=============================================================================== RED CIENTIFICA PERUANA GOPHER =============================================================================== NAVIGATING THE INTERNET: LET'S GO GOPHERIN' Richard J. Smith and Jim Gerland LIBRARIES I'm winding up my part of the workshop before Jim takes over, but I'd be remiss if I didn't include how to access libraries in this workshop. Librarians are pioneers in making free access to information available over the Internet. With the automation of library catalogs came the realization that remote access was both viable and desirable. Today hundreds of library catalogs are accessible, and Gopher makes navigating those catalogs easy. Going through several screens of information such as "Other Gophers and Information Servers/" and "Recommended Gopher Servers for Exploration", I want to get to the University of Minnesota's Gopher and select "Library Catalogs via Telnet/". >From the menu "Library Catalogs from Other Institutions" you may want to read the file "About Library Catalogs". Here are some excerpts. "Maintenance is currently a collaborative effort between Marie-Christine Mahe at Yale University, Lou Rosenfeld at the University of Michigan, and Billy Barron at the University of Texas in Dallas. Barry Bouwsma steadily contributes many obscure foreign library listings. Error corrections and additions are always welcome, and should be sent to GOPHLIB@GOPHER.YALE.EDU" "History: This directory was originally based on the data files from HYTELNET, a program written by Peter Scott of the University of Saskatchewan. Conversion to Gopher format was kindly provided by Michigan State University, and we send many special thanks to Rich Wiggins and Dennis Boone for their invaluable help. The connections were updated against the list published by Billy Barron, previously at the University of North Texas. Some information was also culled from the list published by Art St George of the University of New Mexico. This tree is now the basis for the automatically-produced 'Billy Barron's list of Internet-accessible libraries'." Again a collaborative effort to get information to the Internet community. I'll go to libraries located in the United States. The library catalogs are listed geographically. I'll start this example with the State Library of Pennsylvania. It is found on the third page of four pages of listings of libraries accessible in Pennsylvania. Located in Harrisburg Pennsylvania, it is a good library for me to search because if my local library does not have a book I need they may be able to get it from the state library on interlibrary loan. Most states have a state library or the state library encourages cooperation among libraries to share materials. ********* Internet Gopher Information Client v1.11 Pennsylvania 37. Millersville University 38. Pennsylvania State University. 39. Pennsylvania State University --> 40. State Library of Pennsylvania 41. State Library of Pennsylvania. 42. Temple University. 43. Temple University 44. Temple University School of Law Library. Press ? for Help, q to Quit, u to go up a menu Page: 3/4 *********** I get a warning and some information on how to connect to the remote machine when I select this item. It tells me I'm leaving Gopherspace and I'll be own my own. To connect I just need to press return. (sometimes you'll receive a login name or password to access a machine at this time. A common password or login for a library catalog is the word "library") This item is a telnet session. I will be connected to a remote machine and that remote machine will have different commands than Gopher. I'll need to know how to work the remote machine. Librarians, library catalog vendors, and other database producers are working to solve the dilemma of users needing to learn how to use a variety of machines by remote login. Ideally, once you learn how to use one system that is all you should need to learn. The commands you use with your favorite system should work on most other systems. This is especially true for library catalogs that are based on a common library bibliographic standard--the MARC (Machine Readable Cataloginging) record. No matter what vendor a librarian selects for their automated catalog the MARC record is the basis of the database produced. If standards are followed, there should be easy communications between machines no matter what vendor is selected. One standard that may help this come about is Z39.50. It is a standard that, if implemented, could do exactly as describe above. ********* Internet Gopher Information Client v1.11 Pennsylvania 37. Millersville University P+-------------State Library Pennsylvania--------------+ | | Gopher program and connect to another host. If | | you get stuck press the control key and the ] key, | | and then type quit | | | | Connecting to 192.102.245.100, port 23 using telnet. | | | | Use the account name "" to log in | | | | [Cancel - ^G] [OK - Enter] | +--------------------------------------------------------+ 52. University of Pennsylvania Law School. Press ? for Help, q to Quit, u to go up a menu Page: 3/4 ********** In any case, I'll be using the State Library of Pennsylvania's library system which as we'll see is pretty easy to use. Here is the main screen from their OPAC (On-line Public Access Catalog). ********** Trying 192.102.245.100 ... LUIS Connected to 192.102.245.100. Introduction E---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- - State Library of Pennsylvania Welcome to the Online Catalog! Use the following to search by author, title, subject, keyword, or call number: A= Author CD= Dewey Call Number T= Title CL= LC Call Number S= Subject CS= SuDocs Call Number K= Keyword CO= Other Call Number Then press after each command. You may begin a new search at any time on any screen. EXP Options For additional explanation of the use of LUIS. news For updates from the State Library. stop For dial-in users to exit LUIS. NEXT COMMAND:s=internet ************ I'll use the word "internet" for a subject search. The command for a subject search is "s=" with the search word. Here is the result of that search: *********** Search Request: S=INTERNET LUIS Search Results: 14 Entries Found Subject Index ----------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNET COMPUTER NETWORK 1 EXPLORING THE INTERNET A TECHNICAL TRAVELOGU <1993> 2 INTERNET COMPANION A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO GLOB <1992> 3 INTERNET CONNECTIONS A LIBRARIANS GUIDE TO D <1993> 4 INTERNET GETTING STARTED <1993> 5 INTERNET MESSAGE CLOSING THE BOOK WITH ELECT <1993> 6 INTERNET PASSPORT NORTHWESTNETS GUIDE TO OUR <1993> 7 INTERNET PRIMER FOR INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL <1992> 8 NAVIGATING THE INTERNET <1993> 9 WHOLE INTERNET USERS GUIDE CATALOG <1992> 10 ZEN AND THE ART OF THE INTERNET A BEGINNERS <1993> INTERNET COMPUTER NETWORK--HANDBOOKS MANUALS ETC 11 CROSSING THE INTERNET THRESHOLD AN INSTRUCTI <1993> ------------------------------------------------ Continued on next screen COMMANDS: Type line # to see individual record F Forward O Other Options H Help NEXT COMMAND:8 ********** I got 14 hits on the word Internet. Which one should I look at? Which one looks the most appealing, the most interesting? Which one was listed in the November 8, 1993 (p82) U. S. News and World Report as being the number one selling Internet guide at Waldenbooks? You Guessed it! Let's look at number eight "Navigating the Internet". ********** Search Request: S=INTERNET LUIS BOOK - Record 8 of 14 Entries Found Brief View ------------------------------ Screen 1 of 1 Title: Navigating the internet Author: Smith, Richard J. (Richard James), 1951- Edition: 1st ed. Published: Carmel, Ind. : Sams Publishing, c1993. ----------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION: CALL NUMBER STATUS: 1. ROOM 102 - MAIN 384.3 Sm64n Charged, Due: 12/06/93 OPEN STACKS COMMANDS: LO Long View I Index N Next Record H Help O Other Options P Previous Record NEXT COMMAND:lo ********** Search Request: S=INTERNET LUIS BOOK - Record 8 of 14 Entries Found Long View ----------------------------- + Screen 1 of 2 Title: Navigating the internet Author: Smith, Richard J. (Richard James), 1951- Edition: 1st ed. Published: Carmel, Ind. : Sams Publishing, c1993. Description: xxiii, 500 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Internet (Computer network) Other authors: Gibbs, Mark. Notes: "Includes the Internet gazetteer: a complete directory to over 600 locations, groups and other Internet resources dealing with subjects from A to Z" -- Cover. ------------------------------------------------ Continued on next screen Search Request: S=INTERNET LUIS BOOK - Record 8 of 14 Entries Found Long View ----------------------------- + Screen 2 of 2 Title: Navigating the internet Notes: Includes index. ----------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION: CALL NUMBER STATUS: 1. ROOM 102 - MAIN 384.3 Sm64n Charged, Due: 12/06/93 ********** I've found bibliographic information for my book and, if my local library does not have it, I can suggest they try the State Library of Pennsylvania or an other cooperative library that will interlibrary loan the book. That is one of numerous library systems you will find on the Internet. Most are easy to use some are not so easy. Millions of bibliographic records are available for you to help you in your work, research or recreational studies. Gopher make access to those records quick and easy. I'll let Jim take over for awhile. I'll see you in a bit. Rich Richard J. Smith smithr@clp2.clpgh.org The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh or rjs@lis.pitt.edu Jim Gerland gerland@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu State University of New York at Buffalo Academic Services, Computing and Information Technology .