper version.