These instructions pertain to the old command line interface to pals. To get to the easier Web interface to PALS, click here. For the Magazine databases, it is a different story. That way, they can charge us per patron, and not have the whole planet tap in via Internet. Then press the Enter key.
Some files have time divisions.
The file code is the three letter code used to refer to a particular file. The vast majority of the time this location is accurate. Occassionally there are glitches in the database that give an incorrect location. Do not use the DS function in the periodical files at this time. The information may be correct, but it is much less accurate than the location field at the top of the record.