[comp.internet.library] Billy Barron's library information
Yoshiyasu Takefuji
From ne...@mercury.unt.edu Fri Apr 3 14:15:23 1992
From: bi...@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Subject: New version of Accessing Bibliographic Databases
Organization: University of North Texas
Hi,
Sorry for the crosspost. It's time for another release of the "Accessing
Bibliographic Databases" document. A large number of sites in Finland have
came online. Outside of that, there are a lot of additions with no
geographical focus. Please make sure you use the FTP.UNT.EDU site not the old
VAXB.ACS.UNT.EDU.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with my guide, it is guide of how to access
and use the library catalogs on the Internet.
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Billy Barron Bitnet : BILLY@UNTVAX
VAX/Unix Systems Manager THENET : NTVAX::BILLY
University of North Texas Internet : bi...@unt.edu
SPAN : UTSPAN::UTADNX::NTVAX::BILLY
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Some commonly asked questions:
How do I acquire the files?
If you have any problems with this procedure, contact your local support staff
FIRST. The files are available on ftp.unt.edu (129.120.1.1) via anonymous FTP
in the library directory. The files are:
LIBRARIES.TXT - ASCII version (with formatting)
LIBRARIES.TX2 - ASCII version (without formatting)
LIBRARIES.PS - Postscript version
LIBRARIES.PS.Z- Postscript version (Unix compress format)
LIBRARIES.WP5 - WordPerfect 5.1 source (transfer in binary mode)
LIBRARIES.CON - WordPerfect 5.1 concordence file (binary mode)
LIBRARIES.ADR - Numeric IP addresses of Internet libraries
LIBRARIES.CONTACTS - Contacts for some of the Internet libraries
Detailed Description by Roy Tennant (rten...@library.berkeley.edu) [edited
by Billy Barron]:
Please note that these instructions are only for Internet sites. Users
with access only to BITNET should send a mail message to BITFTP@PUCC
with HELP at the first and only line of the message. The response will
give you instructions on using the Princeton BITFTP server, which
provides a mail interface to the FTP portion of the TCP/IP protocol
suite.
TO RETRIEVE:
At your system prompt, enter: ftp ftp.unt.edu
or ftp 129.120.1.1
When you receive the Name prompt, enter: anonymous
When you receive the password prompt, enter your Internet address.
When you are at the ftp> prompt, enter: binary [only if you need binary
mode]
At the next ftp> prompt, enter: cd library
Then enter: get FILENAME
If you are on BITNET and not the Internet, you can do the following to get
the file(s):
To use BITFTP, send mail to BIT...@PUCC.BITNET. The body should be as
follows:
FTP FTP.UNT.EDU [filetype]
USER ANONYMOUS your-email-address
CD LIBRARY
BINARY {only if it is a binary file like WP}
GET filename
QUIT
filetype is blank for text, UUENCODE for a UUENCODED version of the
file (need UUDECODE to undo), or NETDATA for IBM NETDATA format (may only work
for IBM Mainframe BITNET users). filename would be as follows:
Files Filename
My Library Guide
ASCII/Text version LIBRARIES.TXT {with formatting}
ASCII/Text version LIBRARIES.TX2 {without formatting}
Postscript LIBRARIES.PS {may or may not survive intact}
Postscript Compress LIBRARIES.PS.Z {must be transferred in BINARY}
WordPrefect LIBRARIES.WP5 {must be transferred in BINARY}
LIBRARIES.CON
Contacts file LIBRARIES.CONTACTS
Numeric IP Address File LIBRARIES.ADR
Why is there UNT's guide, Metro State's guide, and the Art
St. George/Ron Larsen guide?
Art St. George and I have some differences of opinion in the area of formatting
and what should be included in an Internet library guide. Though I could just
use the St. George guide, I need to format the information into an easy to use
form for novice computer users for my on-campus users. It is not much harder to
provide it to the Internet at large and also gather my own information. Joe
St. Sauver, the author of the VAXbook, on PACS-L put forth a rather good
argument for the case that two guides are actually a benefical thing. In the
case of the Metro State guide, Dana Noonan and I try to both provide the same
information with the Metro State guide being formatted differently into a
relatively compact guide.
Where do I send updates?
Send all new information, updates, and deletions to BI...@UNT.EDU
(more details on first page of guide). If you are using a TELNET/TN3270 package
not listed in the appendix, please send me the information on it. Also, if you
have instructions for a library software package not yet described, please
send them to me and give me at least one example where it is in use.
If you would like to keep VERY current on the latest developments (new sites,
new instructions, etc), join the LIB_HYTELNET mailing list by sending mail to
Peter Scott at sc...@sklib.usask.ca.
What are some good on-line utilities for acquiring this information?
1. HYTELNET - HYTELNET is a Hypertext package available for MS-DOS,
Unix, and VMS. HYTELNET contains all the information in my
guide (there is of course slight differences due to timing of
releases) plus BBSes and other interesting services on the Internet.
It is also available on FTP.UNT.EDU in the library directory..
2. WAIS - The information in HYTELNET is available in HYTELNET.SRC.
To get the source record, see the directory-of-servers. For more
information about WAIS, FTP to THINK.COM and look in the WAIS
directory.
3. CATALIST - CATALIST is a Hypertext version of my guide (summer release)
for MS-Windows.
Print Problems
Also, you must have 8" by 11" paper to print it. If you use A4 or some other
paper size, you will have to get the WordPrefect version and change the paper
size.
The text version is all on one line. How can I fix that?
I've received multiple pieces of advice which seems to conflict at times.
I will include some complex advice below even though I have been told by others
that all you have to do is use ascii mode and turn on the cr option. Maybe the
solution is dependent on the system the files are downloaded to?
The following is the combination of a couple of mail messages from
Scott Robinson, CMU (s...@opel.ece.emu.edu):
The problem is probably due to the fact that the UNIX ftp(1) (at least the
one under Ultrix) strips Carriage Return charaters during file transfers. Use
the 'cr' command to toggle carriage-return stripping. With stripping off,
you will have the necessary delimiter. Then use tr(1) or your favorite
editor to convert your Carriage Returns into the appropriate character.
I used the following to convert files I retrieved (and later renamed to get
rid of the ';#' stuff.)
#!/bin/sh
for i in README libraries.adr libraries.contacts libraries.ps libraries.txt networks.hlp
do
mv $i foo
tr -d '\015' < foo > $i
done