For example, Jane Net, wanting to find some information on research grants on biophysics at labs in North Carolina would run the Gopher client program from her account. Library Online Catalog 5. She could accomplish her task two ways. Or, she could enlist the aid of Veronica. Veronica does all of the data crunching, and Jane can just peruse the documents thatresult from the search.
Gopher also simplifies access to electronic books.
A quick 2-minutetrip through Gopherspace sated my desire. Search Electronic Books. Search Electronic Books 2. But enough fun. I had work to do.