Searcher status, search session frequency, and length of search session is being logged to assist analysis of disk usage. DOS redirection records search session information into the LOG file. The Library's external system provides the introduction that Cambridge's ASFA software doesn't provide. From this screen the beginning searcher cannot readily discern that the WORD option should be selected from among the many options listed. Select WORD and a window opens up wherein the first word is typed.
Press enter and a window for selection of a search operator opens.
Search terms are highlighted and a complete record usually extends onto a second screen. Individual records can be downloaded and appended into one file. The ASFA software should query for the drive receiving downloads. ASFA software will not process downloads with large retrievals over some number around 500 and cannot efficiently process downloads that run over the capacity of a floppy disk. A floppy disk fills up with about 250 full-record references and then downloading stops.