Telnet Sites of Interest to Educators

Below please find information on many Telnet sites. Please forgive any
grammatical errors that you find, understanding that some of the authors
who contributed entries to this document are not native English speakers.
Also, please remember that Internet sites can change daily, so although
the entries that you see below were correct and up-to-date when they
were created and tested, they may not be so when you read them.

**This is NOT meant to be an exhaustive list of all of the sites of use to
educators**. Rather, it is a beginning of what we hope will be an ongoing
collaborative effort among telecomputing educators on a larger scale. We
invite you to use this, share it with other teachers, amend it, append to it,
and update it. We hope that the information that it contains will be useful
to you.

Judi Harris
jbharris@tenet.edu

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My thanks to Judi Harris and all the students and teachers involved in making
this information available to the public.

This wonderful resource that should be in the hands of every educator and
anyone involved in the educational process.

S. DiRosa
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Please be advised that this is a listing of Telnet sites.

If you are using a web browser to access these sites then remember to
format the URL in an appropriate way.
This is done by adding --> telnet://
to the beginning of each telnet site address.

For example:
The Internet (telnet) address given for AskERIC is ericir.syr.edu
If you are using Mosaic, Netscape or any other web browser you will
have to enter in: telnet://ericir.syr.edu in order to access the site
via a web browser. Please be advised of this important URL structure.

Also - some telnet sites have two Internet (telnet) addresses given.
In IP address (numbers) format and in domain name format. You can use
either address to initiate a telnet session.

TELNET SITE NAME:
American Philosophical Association

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
atl.calstate.edu
130.150.102.33

DESCRIPTION:
This telnet site is primarily for APA (American
Philosophical Association) members. It offers information about
the Philosophical Society regarding on-line resources, grants,
fellowships and jobs. It also announces information such as
essay/book competitions, conferences, and paper calls for journals
or conferences.

SERVICES:
1. Information about Philosophical societies.
2. Information about grants, fellowships and NEH seminars
and Institutes.
3. Access E-mail address of the APA members.
4. Directories and computer Resouces information.
5. Bibliographies and Journal Informaiton.
6. Job placement. (Members only)
7. Job for philosophers. (Members only)
8. Newsletters
9. Job "Hotline". (Members only)
10. Members can present papers at Divisional meetings and
to serve on APA Committees.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
Step#1: type telnet atl.calstate.edu
Step#2: type 'apa' at the login prompt
Step#3: choose the number you want to do further search on
the main menu

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Step#1: type 'q' to get out of the subdirectory you are in
Step#2: type 'q' again to go to the main menu or get out of
the system

ACCESS COMMANDS:
'P' (page): to read in the page mode
'S' (scroll): to read in the scroll mode
Return: to continue, to go to the next page
'H' (help): to get help
'Q' (quit): to quit or go up one menu directory

SAMPLE LOGIN:
1. After you type "telnet atl.calstate.edu", you will see some
information and notification about the the system.
2. Hit return to continue.
3. A welcome title page will show on the screen to tell you the
this BBS (Bulletin Board System) is provided by California
State University from 1988. The sponsor of this BBS is by
SUN Microsystem.
4. After the title page, the system will automatically go to the
main menu with 9 choices. It includes:

[1] Introduction to this Bulletin Board

(It includes information about the purpose of American
Philosophical Association, future plans, comments and questions,
how to join APA, and how to request for information)

[2] From the National Office

(It contains APA newsletters, announceents, committees,
publications, paper submision guidelines, and information about
student membership renewals.)

[3] Philosophical Societies

(News or membership information about many philosophical
societies are presented under this category. Societies such as
Machines and Mentality, Hume, Retired Philosophers, philosophy
and Public Affairs, Humanist Philosophy, Analytical Feminism,
Hegel Society, History of Philosophy of Science Working Group, and
many other philosophical societies.)

[4] Grants, Fellowships, NEH Seminars and Institutes

(It contains information about seminars, grants, fellowships,
on-ine resources, and job announcements which are related to
philosophy and technology.)

[5] Philosophical Calendar

(You can find some updated events or activities of APA in 1993.
You can find out information about conferences, call for paper
announcements, essay/book competitions, etc.)

[6] E-mail Addresses of the Membership

(This includes E-mail addresses of all the members. You can
check the last name from A to Z under the subdirecties.)

[7] Directories and Computer Resources

(This category contains concentrated information about listserv
groups, women in philosophy, special internet connections, directory
of electronic journals and newsletters, and even some
recommanded books.)

[8] Bibliographies and Journal Information

(Bibliographies of Hypertext and Hypermedia is available.
Information about how to subscribe some electronic journals are
list under this category.)

[9] News from the Divisions - (major update: 3/11)

(There are Eastern, Central, and Pacific APA divisions.
You can find announcements, news or committee nomination
informations under this category.)

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
If you have questions, suggestions or you have to contact
the administrators, the easiest way to do is to send an E-mail to
traiger@oxy.edu

If you want to join APA as a member, you need to contact by
mail or call:
Janet Sample
Membership Coordinator
American Philosophical Assoc.
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 451-1112

The membership fee range from $25 to $110 annually.
They charge you based on your annual income. If you are a student,
you may call (302) 831-1112 to apply for membership.

This is a very useful telnet site which you can get much
concentrated information. The directories about internet resources
are very useful and will save researchers much of the searching time.

Warning: This system is a beta-test version. There are bugs
and problems. You can contact traiger@oxy.edu to report problems.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Janey Wang

TELNET SITE NAME:
ATI-Net

INTERNET ADDRESS:
caticsuf.csufresno.edu

DESCRIPTION:
This is the Advanced Technology Information Network
providing information for the agri-cultural and bio-technology
markets. It provides national and world-wide agricultural news,
exporter information, a publications index,and bio-technological
research information. This site would be of most interest to
vocational agricultural classes or science classes interested in
bio-technology.
This is a menu-driven system that is easy to follow. Novice
users should be able to use this system with a minimum of help.

SERVICES:
Several services are provided here, but the Agriculture
Information Service and CSURERB would probably be of most
interest to educators Below is the main menu of services
provided here:

(A) AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION: This provides daily
agricultural market reports, schedules of events, California
agriculture teachers' projects, and agricultural weather, labor, job
listings, and safety information.

(B) CSUPER-NET: This provides "comprehensive information for
the California State University system."

(C) AUTOMATED TRADE LIBRARY SERVICE (ATLS): This
gives exporters "immediate access to market research, trade
leads, governmentexport assistance information, and exporters'
calendar and an export guide and publications index."

(D) CSURERB, the California State University Program for
Education and Research in Biotechnology: This provides
information on the "incorporation of bio-technological concepts
and procedures into science instruction and to promote technology
transfer and bio-technological research."

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
Login as "super" or as "public".

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Type "0" (zero) at the main menu.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
This service is menu driven. Each selection is numbered
or lettered and entered by typing the choice selection. Additional
Menus are accessed under each of the main categories.
A search option to search for information using key words
is provided. An electronic mail feature is also available to
registered users.
Holding down the ^S keys will make the information pause;
hitting ^Q will make the information resume. Hitting the "q" key
once will return you to the last menu after a pause of a few
seconds. However, hitting "q" twice will log you off the system!

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. Telnet to caticsuf.csufresno.edu
2. Login either as "super" or "public". In either case, you
will be asked if you want to register as a new user. You can
answer "n", and still access and use the system. (If you answer
"y", be prepared to give registration information and record the
login name and password for future use.)
3. System news releases will scroll across the screen.
4. The main menu will appear.
5. New users should first go to the help option. This a brief
description of what is offered at this site and special keyboard
features. Return to the main menu by pressing "q".
6. Select an option from the main menu and follow the
prompts given. If you make a mistake, the system will give you
an additional prompt.
7. Hitting "q" will return you to the previous menu. Hitting
"0" (zero) at the main menu will allow you to quit and log off.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
This site can be accessed 24 hours a day,
every day of the week. There is also an electronic mail feature
for registered users.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Patricia G. Ross

Telnet Site Name:
Big Sky Telegraph

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
bigsky.bigsky.dillon.mt.us
192.231.192.1

DESCRIPTION:
TEACHERS! Big Sky Telegraph is a user friendly
network, that offers resources for any level telecommunicator
and a multitude of ideas for you to use in your classroom
today! From lesson plans to science labs, there is something
for any teacher of students K-12. Library resources, bulletin
boards, and community networks are here for you at an
affordable cost. The members of this network of great
Montanans invite anyone to visit free for 20 minute periods of
time. Only $50 annually buys you subscriber privileges, making
this a powerful resource for educators anywhere. (You can
even charge your annual fee to VISA or Master Card.) If you
have questions or problems its director, Frank Odasz, invites
you to contact him personally at Western Montana College of
the University of Montana: 406/683-7338. Big Sky Telegraph
begins each day with a quotation selected by Odasz, and it truly
has a personal touch. A minimal amount of equipment is required
to use Big Sky Telegraph--and training sessions are available
online for subscribers.

SERVICES:
The Main Menu of Big Sky Telegraph indicates many of the
services available:
(B)eginner's Bulletins
(M)essages...Conferences and Public Postings
(offer a glance at the type of activities
routinely online)
(F)iles...Areas for upload and download (where you
can find many teaching ideas that you can print
from your screen ready to use.
(A)ccess to Additional Services
(I)nterest Groups - Subscriber's Only (online training and
newsgroups/conferences)
(Z)ipmail...Read ONLY YOUR messages from ALL conferences
(?)...Help Menu and Advanced Commands
(G)oodbye...Exit this system

The Beginner's Bulletin submenu allows access to:
1) Welcome--Welcome to Big Sky Telegraph's Community
2) Overview--Overview of Telegraph's system (baud rates,
privacy policy, downtime schedule, list of five
conferencing systems, and possible connections
through Big Sky including FIDONET, METNET, and
MUSENET)
3) Quickstart--Newcomer's quick start guide (fundamentals
of connecting and navigating Big Sky)
4) BeginClass--Online Classes Begin Here! Read Me!
5) TrailBlazers--Roster of Teachers and Resource Persons
6)METNET--Tour of Big Sky for METNET Trainees
Q) Quit--exit bulletin system

The Beginner's Bulletin Board welcomes classroom ideas--
ideas here are shared from around the world.

Five conferencing systems are now online (6/93) including
COMSCI, Community Science Network and BBS, a conference for
rural education.

Educational Resources available include:
Lending Library of Computer Software
Online Library Services
Electronic Newsletters
Online Educational Databases
Technical and Educational Support
Little Big Library of Children's Literature
Free Copying of Public Domain Software

Business Online Resources include:
Electronic Mail
Online Conferencing
Inter-Office Document Transfer
Community Networking Support
Work-at-Home Information
Global Trade Contacts and Training

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. At Telnet prompt type open bigsky.bigsky.dillon.mt.us
2. When asked to login, as a visitor, type bbs
3. You will be asked the following information,
before you reach the main bulletin board--
a. Your name, first and last
b. Your city and state
c. Your password--invent something simple, it
must be a four number password

*Remember, out of courtesy, to limit your visits as a guest
to 20 minute periods!*

EXIT SEQUENCE:
1. From (F)iles, ^K exits the listings.
2. When back at Main Menu, G is for Goodbye.
3. From telnet prompt, type bye

ACCESS COMMANDS:
In the main menu:
B gets you to the bulletin board which is a good
place to begin, and it accesses reading the bulletin
board.
F gets you to files and G is goodbye.
D is download
U is upload
With IBM Procom, Alt-f7 is a control break, Mac users, and
Microsoft Works uses Command-Control-3 as a control break.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
If you have trouble with the fast scrolling, ^S will stop that
and ^Q will start it up again. Remember to be patient with
netlag. It varied considerably as would be expected. I rarely
had trouble logging in. They had particularly good science
resources. Every Sunday morning, BST has downtime for online
maintenance; at those times (9-10:30am) you cannot login. The
directors have access to private messages and reserve the right
to censor material objectionable to the intent of their network.

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Kathleen M. Filkins
Ellen O'Bryan

TELNET SITE NAME:
BUBL: The Bulletin Board for Libraries

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
sun.nsf.ac.uk
128.86.8.7

DESCRIPTION:
This site is devoted to information for and about libraries
with the emphasis on those in the United Kingdom. It would be of
great interest to those in the library field in any country. Because
some of the information is specific to computer use in theUnited
Kingdom, it would best be used by the intermediate oradvanced
telecommunications user.

SERVICES:
Available at this site are reviews of library journals and
their most recent contents, a review of listserv groups, and
software that could be used to manage a library.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. telnet sun.nsf.ac.uk

2. login: janet

3. Password: guest

4. hostname: uk.ac.glasgow.bubl
(Before the hostname, you can also type 'h' for help.
This will give you an address where you can request a
janet userguide.)

EXIT SEQUENCE:
1. Type quit or 'q' at any point.

2. You will be asked if you really want to quit. Answer yes
or no to leave or continue.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
The following options may be keyed whenever "Please
select..." appears at the foot of the screen.

HINTS Help of a general nature.

HELP This information.

MAIL Allows a mail message to be sent to the
administrator.

SEARCH Describes the facility for searching for a
topic within a large sub-section.

QUIT Exit from the Bulletin Board.

SAMPLE LOGIN:
1. telnet sun.nsf.ac.uk
2. login: janet
3. Password: guest
4. hostname: uk.ac.glasgow.bubl
5. Press return key to go to Main Menu
6. Chose the area of interest by letter
7. At the bottom of each screen, you are given a list of
options allowing you to change sections or quit.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
Because this is a site outside the United States, some
of the information on how to obtain and use the information will
be difficult for those not familiar with systems in the United
Kingdom. There is however some fascinating information at
this site and it is well worth the extra effort.

Of particular interest were descriptions of special
and rare book collections found in Section H - Users' Board.
Also in this section, were collections of quotations about
libraries. This section is fun and not to be missed.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Carolyn Morris
cmorris@tenet.edu

TELNET SITE NAME:
Chat

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
debra.dgbt.doc.ca
142.92.36.15

DESCRIPTION:
CHAT or (Conversational Hypertext Access
Technology) is a computer program developed by Communications
Canada that provides easy access to electronic information.
CHAT provides a natural-language program that allows users to
ask English questions and receive answers. (The software can
also be adapted to other languages.) Chat is a research project
to examine the nature of human-computer interactions. History
of the development of the project is available at the site.

SERVICES:
Information files available on the following topics,
as of 4-17-93:
- AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
- Epilepsy
- the Canadian Department of Communications (DOC)
- Alice (A simulated conversation)
- Maur (A simulated conversation with a dragon)
Please specify which information file you would like:

Select an Information File: Alice (type the key word for desired
information)

The Computer Says:

Please wait for a moment while I get that information...
loading database alice.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. Login at the Tenet> telnet debra.dgbt.doc.ca
2. You will see on the monitor: Trying 142.92.36.15...
3. Next on the monitor will be: Connected to debra.dgbt.doc.ca.
4. Followed by the message: Escape character is '^]'.

To login: type "chat"

EXIT SEQUENCE:
type "goodbye"

A short series of questions appear for the user to complete
for the research project. Notice: Erase set to Backspace

SAMPLE LOGIN: (the number address can also be used)
Tenet> telnet 142.92.36.15
Trying 142.92.36.15...
Connected to 142.92.36.15.
Escape character is '^]'.

SunOS UNIX (debra.dgbt.doc.ca)

login: chat

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
The program is much easier to use than traditional
menu or keyword systems and is ideally suited for situations
where the user has little knowledge of computers. There are no
special function keys or help screens because they are not
necessary when using Chat. Although the software is not perfect,
it usually provides the information requested and most people find
the system extremely valuable.

For more information on CHAT contact:

Thomas Whalen, Ph.D. or Andrew Patrick, Ph.D.
Communications Research Centre
Communications Canada
3701 Carling Ave.
Ottawa, ON
CANADA K2H 8S2
(613) 990-4683
E-mail: thom@dgbt.doc.ca (Internet, Bitnet, UUCP)
andrew@dgbt.doc.ca (Internet, Bitnet, UUCP)

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Peggy Wiseman

TELNET SITE NAME:
The Cleveland Freenet

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
freenet-in-a.cwru.edu
freenet-in-b.cwru.edu
freenet-in-c.cwru.edu
129.22.8.75
129.22.8.76
129.22.8.82
129.22.8.44

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
It asks you the following:

Are you:
1. A registered user
2. A visitor

Please enter 1 or 2: (enter 2)

Would you like to:
1. Apply for an account
2. Explore the system
3. Exit the system

Please enter 1, 2 or 3: (enter 2)

You then receive some more information about the site and then
you are given a menu.

DESCRIPTION:
The Cleveland Freenet is a very comprehensive and
user-friendly telnet site. It contains an enormous number of complete
historical documents including the Magna Carta, the U.S. Constitution,
and the Declaration of Independence. It also contains a vast amount
of information about the Arts, Science and Technology, Medicine,
Education, Business, and provides and up to date news service.
One section, of particular interest to educators is the Academy One,
which is an NPTN experimental program designed to meet the
information and communication needs of students and educators.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Type "x" to exit the system at nearly anytime. It is not hard
to exit the system.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
The basic commands are explained in the introductory
section each time you log on.

The basic commands are:
h=help
x=exit freenet
q=quit a file or section
p=go to privious menu
space bar=continue scrolling
m=main menu
go help=extended help that is very comprehensive and
includes searches and file transfer directions

SAMPLE LOGIN:
The following is an excerpt from the Science and Technology
section...

ABOUT THE SIMULATED SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH

This simulated space shuttle launch is a telecommunication
simulation designed to assist school students in learning more
about the space sciences and about telecommunications.

At the core of the launch is a permanent full-scale mock-up
of a space shuttle (called the "Centennial") complete with "Mission
Control," which is located at University School in Shaker Heights,
Ohio (Cleveland area). During this particular launch student
"astronauts" will enter the mock-up and fly a very detailed and quite
realistic 10 hour mission. For example, Centennial astronauts
during this mission have been selected by NASA to talk directly
via amateur radio with real astronauts in orbit flying shuttle
mission STS-37.

Other schools around the country and the world will be
taking various roles in this simulated mission. This includes
schools in California and Finland who will be alternate landing
sites (weather stations), and an Ohio school which will be serving
as a solar disturbance observatory.

Shown 53%, press for more, 'q' to quit, or 'h' for help

Coordination and communications between the shuttle's mission
control and the other schools is conducted through the Cleveland
Free-Net. Electronic mail is sent back and forth, hourly reports are
posted, even real-time electronic "chats" occur between mission
control and its support units.

Of even greater importance, however, each "mission" becomes the
culmination of weeks of educational build-up. Classes in science,
mathematics, even English and reading are geared to the forth- coming
"launch." Students construct their own weather instruments and other
equipment, acquire computer skills, and sharpen organizational skills
to help them fulfil their part in each mission.

The contact person for this (April 9th) launch is Bob Morgan
(ac343@cleveland.freenet.edu)

The next launch will be a one school-day simulation
on May 17th The contact person is Linda Delzeit
(aa621@cleveland.freenet.edu) End of File, Press RETURN
to quit.

FINAL NOTES ABOUT THE CLEVELAND FREENET:
This Telnet site is definitely one of the easiest to log on to,
one of the easiest to use, and one of themost comprehensive in
terms of a variety of information available. So it is a great telnet
site for the rookie on the Internet as well as a great resource for
the veteran user.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Chris Wilson

TELNET SITE NAME:
Computer Science Database

INTERNET ADDRESS:
lisboa.cs.utexas.edu

DESCRIPTION:
This site is in the pilot phase to provided a database of
classroom materials for Advanced Placement Computer Science
Courses. The project is "THE LONGHORN PROJECT INB
COMPUTER SCIENCE." This project is an on-line collections of
classroom materials specially selected to meet the needs of high
school teachers of Advanced Placement Computer Science classes.
The materials have been contributed by high school computer
science teachers and classroom-tested. Teacher using The Longhorn
Project are encouraged to browse the database and select materials
to be downloaded on their own terminals for classroom purposes.
Categories of materials include: Lesson Plnas, Tutorials,
Programming Assignments, Algorithms, and Questions for
Homework and Tests. In the future, it is conceivable that the
materials from NSF workshop will eventually be incorporated
into the database. Since this is in the pilot stages, the system is
not completely robust. Feedback about the system is being sought.
If there are any problems using the Computer Science Database
program or if you have questions or comments, you can contact:
Lynn Rosier (roiser@tenet.edu)

LOGIN PROCEDURE:
1) At the telnet prompt telnet lisboa.cs.utexas.edu
(First use only)
2a) At the LOGIN: prompt newuser
At the PASSWORD: Prompt ti.ut=cs
At this point asnwer the question presented. You will
need to select a user login name and your own password
that you will use to during step 2b.
(Every use after first login)
2b) At the LOGIN: Prompt your user login name
from step 2a.
At the Password: Prompt your password.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Type L to Logout (system is menu driven).

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Kenneth Higdon

TELNET SITE NAME:
Dartmouth College Library On-line System (DCLOS)

INTERNET ADDRESS:
lib.dartmouth.edu

DESCRIPTION:
DCLOS lists information about nearly all items
owned by the Library in its nine locations. Other on-line
services include: world factbook, MLA biography, full text of 33
Shakespeare plays, electronic dictionary, encyclopedia, the
Bible, a portion of MEDLINE and more.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
Type telnet lib.dartmouth.edu
(this will put you in the opening screen)

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Type bye

ACCESS COMMANDS:
The main menu at the bottom of the screen looks like this:

Type one of the following commands, or type HELP for more
information:

FIND - to search SELECT FILE - to change files BYE - to quit
BROWSE - to scan indexes CONNECT - to use systems outside
Dartmouth

When you type only the command the system will usually prompt
you for the next piece of information to complete the command.
You can also type HELP for more information. If you type
EXPLAIN you will get further explanation about the
command. The on-line help is very good compared to most systems.

Two other items that will be very helpful in your exploration:

Type EXPLAIN USER GUIDE This displays the same guide
that is distributed at Dartmouth College Library.

Type SHOW NEWS This displays information about new
developments in the On-line System.

To search for items you can use the BROWSE and FIND commands
followed by an index name, such as AUTHOR, TOPIC, GENERAL,
or TITLE, and the words you want to search for. After you have
completed the search using FIND use the DISPLAY command to
look at retrieved items.

SERVICES:
The following is a list of services available

Search DCLOS catalog for research material. This
includes information about books, maps, sound recordings, musical
scores, manuscripts, video recordings, computer programs and
archival material. It also contains information about journals,
magazines, newspapers and government documents.

RLIN Eureka, an on-line library catalog that complements
DCLOS and is especially valuable for in-depth research.

CIA Electronic World Factbook 1991 version
MLA biography, which is an index to the current literature
in the fields of linguistics, folklore and literature
(Dartmouth students, faculty and staff only)
complete text of 33 Shakespeare plays and all of his sonnets
American Heritage Electronic Dictionary
(Dartmouth students, faculty and staff only)
Grolier's Academic American Encyclopedia
(Dartmouth students, faculty and staff only)
Bible portion of MEDLINE
(Dartmouth students, faculty and staff only)
DARTMED (Dartmouth students, faculty and staff only)
PILOTS - Index to literature on traumatic stress
CORK - Index to literature on alcoholism and substance abuse
PHOTO RECORDS - listing of a photographic record of
Dartmouth College life

You can also connect to other systems through a gateway such as:

American Mathematical Society's e-MATH system (E-MATH)
Tri-Colleges: Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore (TRIPOD)
Tuft's Library System (TUFTS)
ALEPH - Israel (ALEPH)
AMIGOS - US-Mexico (AMIGOS)
Konstanz University - Germany (KONSTANZ)
University of Michigan's Weather Underground (WEATHER)
Colby College Library (COLBY)
University of Maine Library (MAINE)
Indiana University's Library (INDIANA)
Lunar & Planetary Institute (LPI)
Oceanic Information Center (OCEAN)

SAMPLE LOGIN:
Using the file CATALOG.

type BROWSE TOPIC INTERNET

Browse request: BROWSE TOPIC INTERNET

B1 INTERNET.................................................. 11 items
B2 INTERNETS................................................. 1 items
B3 INTERNETWORKING........................................... 6 items
B4 INTERNETWORKING-AND-ADDRESSING...................1 items
B5 INTERNETWORKING-LANS-OPERATION-DESIGN-AND-
MANAGEMENT...... 1 items
B6 INTERNETWORKING-WITH-TCP-IP............................... 1 items
B7 INTERNETWORKING-WITH-TCP-IP-PRINCIPLES-
PROTOCOLS-AND-ARCHITECTURE......................................1 items
B8 INTERNET-COMPUTER-NETWORK.................................4 items
B9 INTERNET-SYSTEM-HANDBOOK.................................. 1 items

type FIND B1

Search S1: BROWSE TOPIC INTERNET; FIND B1
Result S1: 11 items in the CATALOG file.

1. Human Rights Int... Human Rights Internet newsletter Serial
2. Human Rights Internet reporter Serial
3. Internet system handbook / Cataloged
4. Three views of the internet ; ed. by... On order
5. Krol, Ed. The whole Internet : user's guide & ... 1992
6. Tennant, Roy. Crossing the Internet threshold : an... 1993
7. Kehoe, Brendan P. Zen and the art of the internet : a ... 1993
8. Sherman, Mark St... A network package for the Macintosh .1986
9. Kehoe, Brendan P. Zen and the art of the Internet : a ... 1992
10 Human Rights Internet directory: Eas... 1987
11. Brock, Jack L. November 1988 Internet computer viru... 1989

type DISPLAY LONG 5

This will give you the complete catalog list for the book
The Whole Internet by Ed Krol.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Connect to another system.

type CONNECT OCEAN (to connect to OceanicInformation
Center)

*** WARNING ***
You are now trying to access a system at another site. You are no
longer under the control of the Dartmouth Online System. Please read
all instructions carefully.
If at all possible, please exit from the other system with ITS exit
command. If you still have trouble returning to the Dartmouth Online
System, type LOGOFF to get back.
If you see a "telnet> " prompt, this means no connection could be
made. Type "quit" and you will return to the Dartmouth College
Library Online System.

Attempting to connect to Oceanic Info Center (U. of Delaware)
INFO

This will take a little time to connect with the other system so
don't hit your keyboard at all until you see the next message.

PLEASE ENTER YOUR NAME ->

type your name in

The SPAN::OCEAN Network Information Center

Created and Maintained by

The University of Delaware
College of Marine Studies
Lewes, Delaware

Is your terminal or emulation package capable of
supporting TEKTRONIX 4010 GRAPHICS ? (Y or [N])

type N

OCEANIC - Ocean Network Information Center

0 What's NEW in OCEANIC?

1 WOCE Science Information (menu)
2 WOCE Program Information (menu)
3 Data Information (menu)
4 Who's Who - electronic and mail addresses (menu)
5 Research Ship Schedules and Information (menu)
6 Message to OCEANIC (1 screen)

? = FOR HELP T = tree diagram of system $ = Logoff

from here you can do what you want. When done type '$' to
logoff and return to the Dartmouth system.

SPOTS OF INTEREST:
There are 33 of Shakespeare's plays listed
in full text with search capabilities similar to the catalog
system. The CIA Electronic World Factbook is very current and
gives vast geographic information about 264 countries, dependent
areas and other entities.

HELPFUL HINTS:
When connecting to another system write down
the exit command from the other system so you can get back to
the Dartmouth system.

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Nancy Lyman
Jim Hagon

TELNET SITE NAME:
Educational Technology Network

INTERNET ADDRESS:
etnet.nlm.nih.gov
130.14.10.123

DESCRIPTION:
The Educational Technology Network (ETNET) is a series
of on-line conferences for professionals and students interested in
learning or sharing information about the use of technology in medical
education. The heart of ETNET is the conference system (referred to
as "Caucus") which includes the following major toic areas.

General: Health science education with interactive
technology AVLINE: AVLINE instructional materials
Digital Images: Interactive technology in radiology
CAI: All forms of computer-assisted instruction
Hardware: Computer equipment, including peripherals
NUCARE: Use of interactive technology in nursing care
research
Shareware: Location of health science shareware
UMLS Users: Unified Medical Language System project
Users Guide: Very extensive on-line introduction to ETNET

NOTE: For each conference, the name of the conference
organizer is listed.

Those interested in any of these topics may join and participate
in the discussions. Although the conferences are focused on medical
education, the ideas discussed in some groups (e.g., Hardware and
CAI) have very wide application to instructional technology students
as well as K-12 teachers.

Because of the mixed menu/command response structure of
ETNET, novice users may find navigation through the conferences
somewhat frustrating. Intermediate or advanced telecommunication
users will have less difficulty.

SERVICES:
ETNET provides an extremely wide variety of options and
services to the user, all accessible through different menus or
commands. These should be explored as the user gains some
experience (and confidence) in using the various menus. For the
new user, some key services are listed below.

1. You may "join" one of the conferences using a menu
selection. Each conference has several discussion "items" with
member responses linked to each item. Once a member of the
conference, you may:
a. Read all the responses (old and recent) to specific
discussion items within a conference.
b. Read recently entered responses.
c. Respond to any of the items (your response becomes the
next numbered entry--such as "16.6", which is response 6 to
item 16.
d. Add a discussion item to the conference.

2. You may find out who is a member of each conference,
including their name, e-mail address, telephone number, and
an introduction paragraph showing jobs, interests, etc..

3. You may "customize" the menu you use to navigate through
ETNET (more on this below).

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
To login to ETNET use the following steps.

1. At your system prompt, enter: telnet etnet.nlm.nih.gov
or: telnet 130.14.10.123

2. At the LOGIN> prompt, enter: etnet

3. You will get a message that says:

"If you are a new user, type NEWUSER, otherwise
please 'log in' by entering your last name:"
Type in "NEWUSER" the first time. After that, use your
last name.

NOTE: Users with last names longer than seven letters have
reported difficulties with this and the next step.

4. At the prompt "Please enter your last name:" enter your
last name if you originally logged in as NEWUSER.

5. At the prompt "What would you like your password to be?"
enter the password you want to use for all future entries into
ETNET and *memorize* it since you will be asked for it each time
you log in.

6. The first time you use this telnet site, you will be asked a
series of questions about yourself. Answer them as they are
asked, and when you are done, you will see the "welcome menu
choices in ETNET. Those already in the system will see the
main menu as soon as they enter their password.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
The exit sequence depends entirely on where you are in the
vast array of options in ETNET. In most cases, you may select 0
(zero) from any menu to select the previous (next higher in the
hierarchy) menu, until you reach a MAIN or STANDARD MENU
(there are *several*), in which 0 (zero) is selected to "quit",
whereupon you will be logged out of ETNET and sent back to
your system prompt.

If you are in a conference (most common point to start
exiting), follow these steps.

1. At "RESPOND, PASS, or ? for options: (pass)"
enter "STOP" then press

2. At "Press to continue"
press (This will take you to a main/standard
menu.)

3. At the prompt "Enter your Choice:
enter "0" (zero for "quit") and press . (This will
exit you to your system prompt and log you out of ETNET.)

ACCESS COMMANDS:
The following description of access commands is for those
who want to join a conference, view the items and responses, and
make their own responses.
1. Getting into a conference -- New User
a. Your first menu will be the welcome menu. You may
select one of the following choices:
1 - What is Caucus? (describes the conference system--
read this)
2 - List the conferences. (tells you available conferences
from which you may choose)
*3 - Join a conference (lets you select a conference)

NOTE: If, after you press the 3, you forget the conference
names, type "list" to view the conference titles

0 - Quit (sends you back to your system prompt)
Enter your choice: (then press )

b. If you select 3, you can then enter the first three letters of
the conference you want to view, and then press
1. Getting into a conference -- Old User
a. Your first menu will be a standard menu with the following
choices:
? - Help (this will explain your choices)
1 - NEW TEXT (this will let you read newly posted conference
items and responses)
2 - OLD TEXT (same as above, but for old items and
responses)
3 - RESPOND (if you know the item you want to respond to,
use this to open up a response "document" to write to).
4 - ADD ITEM (add a new item to any conference)
5 - NEW MSGS (read any new messages to you -- private)
6 - OLD MSGS (same as 5, except for old messages)
7 - SEND (write and send e-mail -- private)
8 - CHECK (review ALL conferences for new activity)
*9 - JOIN (select to join a conference)
M - MENUS (here you can select different menu types -- more later)
0 - QUIT (Sends you back to your system prompt)
Enter your choice and then press

b. When you select "9" you can enter the first three letters
of your conference choice to view that conference ... then press

2. Once you get into a conference:

a. You can scroll through the items in the conference by
pressing each time the following prompt appears

" = more, s = stop"

b. You can stop scrolling and go back to the menu by first
pressing "s" then at this prompt. (This function was
erratic.)

c. If you continue scrolling through all of the discussion item
responses, you will arrive at the following prompt:

"ITEM #...RESPOND, PASS, or ? for options: (pass)"

(1) Press to continue scrolling to the next item
(this is the "pass" default)
(2) Type in "RESPOND" and press to get to a
response area to add your response to this item.
(3) Type "STOP" and press to end this review
and return to the standard menu.

3. Changing the menu:

a. If you select "M" from the standard menu (or any other),
you may change the kind of menu you use. For the new user,
I recommend the STANDARD MENU which was shown earlier
in this paper. Selecting "M" and pressing will give
you the following choices:

? - Help
1 - Standard menus
2 - Standard menus, Advanced Form (very similar to "1")
3 - Object-oriented, "executive menus"
*4 - Action-oriented, long-form menus
5 - Action-oriented, short-form menus
6 - Command line (no menu)
0 - Go back to previous menu

b. If you select "4" from this menu (type "4" and press
), you will get the following choices:

1 - Help
2 - Conference Menu
3 - Item Menu
4 - Response Menu
5 - Messages Menu
6 - People Menu (Select this one to see who is in the
conferences, including either limited information or full descriptions
of what people do, their addresses, and interests.)
7 - User Environment (you can change how you interact with
the system, as well as change personal information about yourself
using this)
0 - Quit

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
As you can see, this is not a "simple" telnet site.
There are a great many options for how you interact with the
system, what conferences you want to view or respond to, or
what menus you want to use.

Pay special attention to the options you have, and if you
get into a menu you do not want, the "0" (zero) choice will often
take you back to the previous menu.

However, do *not* select "0" from the main or standard
menus as an "I'm not sure what to do" choice, because you will
soon find yourself back at your system prompt, and will have to
re-telnet to return to ETNET.

Be sure to visit the "people" menus. You will find a wide
variety of folks in ETNET, including a friend, pergaps. At least you
will know the types of work ETNET users are doing, what they are
interested in, and who to contact personally for information (or
future employment?).

Finally, since ETNET is in development and is extremely
"intermittent" (as noted on the first page of the welcome to new
users), you will experience delayed responses (be patient and
wait) or ignored inputs (keep trying). With patience and
persistence, you will find this to be an informative and interesting
telnet site.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
George M. Houtman
georgeh@tenet.edu

TELNET SITE NAME:
E-Math

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
e-math.ams.org
130.44.1.100

DESCRIPTION:
E-MATH is primarily for math educators and
professionals. It provides on-line access to employment
opportunities, software, and a variety of math publications.
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) maintains and
supports e-Math.

SERVICES:
1. Employment and post-doctoral listings as found in the latest issue
of Employment Information in the Mathematical Sciences.
2. On-line CML(Combined Membership List) database
3. On-line version of AMS newsletter
4. On-line version of the Directory for e-Journals, Newsletters,
and Academics Discussion Lists
4. Gopher and WAIS searches
5. Math Review author lookup
6. Math document delivery system
7. TeX software list available by ftp

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. At login: prompt type: e-math
2. At password prompt type: e-math
3. At the TERM prompt, press return if your terminal is a vt 100
or select other terminal types from the selection above the
TERM prompt.
4. Press q for e-math main menu or press return for release notes
and hints.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
1. Press 0 (zero) to exit e-math.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
Q to quit
R to redisplay
0 (zero) to exit e-math
esc to toggle between menus
to continue to next page

SAMPLE LOGIN:
Tenet> telnet 130.44.1.100
Trying 130.44.1.100...
Connected to 130.44.1.100.
Escape character is '^]'.

Ultrix Worksystem V2.1 (Rev. 14) (e-math)

login: e-math
Password:

Possible e-MATH terminal types: vt100, vt200, vt300, vt400,
vt50, vt52, xterms, sun, adm3, ampex

TERM = (vt100)

terminal type is vt100

This is the American Mathematical Society's e-MATH
system for electronic communication and information delivery

Unauthorized access to this node is strictly prohibited.

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PRESS q for MAIN MENU

PRESS RETURN for Release Notes and Hints

e-MATH SERVICES

[0] EXIT [8] SUGGESTION BOX

[1] DIRECTORY INFORMATION (CML) [9] MATH REVIEWS
AUTHOR LOOKUP

[2] PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES [10] BULLETIN OF THE
AMS

[3] SOFTWARE [11] DIRECTORY OF LISTS

[4] MATHDOC DOCUMENT DELIVERY [12] E-MATH GOPHER

[5] MATH REVIEWS
CLASSIFICATION SCHEME [13] E-MATH WAIS

[6] MATH REVIEWS SUBMISSION [14] HELP

[7] WELCOME MESSAGE

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
e-Math has a wealth of information for math professionals
who are willing to take the time to explore the site. A guide for
accessing TeX macro packages is available through e-mail. Select
(3) Software from the main menu. There is a charge of $14 per
page for the Math Document Delivery System.

TELNET SITE NAME:
EPA LIBRARIES

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
epaibm.rtpnc.epa.gov
134.67.180.1

DESCRIPTION:
The EPA Libraries telnet site provides citations and, in
some cases, abstracts of articles and reports that pertain to
environmental issues. The purpose of the site is to provide
bibliographic information to the public. The citations are not
limited to studies in the US but include topics from other countries
(e.g., depletion of rain forests in Brazil, Acid rain in Eastern
Europe, et.,). Science educators can find citations for technical
reports on the effects of various pollutants, field studies of
endangered organisms, reports on the status of rain forests,
procedures for water testing, and general information about
ecosystems. Social studies teachers could find information on
public policy and resources in other countries. This telnet site
can be accessed by novice telecommunications users. It is almost
entirely menu driven and is very easy to use. All the instructions
you need to function within the site are presented on the screen.
(However, sometimes the location of the instructions is not
obvious).

SERVICES:
The EPA library telnet site contains the following eight
databases:
National Catalog
Hazardous Waste
Clean Lakes
Access 92
Chemical Collection system
Region 1 Library (in Boston)
Region 5 Library (in Chicago)
Region 9 Library (in San Francisco).
The National Catalog database contains EPA reports,
bibliographic data, and abstracts extracted from the National
Technical Information Service and catalog holdings information from
OCLC.
The Hazardous Waste catalog is a copy of the hazardous
waste collection that is maintained by EPA headquarters.
The Clean Lakes database was created in January 1988. It
contains citations and abstracts for references related to lake
management, protection, and restoration. Topics in this database
include lake restoration techniques, water quality assessment, lake
problems, modeling, and lake ecology.
The Access 92 database catalogs information from the 1992
publication _Access_EPA_. _Access_EPA_ is a directory of EPA
and other public sector information sources. It is maintained by the
office of Information Resource Management. There are about 300
records in Access 92. The records contain contact information,
brief descriptions, and ordering information (when appropriate).

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
Although login procedures for the EPA Libraries are different
than those of other telnet sites, they are menu driven and fairly
simple. Select the following and press to get in.
1. At your system prompt, enter
telnet epaibm.rtpnc.epa.gov or telnet 134.67.180.1
2. At the first menu select 4 (Public Access
Applications Menu)
3. Then select 1 (EPA National Online Library System)
4. You will then see the following message:
“In the next few lines please identify yourself with such
details as name, address, and organization. Press
at the end of each line. To end simply move the cursor to
the next blank line and press . You do not have to
provide information if you do not want to. Simply press
immediately in this case.”
5. Press
6. You will then be given the following menu:

ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM
<< DATABASE SELECTION MENU >>
US: DB: DATABASES:
N: NATIONAL CATALOG
CH: CHEMICAL COLL. SYSTEM
H: HAZARDOUS WASTE
1: REGION I
L: CLEAN LAKES
5: REGION V
A: ACCESS 92
9: REGION IX
OTHER OPTIONS:
?: HELP
?A: HELP FOR ACCESS 92 USERS
Q: QUIT

ENTER SELECTION -->

6. Type the letter or number of the database you wish to
search or type ? for help and press

7. You will then be asked:
Are you using either a full-screen terminal or full-
screen terminal emulation software (Y/N)? Press
if unsure.
Press

8. You will be asked if you want an experienced user
search screen.
Type n and then press

EXIT SEQUENCE:
1. to escape type: ]
2. to quit type: q

ACCESS COMMANDS:
Once you are inside a database, you will be given the
following menu of search commands.

ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM << PATRON MENU >>
US: PUBLIC DB: NCAT
SEARCH BY: | SEARCH RESULTS:
TI: Titles |
AU: Authors (personal) |
CS: Corporate Sources |
KY: Keywords (Titles + Subjects + Abstracts) |
CL: Call Number |
YR: Year of Publication |
RN: Report Number |

OTHER OPTIONS: |
H: Help |
D: Display/Combine |
CW: Clear Current Workspace
SP: Set Session Parameters |
Q: Quit this Database |

Enter the mode you wish to search by at the ENTER SELECTION
prompt.

You will then be asked for the title, author, keyword, etc.,
Type the title, author, keyword, etc., and press .
OR
You can combine commands by typing mode=term at the ENTER
SELECTION prompt. (e.g., ky=nitrates)

The system will then search for your selection and will post the
results in the SEARCH RESULTS section of the screen.

To display the titles of the citations type D and press
You will then see a display of all the searches you have
made and the number of items found in each search. Below is a
sample table generated from a keyword search mode.

.ITEMS. LINE REQUEST
* 1379: 1/ KY=nitrates
* 0: 2/ KY=petroleumlytic
* 1788: 3/ bacteria
* 1: 4/ KY=alage

You will also be given the following message:
Specify the document set you wish to display by its LINE
NUMBER. To combine document sets, use the connectors
AWOL, OR or AWOL NOT. AWOL stands for And With Out
Links. See Basic User Guide for more.
Ex: 1 AWOL 2
You may also use parentheses to help clarify the
combining logic.
Ex: (1 OR 4) AWOL NOT 2

At the ENTER LINE NUMBER(s) prompt type the line
numbers you wish to combine or type the line number you wish to
view and press . You will then be given a screen of titles.
If you want the bibliographic information, type V and then
press .

To get help on a particular menu option, type H ** where ** is
one of the menu options like ky, au, or ti. (e.g., H ky will give you
help on key word searches.)

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
This telnet site does not allow you to correct typing mistakes.
If you press backspace or delete, you will get a ^H symbol. The
system does try to compensate for errors and will look for the
closest fit to whatever you type. Additionally, the system does
not seem to distinguish betweenlower case and upper case letters.

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Gail Carmack
carmack@tenet.edu

TELNET SITE NAME:
ERIC (via ACSNet)

INTERNETADDRESSES:
acsnet.syr.edu
128.230.1.21

DESCRIPTION:
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
This file contains bibliographic information and abstracts for
a variety of educational documents from the Educational Resources
Information Center. The documents could be journal articles,
conference papers or published research.

LOGIN PROCEDURE:
At the Telnet prompt type: telnet acsnet.syr.edu or
telnet 128.230.1.21

At the Login prompt type: suvm
TERMINAL TYPE: VT100
USERID: suinfo

If no prompt, but a blinking cursor shows in the lower left
corner of the screen, type once more: suinfo

BE PREPARED TO WAIT for this screen to be
replaced by the next screen. You have two options:

1. Press RETURN / the HOME key.
2. If this does not work, simply WAIT without doing anything.
After a while, the next screen will come up, saying:

Welcome to SUINFO! (etc).

(For a more detailed guide, please see SAMPLE LOGIN below)

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Type LOGOFF at any time.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
HELP ERIC, f1=Help, f2=Find, f3=Select
Additional commands: Setup, Command, Suggest,
Lock, Pause, End.

SERVICES:
1. General Interest
2. CWIS: Campus Wide Info. System
3. WOT: Network Accesible Resources
4. Demonstration
5. Application Development
6. Testing New Applications

SAMPLE LOGIN:
At the Telnet prompt type: telnet acsnet.syr.edu or
telnet 128.230.1.21
At the Login prompt type: suvm
TERMINAL TYPE: VT100
USERID: suinfo

Press the return key to pass the other two options
(Password, Command). The next screen will come up:

LOGON SUINFO
DMKLOG035E SUINFO not in CP directory

Enter one of the following commands

LOGON userid (Example: LOGON VMUSER1)
DIAL userid (Example: DIAL VMUSER2)
SUINFO
or LOGOFF

Type: suinfo
and press RETURN

The next screen will look like this:

SUINFO
LOGMSG -23:03:09 LCL THURSDAY 02/11/93

You may see the following in the right lower corner of this screen:

MORE... SUVM
(or HOLDING .....SUVM)

If so, BE PREPARED TO WAIT for this screen to be replaced by
the next screen. You have two options:
Press RETURN / the HOME key to move forward.
If this does not work, you may have to re-enter the telnet site
and then, when you reach this screen again, simply WAIT AND
DO NOTHING.

The next screen may be one of these three. It will either say
A. "Welcome to Eric"
B. "Welcome Suinfo" (this one seems to be the most common), or
C. "Welcome to Prism".

We will provide an example of the procedure to be followed in each
instance:

A. If the next screen says "Welcome to Eric",
it will look like this:

ERIC Search 02/13/93 10:17

Welcome to ERIC

This file contains bibliographic information and abstracts
for a variety of EDUCATIONAL documents from the
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). The file
contains all the ERIC data from 1984 through the 2nd quarter
of 1992 (approximately 250500 records).

You can search for items using one or more keywords from a
variety of fields such as title, author, or abstract.

| For help conducting searches, contact the ERIC Clearinghouse
| (ph: x-3640). Report any technical
| problems to Bhaskaran Balakrishnan
| (ph: x-1145).

-File selected; type HELP ERIC FILE for more information
Type FIND to search this file.
Type SELECT to choose a different file.
YOUR RESPONSE:
f1=Help f2=Find f3=Select
Also:Setup, Command, Suggest, Lock, Pause, End.

You are now ready to enjoy your ERIC search. By using the given
commands on each screen, you can browse through this telnet site.

The f3 command (f3=Select) will take you back to the SERVICES
menu.

If you are already in ERIC and want more information about this
telnet site, please bypass entries B and C and go to our description
of the SERVICE menu and its 6 options.

B. If the next screen says "Welcome to SUINFO!",
you will see this:

Welcome to SUINFO! You will now be able to perform online
searches on all publicly available databases currently carried
by PRISM.

Before proceeding, the following may be noted:

* You may use the SUGGEST command to send in
comments/suggestions.

* Certain databases cannot be searched because of licensing
restrictions. You may search these databases by logging
into SUVM the regular way.

* The PRINT COMMAND works to send search results back to
yourself. Choose the 'Another User' option and specify your
email address as:
userid@node
This feature has been installed on a test basis.

* You must type LOGOFF to EXIT PRISM

Would you like to continue? (Y or RETURN/N)

Type "Y" for yes and press the RETURN key to continue.
You will see one of three screens:
B1."Welcome to Prism" (Providing the SERVICE menu),
B2."Welcome to Suinfo", or
B3."Welcome to Prism" (Providing a list of two ACS files).

B1. Welcome to Prism (Providing the SERVICE menu):

Welcome to Prism 02/13/93 10:35
File selection 40 files available

Select a file or service by typing its name below,
or press the return key to see a list of all files,
or type a category number to see a list of files
in that category.

1. General Interest
2. CWIS: SU Events, SCIS, Job Ops, JOBNET, Housing,etc.
3. WOT: Network Accessible Resources
4. Demonstration
5. Applicable Development
6. Testing New Applications

Enter the name of the file you want.
To see a list of files, choose a category or press RETURN.
YOUR RESPONSE:
f1=Help f3=End
Also: Setup, Lock, Pause, End

Now that you have reached the SERVICE menu, you
may choose one of six categories. If you are looking for ERIC,
choose the first category (General Interest). For more
information on the SERVICE menu and its options, please
skip the rest of sections B and C and look in the next section
for that description.

B2. In the second instance, you may see an "intermediate" screen:
"Welcome to SUINFO!" and the screen will look like this:

Welcome to SUINFO! You will now be able to perform online
searches on all publically available databases currently carried by
PRISM. Before proceeding, the following may be noted:

This account may be used for PRISM searches only. Certain
databases cannot be reached because of licensing restrictions.
You may search these databases by logging into suvm the regular
way. PRINTing, SENDing to a userid or the WRITing to a
computer file of your search results has beendisabled. Numerous
error messages will be encountered if attempted!

The next screen will show the SERVICE menu (as shown in
section B1 of this document).

Once you have reached this SERVICE menu, you may choose any
one of the 6 categories. If you are looking for ERIC, you will have
to choose the first category (General Interest).

For more information on the SERVICE menu and its options,
please skip the rest of sections B and C and look at the description
of the SERVICE menu below.

B3. You may be "bumped" ahead and see a screen that says
"Welcome to Prism", listing two ACS files. In this instance, follow
the directions as outlined in section C.

C. If the next screen says "Welcome to Prism" and lists two ACS
files, then the procedure will be:

Welcome to Prism 02/13/93
File selection 40 files available
Choose a file or service by typing its number or name below.

NAME DESCRIPTION
1.ACS News ACS News and Notes Articles
2.ACS Newsline ACS Newsline Articles Database

There are two files like ACS News
Enter the name or number of the file you want.
Type HELP followed by the name of a file for information about that file.
f1=Help f3=End f7=Previous
Also: Setup, Lock, Pause, End

If the f1 key is the only key that will respond, you may have to select
a file from this menu before you can select f3 (f3=select) to return to
the SERVICES menu. The same procedure as decribed below will
work for both options.

The choice of one of the above two options, will lead to this screen:

ACS News Search 02/13/93 09:54

WELCOME TO ACS NEWS

This file contains the text of ACS News and ACS notes, newsletters
relating to computing ... (etc.)

Use the f3 key to return to the SERVICE menu.

Once you have reached the SERVICE menu, choose any one of the 6
categories. Choose the first category (General Interest) to find ERIC.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICE MENU AND ITS
OPTIONS

CATEGORY 1 (GENERAL INTEREST)
This category will provide a list of options that will cover
more than one screen. ERIC is one of the choices on the
second screen.

Prism 02/12/93 18:26
File selection 32 General Interest files available

NAME DESCRIPTION
1. ACS News ACS News and Notes Articles
2. ACS Newsline ACS Newsline articles database
3. Applications Catalog Catalog of SPIRES Applications for
Consortium
4. Art Artists SUART Artists subfile
5. Art Objects Syracuse University Art Collection
Objects
6. Audio Archive The Belfer Audio Archive's cylinder
recordings
7. COMPUSTAT Annual COMPUSTAT Industrial Annual
Da File (350:1-175)
8. COMPUSTAT PDE COMPUSTAT Prices, Dividends and
Earnings File
9. COMPUSTAT Quarterly COMPUSTAT Industrial Quarterly
Data File (40)
10.Consortium People People at SPIRES Consortium member
institutions
11.Consortium Sites SPIRES Consortium member institutions
12.CPC at S.U. (text only) Comprehensive Plan for Computing at S.U.
13.CSS Handbook Counseling & Support Services
Handbook

The menu of files continues on next page: press RETURN to
continue
Enter the name or number of the file you want.
Type HELP followed by the name of a file for information about
that file.
YOUR RESPONSE:
f1=Help f3=End f7=Previous
Also: Setup, Lock, Pause, End

IF YOU DO NOT SEE THIS LIST, type "setup" and choose
no.1. or "PRISM" from the setup screen.

The setup screen looks like this:

Setup selection

You may establish default settings for Prism to use in the
following areas.
Choose which SETUP you want by typing its name or number below.

1. PRISM Setup automatic file selection,
preferred mode, etc.
2. SEARCH Setup Personal Searches for use in
this file

If your choice from this list is ERIC, the following screen will come up:

Welcome to ERIC
(etc.)

Please refer back to section A for more detailed information about the
ERIC search.

If you would rather return to the SERVICES menu, use f3.

CATEGORY 2 (CWIS: Campus Wide Info. System)
This category will provide the following options:

Prism 02/13/93 06:53
File se12 SWIS: SU Events, SCIS, Job Ops, JOBNET, Housing, etc.
files available. Choose a file or service by typing its number or
name below.

NAME DESCRIPTION
1. AHS Housing Service ALTERACTS Housing Service
2. Art Artists SUART Artists subfile
3. Art Objects Syracuse University Art Collection
Objects
4. CPC at S.U. (text only) Comprehensive Plan for Computing at S.U.
5. CSS Handbook Counseling & Support Services
Handbook
6. Job Opportunies S.U. Job Opportunities Publication
7. JOBNET Job SU student part-time job information file
8. SCIS Catalog Course Catalog (1992-93)
9. SCIS Schedule Time Schedule of Classes
10. SCIS Syllabus Course Syllabus Abstract
11. SU Events S.U. Events Schedule
12. Weather Forecast A.L.F.A. Weather Forecast

Enter the name or number of the file you want.
Type HELP followed by the name of a file for information about
that file.
YOUR RESPONSE:
f1=Help f3=End f7=Previous
Also: Setup, Lock, Pause, End

If the F1 key is the only key that will respond, you may have to select
a file from this menu before you can select F3 (F3 = Select) to go
back to the SERVICES menu.

CATEGORY 3: WOT (Network Accessible Resources)
This category will provide the following information:

Prism
File selection 4WOT:Network Accessible Resources
files available

Choose a file or service by typing its number or name below.
NAME DESCRIPTION
1. IRG Internet Resource Guide
2. WOT Discussion Groups Database of Electronic
Discussion Groups
3. WOT LISTSERV Groups BITNET Discussion Groups
[LISTSERV LISTS file]
4. WOT notes Database of Network accessible
resources

Enter the name of number of the file you want
Type HELP followed by the name of a file for information about that file.
YOUR RESPONSE:
f1=Help f3=End f7=Previous
Also: Setup, Lock, Pause, End

If the F1 key is the only key that will respond, you may have to select a
file from this menu before you can select F3 (F3 = Select) to go back to
the SERVICES menu.

CATEGORY 4 (Demonstration)
This category will list the following options:

Prism 02/13/93 07:06
File selection 4 Demonstration files available

Choose a file or service by typing its number or name below.

NAME DESCRIPTION
1. Biblio Profile Profiles for Biblio applications
2. Biblio Sample Sample Bibliographic Application
3. Restaurants SPIRES guide to restaurants
4. United States Facts about the states (Demo file)

Enter the name or number of the file you want.
Type HELP followed by the name of a file for information about that file.
YOUR RESPONSE:
f1=Help f3=End f7=Previous
Also: Setup, Lock, End

If the F1 key is the only key that will respond, you may have to select a
file from this menu before you can select F3 (F3 = Select) to go back to
the SERVICES menu.

CATEGORY 5 (Application Development)
This category will provide the two possibilities:

Prism 02/13/93 07:12
File selection 2 Application Development files available
Choose a file or service by typing its number or name below.

NAME DESCRIPTION
1. Prism Profile Programmer's decription of a Prism application
2. Screen Definer Screen Definer

Enter the name or number of the file you want.
Type HELP followed by the name of a file for information about that file.
YOUR RESPONSE:
f1=Help f3=End f7=Previous
Also: Setup, Lock, Pause, End

If the f1 key is the only key that will respond, you may have to select a
file from this menu before you can select f3 (f3=Select) to go back to the
SERVICES menu.

CATEGORY 6 (Testing New Applications)
This category will provide the following options:

Prism 02/13/93 07:15
File selection 2 Testing New Applications files available
Choose a file or service by typing its number or name below.

NAME DESCRIPTION
1. BOTH-L Discussion Notes BOTH GUI
Discussion Group Archive (BOTH-L@SUVM)
2. CSS Handbook Counseling & Support Services Handbook

Enter the name or number of the file you want.
Type HELP followed by the name of a file for information about that file.
YOUR RESPONSE:
f1=Help f3=End f7=Previous
Also: Setup, Lock, Pause, End

The first option on the above menu (BOTH-L Discussion Notes) is
RESTRICTED
and you will need a password to enter.

If the f1 key is the only key that will respond, you may have to
select a file from this menu before you can use f3 to return to the
SERVICE menu.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
The authors of this document strongly recommend the use
of ERIC. It is simple to login, search and exit. Clear directions are
given at the bottom of each screen.

Graduate students in Education will find ERIC helpful for doing
research. Since a fee is usually charged for doing ERIC searches
in university libraries, conducting your own searches will save
both time and money!

For help call the ERIC Clearinghouse at 443-3640
or contact ASKERIC:
askeric@ericir.syr.edu

To report technical problems contact:

Jhychum Wang JINWANG@SUVM x-2134

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Sharon South
Sharon Huang
Meta Rousseau

TELNET SITE NAME:
FDA Electronic Bulletin Board

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
fdabbs.fda.gov
150.148.8.48

DESCRIPTION:
The FDA electronic bulletin board contains
information regarding the Food and Drug Administration.
This information includes its actions, congressional
testimony, news releases, consumer information, information
on AIDS, and information on veterinary medicine. This
telnet site is very friendly. Anyone interested in
exploring the site will find it easy to use.

SERVICES:
The services available appear on a menu as follows:
-News releases
-Enforcement Report (weekly recall list)
-Drug and Device Product Approvals list
-Centers for Devices and Radiological Health Bulletins
-Text from Drug Bulletin
-Current Information on AIDS
-FDA Consumer magazine index and selected articles
-FDA Federal Register Summaries by Subject
-Summaries of FDA information
-Index of News Releases and Answers
-FDA Federal Register Summaries by Publication Date
-Text of Testimony at FDA Congressional Hearings
-Speeches Given by FDA Commissioner and Deputy
-Veterinary Medicine News
-Upcoming FDA Meetings
-Import Alerts
-On-Line User's Manual (This is very helpful)

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. At login prompt type: bbs (Be sure to use lower case)
2. First time users will need to answer a few questions
to become a registered user
3. For registered users:
At login: Type: bbs;
Type: First name and last name
(There can be a long wait before the request for the
password appears. Be patient. The system is checking
for your name.)
Type: Password (password used when you registered)

EXIT SEQUENCE:
1. Type: QUIT at any BBS COMMAND prompt.

ACCESS COMMANDS: Type 'help' at the BSS COMMAND
prompt to get this display.
>Topics Displays a list of available topics
>Info Displays details on the current topic
>Info all Displays above details on all Topics
>Help Lists BBS commands permitted
>Quit Logoff the BBS
>Read Displays full text of documents
>Scan Lists documents in a selected Topic
>Search Finds documents with the keyword or keywords
you specify
>Page Toggles screen scrolling
>[name] Selects the [name] as the current topic

SAMPLE LOGIN:
1. At the Tenet prompt, type: telnet fdabbs.fda.gov
Trying 150.148.8.48
Connected to fdabbs.fda.gov
Escape character is '^]'
2. At first login command, type: bbs
3. Read each question that follows and answer them in order
to become a registered user.
4..You will be told that you are now a registered user and
messages about technical support, system access from
various locations and usage notes will be available.
5. See *friendly advice* for further advice on using this
site

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
Most of the information at this site is
only available for the current *month*. Then the articles
go into an archive and can be requested by phone. Just use
the index search to find the older articles. When entering
a BBS COMMAND use capital letters or lower case. Use these
commands to investigate the various topics.

Example:
FOR LIST OF AVAILABLE TOPICS TYPE TOPICS
OR ENTER THE TOPIC YOU DESIRE==> *MANUAL*

YOUR CURRENT TOPIC: MANUAL
TYPE QUIT TO LOGOFF OR TYPE HELP FOR AVAILABLE BBS
COMMANDS

PLEASE ENTER A BBS COMMAND==> *READ*
Read is a command that executes the topic Manual.
The manual will appear on screen and you can turn on a
logging session to receive it on your computer.
There is a sophisticated keyword search available as well as
is the use of the wildcard, *. For instance,' drug*' will
find you any reference available with drug as part of its
name.The manual explains the keyword search capabilities
quite well.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Sue Vasser
suev@tenet.edu

TELNET SITE NAME:
Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX)

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
fedix.fie.com
192.111.128.33

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
At login type FEDIX. The first time you login you will
be asked the following questions: name, organization type, school,
department, address, phone. In addition, you will be asked if you will
access through Internet and your Internet address. You will pick a
USERID.

DESCRIPTION:
F.I.E. is an on-line information service that links the higher
education community and the federal government to facilitate
research, education, and services. The system provides accurate and
timely federal agency information to colleges, universities, and other
research organizations.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Each menu has an option that will bring you back to
the previous menu or the main menu. When you wish to logoff
completely, press the zero key (0).

ACCESS COMMANDS:
No special commands are necessary. Every
menu gives complete directions. By selecting appropriate menu
options, you may begin at the F.I.E. Main Menu and work your way
through various intermediate menus to a desired sub-menu. Help
screens are available and can be viewed by typing a question
mark (?). An electronic bulletin board feature allows you to send
and receive messages to and from the system operator.

SERVICES (Main Menu):
The F.I.E. database is organized under a series
of branching menus. Main menu options include the following:

1 FEDIX - FEDIX provides information on federal agencies.
The Department of Energy (DOE), the Office of Naval Research
(ONR), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are providing comprehensive
education and research-related agency information. The National
Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD), and the Department of Commerce (DOC)
are providing minority assistance information exclusively.

The FEDIX database includes information on federal education
and research programs (including descriptions, eligibility, funding,
deadlines); scholarships and grants; available used government
research equipment; new funding for specific research and education
activities from the Commerce Business Daily, Federal Register,
and other sources; minority research and education programs.
Additional government agencies are expected to join in the future.

2 MOLIS - MOLIS (Minority College and University Capability
Information) provides the latest information on black and hispanic
colleges and universities including scholarship information.

3 HERO - HERO (Higher Education Resources and
Opportunities) provides free access to information from colleges and
universities on scholarship grants, fellowships, conferences, faculty,
and student development, research opportunities, partnerships,
initiatives, and other opportunities for minorities and women. All
U.S. colleges and universities are invited to participate in HERO
to announce programs, special services, financial assistance, and
other opportunities for minorities and women. At the present, only
Johns Hopkins University and the University of Virginia are
participating.

8 FIE Notices - This is a place in the database for information
to be posted for users.

9 Download FEDIX/MOLIS Files - Only Kermit downloads
and Ascii viewing of files are available to Internet users. To
download files via the Internet one must use Anonymous FTP.

0 Exit

SAMPLE LOGIN:

1. At the "Federal Information Exchange" Main Menu, select #2,
Minority College & University Capability Information (MOLIS).

2. At the "MOLIS On-Line Information Service" menu, select #2,
Scholarships/Fellowships.

3. At the "Scholarships and Fellowships for Minorities and
Women" menu, select #1 (DOEd's "Higher Education Opportunities
for Minorities & Women-Annotated Selections").

4. At the "DOEd's Higher Education Opportunities for Minorities
and Women's menu, select #5 (Undergraduate opportunities by
academic areas).

5. At the "Undergraduate Opportunities by Academic Areas" menu,
select #4 (Education). You will see a five page list of scholarships.
Then it will take you back to "Undergraduate opportunities by
academic areas).

6. Press the zero key (0) and then press the return key to exit
the MOLIS database.

7. Press the zero key (0) and then press the return key to exit the
Federal Information Exchange database.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
This telnet site is very user friendly. You can find information
about conferences and opportunities for the educator as well as
programs for students.

There is a dial-in number for technical assistance
(301) 975-0103. The help line for problems and comments is
staffed Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Eastern
Daylight time except on federal holidays.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Shirley Hasche

DOCUMENT REVISION:
Linda Paschal
(February 15, 1993)

TELNET SITE NAME:
Georgia College EduNet

INTERNET ADDRESS:
gcedunet.peachnet.edu

DESCRIPTION
A large collection of online resources for K-12 educators,
including Internet directories and on-line texts, CNN and Newsweek
Curriculum guides, a software evaluations library, Georgia's Quality
Core Curriculum, a multimedia file exchange for Macintosh, Apple II,
Apple IIgs, IBM, and Amiga platforms, and more.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
At system prompt,
Type in: telnet gcedunet.peachent.edu
Press
Here comes your first prompt from the system:
C)ontinue Q)uit
Hit 'C' to continue exploring GC Edunet or
Hit 'Q' to quit and exit the system.

After hitting 'C', you will meet prompts asking for your
user ID and password. New users need press for
both prompts to get into GC Edunet register procedure.

Registration is required for all users.

The following questions need to be answered to complete
registration.
Press after each data input

Full name
Password to use
Street address
City
State
Telephone number
Type of computer
School System

The user will then be issued an user ID number,
which will be used along with the user choosed password
to login next time.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
Basic command options are shown at the bottom line of
each screen.
They are:

Options while viewing Main Menu:
L)ogoff M)ail H)elp O)ptions >

Options while viewing Sub Menus:
L)ogoff P)revious menu M)ain menu H)elp

Options while viewing Text/Stax:
C)ontinue D)ump X)modem O)ptions H)elp E)xit >exit
.
.
.

To acces command, hit the letter befor each bracket ')'
e.g. L)ogoff M)ail H)elp O)ptions >
Hit letter 'L' for Logoff, 'M' for Mail, or 'H' for Help, etc.

SERVICES:
There are seven major directories under main menu. They
are:

1. About GC EduNet-
Information about Geogia College Education
Network and its services, including Chat, NREN, and
text documents. !2 items many with submenus.
2. Curriculum Guides-
Current lesson ideas for use in conjunction
with Cable News Network and Newsweek, plus CNN archive.
3. Quality Core Curriculum-
Information on the state of Georgia's Core Curriculum.
4. Organizations-
Other organizations which support or may be accessed
on the GC EduNet, including teacher associations, public
library services, and upcoming conferences.
5. Conferences-
This is a list of information on future conferences
available for the support of educational purposes.
6. Late breaking News-
Current events on GC EduNet events. This section includes
NASA news, the National Weather Service, and Top-Ten
Songs.
7. Libraries- Software and curriculum materials

NEW FEATURES:
As of 9/17/92 members of GC EduNET have the
opportunity to particpate in a "real time" chat with someone in in
GCEduNet office. According to the moderator, this chat feature is
designed to "give information about how to do something, how to
solve a problem or just to tell us how great we are."

Procedures to get into chat mode:
1. select 1 under main menu--about GC Edunet
2. select 2 under submenu--Chat with GC Edunet guide
3. select 1 --about chat
2 --Holler fer a guide
4. exit by type ^( shift-6)

SAMPLE LOGIN:
Once an user registers, a sample search is very easy
to conduct. After entering your ID number and
Password, The main menu appears on as well as command
options to go through the network.

Main Menu looks like this:

1. About GC EduNet
2. Curriculum Guides
3. Quality Core Curriculum
4. Organizations
5. Conferences
6. Late breaking news
7. Libraries

L)ogoff M)ail H)elp O)ption >

Now enter your choice from 1 to 7 and press .
A submenu will appear and allow you to search through
this directories for specific information or guides which
may be downloaded for use in the classroom.
Or, you may type H for help for other available system
commands.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Go to menu screen with L)ogoff command option
Type 'L' and press

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
GC Edunet is an extremely user friendly network to use.
It is a good place for beginning Telnet explorers to begin.
Follow the directions on each screen and to ask for help
when needed by typing 'H', or using the on-line e-maile,
or telephone calling 912-453-5121. Have patience, any wait
is worth the time.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Paul LaFond

UPDATE EDITORS:
Cynthia Garrett
Hsien Hu

SYSTEM MANAGER:
Barbara Monnet

TELNET SITE NAME:
Geographic Name Server

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
maratini.eecs.umich.edu 3000
141.212.100.9 3000

DESCRIPTION:
The Geographic Name Server gives geographic information
for U.S. cities, counties, and North American places by name,
state/province or zip code.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
After connection to the site is made there is no
specific login sequence.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
o exit, type exit, stop, and quit, logout, or control - D.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
When you see the dot . type your query. For example,
if you want information on Gretna, NE, type Gretna, NE. If you
simply type Gretna, you will see that the screen scrolls by too quickly
to read. You must be specific if possible. You may also type in zip
codes and you will receive information on the place.

Type help or ? for assistance.

SERVICES:
The following is a list of the information you may receive:

0
1
2
3
A
E
F
L
P <1980 census population>
R
T
Z

SAMPLE LOGIN:

1. At the . type in Boystown, NE.
2. You will receive the following information the screen:

0 Boystown
1 31055 Douglass
2 NE Nebraska
3 U.S. United States
F 45 Populated Place
L 41 15 40 N 96 07 54 W
Z 68010

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
Remember to type the state as well as the city to narrow
your search. Otherwise, if there are many city names the
same as the one you are searching for, scrolling occurs making it
difficult to read the information.

Direct question or comments to Tom Libert, libert@eecs.umich.edu or
phone (313) 936-3000.

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Kim Burry
Gay Dickerson

TELNET SITE NAME:
Gopher

INTERNET ADDRESS:
sunic.sunet.se

DESCRIPTION:
Gopher is a resource location service. It contains
directories of libraries and databases all over the world.
Through it's porthole one can locate database listings of
information, get an overall picture of where to look for the most
current and pertinent information on a topic, and gain entry to
many other telnet sites.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
-To log in, type: "Gopher" at log in prompt. There will be no
password. You will automatically be allowed entry.

-Once in, you will see :
Internet Gopher Information Client v1.03

Root gopher server: sunic.sunet.se

1. information about Gopher/
2. BASUN, The SUNET Info Server/
3. Databases via telnet/
4. ECHO (through SWITCH)
5. Ebone Information/
6. Electronic Newsletters & Journals (unt.edu)/
7. Eurogopher mailing list index
8. Eurogopher mailinglist/
9. Infoservers in European Countries/
10. International Library Services/
11. Internet Users' Glossary(from SLU)
12. Library of Congress
13. Nordic Information Services/
14. Nordic Internet Libraries/
15. Other Gopher and Information Servers/
16. PD Software FTP Archive/
17. Phone Books and E-Mail addresses/
18. Requests for Comments (RFC)/
19. Selected Library Services/
20. Subject Tree/
21. Veronica (search menu items in most of GopherSpace)/
22. Wide Area Information Services databases/
23. World Wide Web/
Press ? for Help, q to Quit, u to go up a menu

EXIT SEQUENCE:
-To leave a site or to exit from gopher you will need to do the
following:
_type "end" and the site will say "good-bye" some sites
ask you to type "q"
(it may return you to gopher)
_to leave gopher, simply type "q".

ACCESS COMMANDS:
-Other helpful commands: (listed under ? help screen)
m = return to main -L= redraw screen
=go previous
-To move the arrow to desired location type the number and press

(This may scroll the screen to a blank, except for the words MOVE
LINE TO: and then the number you entered. Press return again to
accept that one. (You may not see it move to that subdirectory.)
i.e.: to select # 19 type: "19" and press to select.

SERVICES/SAMPLE LOGIN:
Once in # --> 19. Selected Library Services/" you will see:

Internet Gopher Information Client v1.03
Selected Library Services
1. CARL
--> 2. The Electronic Library/
Press ? for Help, q to Quit, u to go up a menu

-To select the next directory you need to type the number and
press return, or use the arrow controls if your computer allows
it.
i.e: type 2, press to get The Electronic Library/.
Once in #2 The Electronic Library/ you will see:

The Electronic Library
1. Network Information/
2. A General Works/
3. B Philosphy, Psychology and Religion/
4. D History: General and Old World/
5. H Social Sciences/
6. J Political Science/
7. K Law/
8. L Education/
9. N Fine Arts/
10. P Language and Literature/
11. Q Science/
12. R Medicine/
13. S Agriculture/
14. Z Bibliography. Library Science/

Press ? for Help, q to Quit, u to go up a menu

-To select #4 type "4" and .or use the arrow controls if
your computer allows it.
-At this juncture you will see:
D History: General and Old World

--> 1. DS Coombs Papers - ANU Thai Yunnan WAIS Index
2. DU Coombs Papers - ANU Pacific Manuscripts WAIS Index

If you select #2 the screen stays the same but you get the
following message at the bottom:
Index word(s) to search for: __
for example type:
Index word(s) to search for: whaling

you will se the following:
DU Coombs Papers - ANU Pacific Manuscripts WAIS Index:
whaling

--> 1. pmb-0209.txt /wais/PAMBU/.
2. pmb-0298.txt /wais/PAMBU/.
3. pmb-0299.txt /wais/PAMBU/.
4. pmb-0681.txt /wais/PAMBU/.
. . . and a total of 40 articles on whaling.
Select #1 and you will see:

PACIFIC MANUSCRIPTS BUREAU
[This document last updated: Jan 1992]
These records are available via WAIS and anonymous ftp from
Coombspapers at Coombs.anu.edu.au (150.203.76.2)
Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 2601.
What follows is a description of the source.

To move around in Gopher just type "u" to move up a
directory. To move down a directory use the arrow keys or type
the # and return. For example you could type "u" twice and that
would bring you back to the:

Internet Gopher Information Client v1.03
Selected Library Services
--> 1. CARL
2. The Electronic Library/

Select item #1 and you will see:

Now connecting to pac.carl.org
Escape character is: '^]'

Welcome to CARL System
Please identify your terminal, choices are:
(You'll see a list of 9)
* I was successful with both Apple/IBM and vt100

-You will then be connected to a different site and commands and
tools will be site specific. (see listing for CARL)

CARL offers access to the following groups of databases:

1. Library Catalogs
(including Government Publications)
2. Current Article Indexes and Access
(including UnCover and ERIC)
3. Information Databases
(including Encyclopedia)
4. Other Library Systems
5. Library and System News

*I found that I could not gain entry to the encyclopedia with my
ID # or with my bitnet address. As of November 1992 ERIC access
has been restricted.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
Within the Euro networks, I found it difficult to use the
commands that they advised. Example -down arrow would
not allow me to maneuver through the documents. I had to press

seemed to work.
Some sites do not display the full text of an article. One
line is displayed at a time after each . However I had
success in downloading the file and then reading it.
Instead of reading a lengthy article, advance at least 2
pages into the article. At this point, type "q" to quit the
article. You will be given the option to mail the article, type
your internet address, and press return. As long as you stay in
sunic, every time thereafter saves will be automatically to your
address.
This site is huge, I suggest if you want to really get a
feel for the site then go to "1.information about Gopher/" and
download the site map (33K file).

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Jody McQuillan
Keith Rutledge
Raul Davila

TELNET SITE NAME:
Ham Radio Callbook

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
callsign.cs.buffalo.edu 2000
128.205.32.2 2000

DESCRIPTION:
The Ham Radio Callbook is primarily for ham operators.
However, anyone seeking the address or callsign of a ham operator
can use this handy national directory . It provides on-line access to
the information from several key word approaches.

SERVICE:
To provide the callsign and address of a particular ham
operator or to provide a list of ham operators at a particular
location. The service will search for a name and return the complete
address and callsign of the name if the person is a registered ham
operator.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. Login at the tenet> telnet callsign.cs.buffalo.edu 2000
2. You will see on the monitor: Trying 128.205.32.2...
3. Next on the monitor will be: Connected to electra.cs.buffalo.edu.
4. Followed by the message: Escape character is '^]'.
Type 'help' for help
5. The prompt will look like this: >>
6. For a list of commands type: help

(after typing help you will see:)

Available commands:
call [filters] callsign - lookup callsign
city [filters] city - lookup city
help [command] - get help on command
info - get info about server
more rows - set number of terminal rows
name [filters] surname - lookup last name
quit - exit the server
set name|data|raw|addr - set the display mode
zip [filters] zipcode - lookup zip code

Available regular expression filters:
-c filter by callsign
-f filter by first name
-l filter by last name
-a filter by street address
-z filter by zip code
-t filter by town
-s filter by state (or province)

For more information about the regular expressions, at the >> type:
help regexp

7. Type a key word at the >> prompt for desired information.
Example: >> zip 79735 (information about operators in zip 79735)
or at the >> call (and type known callsign to get information)
User can scroll to the end of the file or type "q" any time to
get back to the >>

EXIT SEQUENCE:
1. Type quit at the >>.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
The Ham Radio Callbook has a wealth of information and is
very easy to use. There is no password or special login code. All a
person needs in order to use the service is the address of the
directory and the desire to secure informations about a ham operator
in the U.S.A.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Peggy Wiseman

TELNET SITE NAME:
HP Calculator BBS

INTERNET ADDRESS:
hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com
15.255.72.16

DESCRIPTION:
The HP Calculator BBS is a Bulletin Board
System that provides a forum for discussion of Hewlitt
Packard Calculators including primarily discussions of
applications and product development of HPs. The
calculator most often addressed, either in questions,
product development or use is the HP48. The size and
complexity of this site may require at least intermediate
skills for complete and successful use

SERVICES:
The HPBBS provides an exchange of information
among any persons interested in HP products including users,
developers and software providers. The BBS also provides
numerous downloadable files to use on HP calculators.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
Three choices are available for logging in at the login> prompt:
quick - to access quick download areas
new - for the first time on the BBS
akcs - to use once an account is acquired

To apply for an account, and thus have access to all
files, type apply at the bbs prompt Main>. (This is worth
the few minutes it takes because it enables access to
many more files. If an account is applied for, remember
to sign in as akcs the next time.)

EXIT SEQUENCE:
q for quit

ACCESS COMMANDS:
Each conference allows 3 levels of participation:
- Read and/or respond to posted messages
- Uploading files from users computer to the BBS
- Downloading files from the BBS to users computer

conf a - to see a complete list of conferences
conf s - for subscribed conferences.
conf u - for unsubscribed conferences.

Main menu commands appear in every conference. At the main
menu these access commands may be used:
conf - to access conferences
chat - to talk online (is listed but says unavailable when
selected)
id - to identify a user
join - to join a conference (and thus be able to post
responses)
n - to advance to the next conference
o - options menu
p - to post a message
q - to quit
re - to read messages
su - to see messages in a conference
who - to see who is logged on
h - to get help
r - to respond to a message

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
There is an overwhelming amount of information at
this site, which serves all types and all aspects of HP
calculator use. It may be more advisable to limit searches to
particular areas of interest from among the 28 different conferences.

The BBS can be reached by telnet or FTP-anonymous.
The address is the same for both, only either telnet or ftp
should be entered before the address.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Judie Gustafson
jgus@tenet.edu

TELNET SITE NAME:
International Education Bulletin Board

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
eis.calstate.edu
130.150.102.33

DESCRIPTION:
The International Education Bulletin Board is established
by the California State University System's Study Abroad
Programs. There are six separate main databases to
choose in Menu.
1. General Information
2. CSU Policies, Programs and Information
3. U.S. Government Programs and Information
4. International Education Grants & Resources
5. International Education Bibliographies
6. Comments to Bulletin Board Manager
This site is valuable for educators who are associated
with international education programs, students who are
going to study aboard, or any one interested in interested
in international education as well as overseas travel. It
offers many Study Abroad Programs, Campus Exchange
Agreement, Campus International Directory, and the
Listing of Overseas US educational advising centers.
These information present you some education ideas and
which organizations you can contact. Some topics on sub
menu have not yet been defined but you can go to next
topic by hitting return. In General, the bulletin board is
very friendly. All information program listing and
contractor resources are directly provided on screen. You
can browse though each page by pressing return key or
choose scroll the screen at one time. The required level
should be novice use.

SERVICES:
Information for setting up a study abroad program based
on the requirements and recommendation in the CalState
system. A Bibliography of Information having to do with
study abroad programs. List of US embassies and
consulates from around the world. List of office in other
countries that facilitate study abroad.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. go to the system prompt
2. after prompt type telnet eis.calstate.edu
3. type intl to login
4. press return key

EXIT SEQUENCE:
1. ^] to escape
or
1. q to go the main menu
2. q to exit

ACCESS COMMANDS:
q: quit, moves you up the directory and out of the site or
out of a long document that you are viewing page by
page.
m: menu, is for mail which is turned off.
h: help, is for help
: next page
f: skip the next page
$: last page

If you give an incorrect response it gives you a different
prompt telling you that. After three incorrect response, it
will log you off.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
A novice uses can follow the menu system easily. Don't miss
the bibliography. It's got something for everyone. The bulletin board
contains reams of information about the CalState system but some
of the other areas are still "under construction."

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Hui-Ying Tai
huiying@tenet.edu
Mary Wilkey
mwilkey@tenet.edu

TELNET SITE NAME:
IPAC Extragalactic Database

INTERNET ADDRESS:
ned.ipac.caltech.edu
134.4.10.118
(Please do not use the old address ipac.caltech.edu )

E-MAIL ADDRESS:
ned@ipac.caltech.edu

CONTACT:
G. Helou, B. Madore
M. Schmitz (818) 397-9594

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
Type 'ned' and you are in (No password needed)

TERMINAL TYPE:
VT100 (or 102, 200, 300 series)

SEARCH STRATEGY:
This is an object-orirented database, It contains
top, middle, and buttom menus. The 'Help' command is always
available to you. This is a very user friendly database.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
^X (control X ) will always END THE
SESSION and DISCONNECT the user.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
Some useful commands are for
your reference.

^E ........... EXECUTES THE TASK defined by the input on the
current screen.
^X ............END THE SESSION and DISCONNECT the user.
^B ............Moves back to the PREVIOUS MENU when in a Menu.
^B (If there are data entry needed)
............ CANCELS ALL INPUT when IN A SCREEN WHICH
REQUIRES DATA ENTRY. Thus typing ^B twice will
cancel input and back up one menu.
^H ............ Provides concise HELP on the current screen of
the interface.
^L ............. REDRAWS (or refreshes) the current screen.
^R ............. RETURNS the session back to the TOP LEVEL MENU.

ANNOUNCEMENT:
* Please Note: Address changed on Sep. 21, 1992
Do not use the old address (ipac.caltech.edu).

DESCRIPTION:
The NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE (NED)
is a research-supported program which conducted at the Infrared
Processing and AnalysisCenter(IPAC), Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
and California Institute of Technology, under contract with the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NED is open to the astronomical community world-wide.
It is an on-going effort, funded by NASA to make available over
computer networks the rapidly accumulating literature on
EXTRAGALACTIC objects.

SERVICES:
The NED service is made possible by Science Operations
Branch, astrophysics division, Office of Space Science and
Applications, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
This interface connects you to an object-oriented database,
built around a master list of EXTRAGALACTIC OBJECTS for
which CROSS-IDENTIFICATIONS of names have been
established, ACCURATE AVAILABLE POSITIONS entered
and some BASIC DATA collected. This interface allows you
to search this master list, and retrieve BIBLIOGRAPHIC
REFERENCES associated with the objects, ABSTRACTS
of RECENT JOURNAL ARTICLES, and PUBLISHED NOTES.
This system will respond to simple requests in about 15
seconds;long lists of objects or references may require 1 to 3 minutes.
Thisinterface assumes that you have a VT100 terminal, or VT100
emulation. (VT102, and members of the VT200 or VT300 series
will also work)

NED AT PRESENT:
At present NED contains extensive CROSS-
IDENTIFICATIONS for over 200,000 objects -- galaxies, quasars,
infrared and radio sources, etc. NED provides POSITIONS, NAMES,
and BASIC DATA (e.g. MAGNITUDES, REDSHIFTS), as well as
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES, ABSTRACTS AND NOTES.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES are provided by SIMBAD
for 1983 to 1989, derived by NED for several journals since January
1990. The ABSTRACTS are collected by NED from several journals
since 1988, the NOTES are from major catalogs such as the RC1,
MCG, Hubble Atlas, etc.

SAMPLE LOGIN:

After login through typing 'ned', a wecome note will show
on the screen. After you type the 'return' key, there will be three
(top, middle and buttom) boxes shown on your screen.

Top screen contains different search topics. You can either
use the arrow keys to move up/down and left/right or you can type
in numbers. But don't forget to push 'return' key. The top menu
looks something like:

0:NED News 2:Objects 4:Environment 6:Tutorial 8:Batch Job

1:What's NED? 3:Literature 5:Coord Calc 7:Comments

Middle screen contains the information you will read under the
category you choose.

Bottom screen contains the commands those you will be using
such as:
^E=Execute ^H=Help ^T=Next value
^B=Abort data entry RETURN=Next field

At the beginning of each serach, you will be asked:

Do you want to get the search result by mail? YES/NO

E-mail address: ________________________

Would you like the NED interface HELP files mailed to you?
YES/NO

You can choose to have your search result send to you by
mail or not. Use ^T (ctrl T) to inverse YES or NO value. You can
type in your E-mail address and you will receive the result by E-mail.

After type in the answers, you need to type ^E (ctrl E) to get
out of the question loop and go to the top menu to choose the category
you want to search.

In each category there are different sub menus for you to do
yoursearch. You can always use the arrow key to move around. If
you want togo to other category, ^R (ctrl R) will take you to the
top menu. And remember to type the 'return' key.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
If you are interested in astronomical objects, you will enjoy
this user-friendly object oriented service. Make sure you have a
specific research idea ready. All the results will atuomatically be
sent by mail to you, so you don't have to worry about saving it.

DOCUMENT AUTHORs:
Emil Biga ( 1992)
Janey Wang (1993)

REVISED DATE:
Feb. 14, 1993

TELNET SITE NAME:
ISAAC
Information System for Advanced Academic Computing

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
ISAAC.ENGR.WASHINGTON.EDU
128.95.32.61

DESCRIPTION:
ISAAC provides information for IBM users about software
and hardware for instruction and research in higher education.
ISAAC is funded by IBM and operates at the University of
Washington. Access is free to all faculty, staff, and students
currently affiliated with an institution of higher education.
It is possible to access ISAAC via modem or via the Internet
computer network.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS: Dial in access to
ISAAC requires you to have an IBM PS/2 or PC, a modem, and
communications software. Configure your communications software
to emulate a VT100 terminal. I had trouble using the Internet Access,
so if you are not able to read the entire screen upon entering ISAAC
or if you are unable to use your arrow keys to select a topic, I
suggest you access ISAAC directly by dialing 1-800-237-5551 (if
inside the local Seattle area or outside the United States, call:
1-206-543-3761)

NOTE: You must be a subscriber to use ISAAC. You
cannot be a guest. Therefore, once you are connected to ISAAC,
you will be asked to register as a subscriber. To do this, type
"register" in lower case as your access code. Once you have
registered, you will be sent an access code and password by
mail in a few days. Always remember to type your access
code and password in lower case!

EXIT SEQUENCE:
q = Quit
Q = Logout

ACCESS COMMANDS:
Single letter commands are used to perform
all functions in ISAAC. Most are lower case, however, some
are upper case or require the CTRL (control) key to be
pressed in combination with a letter. Some useful commands
are as follows:

? = Displays Help
c = Displays list of commands
m = Make an entry
r = Reply to an entry
e = Edit and update entry
d = Delete an entry
s = Save an entry
S = Send entry to net ID
z = Search forum
i = Display information about databases
+ = Select database
q = Quit
Q = Logout

USING THE HOT KEYS
------------------
ISAAC's "hot keys" are those command keys used to move you
quickly from one service to another. The capital letters F, D, U,
and I will take you from the current screen to the Forums,
Databases, Utilities, or About ISAAC immediately. The capital
Q is enables you to end your current ISAAC session from most
screens. Using these hot keys to move through ISAAC will
minimize the amount of time spent moving through the
layers of the system.

SERVICES:
ISAAC offers four basic services: Forums, Databases,
Utilities, and About ISAAC. Each of these services may be
selected from the ISAAC Main Menu.

1) FORUMS (Press "F") - The forums are ISAAC's "bulletin
board", or discussion area where users exchange information.
ISAAC's forums contain both general interest and academic
discipline topics. These forums are places where IBM users
share ideas and ask questions about computer use in higher
education. There is also a forum (Ask ISAAC) where you can
place entries related to your use of ISAAC.

2) DATABASES (Press "D") - The databases contain
reference information for users to browse and download.
ISAAC's databases contain reference information pertaining
to computer use for instruction and research. This information
includes items such as software descriptions, software
reviews, and project descriptions. The Database List shows
you the names of each database on ISAAC. When you
choose Databases, you will see the following list:

----------------------------------------------------------
I S A A C - D a t a b a s e L i s t
----------------------------------------------------------
Select database(s) to search by moving the cursor to a
desired database and pressing '+'. After choosing data-
bases, press to search.
----------------------------------------------------------
Page 1 of 2
IBM Research Solutions (research software abstracts)
Software Package Descriptions
General Information
Professional Societies
Project Descriptions
Disability Resources - Products
Disability Resources - Support Groups
Chemistry Curriculum
Economics Curriculum
Electrical Engineering Curriculum
English Curriculum
Mathematics Curriculum
Physics Curriculum
Psychology Curriculum

3) UTILITIES (Press "U") - The Utilities section contains
ISAAC's system and user services. ISAAC's Utilities are a
selection of system tools intended to enhance and simplify
your use of ISAAC. Each utility has its own function and
its own set of instructions. You can use the Utilities to
change your password, create a personal signature file, to
view the file of saved ISAAC entries, or to transfer files
between your system and ISAAC.

4) ABOUT ISAAC (Press "I") - Presents a menu of topics and
information to help you use ISAAC! About ISAAC contains
topics intended to help you personalize your ISAAC sessions
and to assist you in customizing your ISAAC account. About
ISAAC also provides users with an on-line copy of the User Guide.
Select About ISAAC any time you need detailed information
specifically about the ISAAC system.

SAMPLE LOGIN:
----------------------------------------------------------
SAMPLE SOFTWARE REVIEW FILE:
----------------------------------------------------------
Alge-Blaster Plus

Academic category: Academic Skills

Description:

Alge-Blaster. Plus is designed for students who have
not mastered skills and concepts taught in most first year,
high school algebra courses. It helps students understand
concepts and apply skills in first year, secondary algebra.
Topics covered are: Integers, operations, monomials/
polynomials, factoring, equations, systems of linear
equations, algebraic fractions, radical expressions,
quadratic equations, and graphing. Five learning activities
are included: Learn - interactive tutorial; Solve - problem
solving; Translate - translating between words and algebraic
expressions; Graph - graphing coordinate pairs, slopes and
lines; and Game - reinforces graphing skills. An editor
enables instructors to add problems to Solve.

Software Information
Current Version: N/A
Release Date: 12/89
Copies Sold or Distributed: N/A
Level: Developmental
Author
Davidson & Associates, Incorporated
P.O. Box 2961
Torrance, CA 90509
Available From
Davidson & Associates, Incorporated
P. O. Box 2961
Torrance, CA 90509
(800) 545-7677
Charges
Single Edition: $49.95
2-Disk Teacher Pack: $59.95
5-Disk Lab Pack: $149.95
Network Version: $2349.95
Instructional Support
Contact Publisher, Contact Author
Technical Support
Contact Publisher
Technical Information
Operating Environment: PC, PS/2
Operating System: DOS
Program Memory Requirements: 512KB
Disk Requirements: Available on 3.50"
or 5.25" diskettes
Monitor Requirements: N/A
Network Version Available
Publicity Recognition
Curriculum Product News, January, 1990

Entry last revised: 04/18/91

* * * E n d o f e n t r y * * *
---------------------------------------------------------

HELPFUL HINTS:
If you find an entry you would like to keep for your
own reference, you can save the entry in a file called isaac.txt or send
the entry to your network ID. This file can be later downloaded to
your own system. Downloading and uploading functions are
located in Utilities.

PROBLEMS: Contact the ISAAC office if you have questions:
(206) 543-5604 or send a message to isaac@isaac.engr.wash-
ington.edu.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Carol Waldron

TELNET SITE NAME:
Knowbot Information Service

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
nri.reston.va.us 185
132.151.1.1 185
sol.bucknell.edu 185
134.82.1.8 185

DESCRIPTION:
Knowbot is an useful information service for locating
someone with an Internet address. Knowbot does not
have its own "white pages" recording internet users like a
telephone book. However, Knowbot can access to other
information services that have their own "white pages"
and search for you. Commands to operate knowbot service
are easy but not very user friendly to first time users.

SERVICES:
Knowbot serves as a gateway for internet users in remote
hosts by sending searching commands to find someone in internet,
receiving thesearching results and presenting results in a uniform
format for theuser. However, very often the Knowbot search is
fruitless, because of the incomplete information of internet users.

Listed below are remote host accessible to Knowbot. They
all have their own users information pools.
nic
mcimail
ripe
x500
finger
nwhois
mitwp
quipu-country
quipu-org
ibm-whois
site-contacts

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
At system prompt, type telnet nri.reston.va.us 185
systemprompt> telnet nri.reston.va.us 185

EXIT SEQUENCE:
To exit Knowbot, type “quit” at the Knowbot prompt.
>quit

ACCESS COMMANDS:
To enact command, type the command at Knowbot
prompt,
>[command]
e.g. >help

Access commands of Knowbot include:
>help
to print a summary of Knowbot commands on
screen

>man
to print an on-line manual of Knowbot on screen

>quit
to exit Knowbot information system

>[name]
to start searching a name of person with internet
address
e.g. >Krol

>services
to list all Knowbot accessible hosts

>service [hostname]
to narrow the search service on a specific host
e.g. > service nic

>org [organization]
to narrow the search service on a specific
organization
e.g. >org University of Illinois

>country [country name]
to narrow the search service on a specific country
e.g. >country US

SAMPLE LOGIN:
1. telnet to Knowbot at system prompt
systemprompt> telnet nri.reston.va.us 185

2. specify the organization of the person to be searched
> org university of Illinois

and/or you may specify the host service
> service nic

3. type in the name to start searching
> krol

4. You may get the following result:

Name: Ed Krol
Organization: University of Illinois
Address: Computing and Communications Service
Office,195 DCL, 1304 West Springfield
Avenue
City: Urbana
State: IL
Country: US
Zip: 61801-4399
Phone: (217) 333-7886
E-Mail: Krol@UXC.CSO.UIUC.EDU
Source: whois@nic.ddn.mil
Ident: EK10
Last Updated: 27-Nov-91

5. exit Knowbot
> quit

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
Since there are no complete recordings of all Internet
users, it is better not to expect to locate every internaut
through Knowbot. However, the more you know about
the person you want to locate, the easier the searching
process, because you can narrow the search by specifying
organization, country, or host of the person to be searched,
which will save you a lot of time.

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Hsien Hu
Irma Garza

TELNET SITE NAME:
Liberty High

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
nysernet.org
192.77.173.2

DESCRIPTION:
Liberty High is a Collaborative Partnership among 5 High
Schools, 4 Universities, & NYSERNet. It is designed to help
students "Bridge the Gap" between high school and college by
allowing electronic visits to colleges and providing a BBS for
questions about admission requirements, college life, financial
assistance and other student concerns. The site serves as a
gateway to on-line admission information at Cornell, New York
University, SUNY Binghampton, and University of Rochester.
Ask Liberty Hi functions as a simulated High School guidance
counselor. Teens can seek answers to both philosophical and
pragmatic questions. Homework questions (facts and statistics)
are discouraged. Menus and prompts are very clear, but because
each University has its own log-in sequences, menus, services
and commands, this site is probably most appropriate for an
intermediate user or a student with an experienced guide.

SERVICES:
There are two activities available.
1. Admissions information for Cornell, New York
University, SUNY Binghampton, and University
of Rochester.
2. Ask Liberty-Hi: A question and answer format.
Postings of previous questions and answers are archived
and easily available. There is a simple key word or
phrase search function.

Plans are underway to make Liberty Hi a GOPHER interface.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
telnet nysernet.org
1. login: librtyhi
2. password: librtyhi
3. Escape Character is ^]

EXIT:
1. Return to Main Menu by entering 99 at each sub-menu.
2. Type 99 to exit.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
From the main menu:
= Hit return (or enter)
When reading postings:
Press (q) and press to stop reading postings
or press to continue reading.
When entering a question:
Press d when you have completed the message.
When visiting college sites:
Instructions vary at each site and need to be written down.

SAMPLE LOGIN:
1. At login: enter librtyhi
2. At password: enter librtyhi
3. At Main Menu enter: 3 (Ask Liberty-hi) and press
4. At Ask Liberty-hi Menu
enter: 1 (Read postings) and press
5. At Read Posted Questions and Answers Menu
enter: 1 (Read entries starting with the last) and press
6. Prompt giving number of archived questions and answers
appears.
7. Enter to continue reading.
Option to continue
or
Quit (q) and will come up periodically.
8. Enter (q) and to stop reading.
At prompt enter 99 to stop reading entries.
9. At Read Posted Questions and Answers Menu
enter 99 to Stop reading entries.
10. Enter 99 again to Return to Ask Liberty-hi menu
11. At Ask Liberty-hi Menu enter 99 to return to Main Menu
12. At Main Menu enter 99 to Exit LIBERTY HI

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
This site is most appropriate for students seriously
looking at college. Exploring Liberty High with a guidance
counselor could help students discover the type information that
is usually considered when thinking about college options.
Response to posted messages is thorough and often includes
text references for further information. Questions and answers
are posted from most recent to oldest. This can make reading slow.
At this writing (April 1993) there are 43 questions and answers
archived. The most recent is dated December 1, 1992. None of my
questions were ever answered. Because of this problem, students
may prefer the University Admissions options. Cornell on-line was
easy to use and appealing to my students. This is a relatively new
project, andsuggestions and ideas for improvement are encouraged.
Schools and individuals wishing to become more involved can
contact Marion French at mfrench@nysernet.org.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Cynthia Garrett
czg@tenet.edu

TELNET SITE NAME:
LOCIS: The Library of Congress Information System

INTERNET ADDRESS:
locis.loc.gov
140.147.254.3

DESCRIPTION:
The Library of Congress includes over 15 million catalog
records and over 10 million records of federal legislation, copyright
registrations, Braille and audio, organizations and foreign law.
This site is very easy to use and the menuing system is
understandable and holds no unwanted or unexpected surprises

SERVICES:
Library of Congress Catalog; contains an extensive on-line
card catalog of French 1973-present, other European languages 1976-
1977, non-European languages 1978-1979. Some microfilms 1984-
present. There are also some serials, maps, music and audiovisual
items listed in the catalog.

Federal Legislation: tracks and describes legislation
introduced in Congress from 1973 to present. Each file covers a
separate Congress.

Copyright Information: Lists works registered for copyright
since 1978 includes books, films, music, maps, sound recordings,
software, multimedia kits, drawings, posters and sculpture. Serials
include periodicals, magazines, journals and newspapers are listed
since 1978. Also in this section are documents relating to
copyright ownership such as name changes and transfers.

Braille and Audio: Lists publications converted to Braille,
a recorded format or large print. Titles can be browsed by author,
title, subject heading, series, partial LC call #, Dewey #,
holding or cataloging agency, foreign language. Key word searching
is also available.

Organizations: the National Referral Center Resources File
provides more than 12,000 descriptions of organizations qualified
to answer questions and provide information on topics in science,
technology and social science. The file is updated WEEKLY and is
based on a national inventory program started in 1962. Each
description contains the name of the organization, mailing
address, location, telephone number, areas of
interest, holdings, publications and information services.

Foreign Law: contains abstracts of legislation from 33 countries
around the world. The current holdings come mainly from Hispanic
language countries although some French and English-language
countries are included. Also in this section are article citations
for materials in selected legal publications relating mainly to
Hispanic legal systems.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
>telnet locis.loc.gov
after connection is completed press return a menu appears
select the item of interest and type in its corresponding number

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Type a 12 at the main menu (this is an option displayed on
screen), there will be a prompt inviting users comments if you
want to comment type in response if not again type a 12 and you
will be reconnected to the tenet>

ACCESS COMMANDS:
None everything is menu driven with on screen options to do
all functions.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
There are two searching manuals available for users of LOCIS
over the Internet. Each can be retrieved through FTP or purchased
from the Library's Cataloging Distribution Service. The LOCIS Quick
Search Guide is a 30 page guide which contains brief instructions
taking a searcher step-by-step through basic searches on all
files. FTP seq1.loc.gov and look in /pub/LC.Online

The LOCIS Reference Manual is approximately 200 pages long
with more detailed information. to retrieve FTP seq1.loc.gov and look
in /pub/LC.Online

Hours of operation: Mon-Fri 6:30am - 9:30 pm
Saturday 8:00am - 5:00 pm
Sunday 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
All times are eastern

The menu system works in ALL areas of the site. It might
take a little time to get familiar with the menu system unless you
are already familiar with library computer systems.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Cherie Long

TELNET SITE NAME:
Library of Congress (partial holdings)

INTERNET ADDRESS:
dra.com
192.65.218.43

DESCRIPTION:
This is a public accessible database which contains all the
cataloging records as distributed by the LC Cataloging Distribution
Service. It is not the same as the Library of Congress Catalog.
Yet it is very useful for finding records, publications, and archives
in the Library of Congress. This sites utility is somewhat limited
by not having a subject search command.

SERVICES:
Educators can search this database for items in the
Library of Congress collection. These are the types of searches
available.

Type of Search Description
Author To find authors, composers, performers,
illustrators, conferences, and corporate authors.
Title To find a work by title, or generic title.
CALL NUMBER Assigned Classification Number
ISBN International Standard Book Number
ISSN International Standard Serial Number
LCCN Library of Congress Catalog Number
REFERENCE Additional Reference Numbers

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. When at a UNIX prompt type:
and either following internet address,
dra.com
192.65.218.43 and press

2. No password or id is needed, if there is space at the site you
will be logged on. Access is limited to 30 minutes during peak
hours.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
1. Make sure you are at the main search screen, if not type "B" to
get to this screen.

2. then type and press

ACCESS COMMANDS:
These are the commands which are useful for educators.
When on screen help is needed type and for more
information. You will see this screen:
PUBLIC ACCESS HELP LINE

# Available Help

1 General Help
2 Subject searching
3 Title searching
4 Author searching
5 Call Number searching
6 Searching by Control Numbers

Type a LINE # and press the (RETURN) key for more information.
Type "B" and press the (RETURN) key to go back to the previous
screen.
You may enter a new search at any time.

Here are the various commands:
All commands are not case sensitive.

KEY DOES THE FOLLOWING

DELETE < X | Erases one character to the left
(CTRL)'Z' Exits
B Backs up to the previous screen
A= Starts an author search
T= Starts a title search
C= Starts a call number search
Using A, T, or C (no =) will bring up a prompt for author,
title, or call number search. Using the = sign in the
search takes one directly into the search. Use the = sign
with no spaces around the sign.
1-9 Selects a specific line number for information
PRINT Prints the screen using an attached printer

COMMAND DOES THE FOLLOWING
ST Start Over
N Go to the Next Screen
P Go to the Previous Screen
? Brief help information
?? Detailed explanation of the system

WHEN A TITLE IS DISPLAYED
COMMAND DOES THE FOLLOWING

B Backup to the previous screen
1-4 Select a line number for more information
about the item or subscription.
(RETURN) Display additional titles or holdings
F Display the full title record
M Display the detailed title record
ST Start over
?? Display this explanation of the system

SAMPLE LOGIN: _____________
1. access the site and you will see:

Tenet> telnet dra.com
Trying 192.65.218.43...
Connected to dra.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connecting to the DRA copy of the LC-MARC catalog, please wait...
Please use DEC VT100 emulation, continuing.

2. after several informational screens you will get to the main search
screen:

Data Research Associates, Inc. Guest Access

Select a command option from the following list. Enter the code
between the <> characters and press the (RETURN) key after
entering the command.

uthor To find authors, composers, performers,
illustrators, conferences, and corporate authors.
itle To find a work by title, or generic title.
it To logoff
ext page To do other types of searches
Read what's NEW in this catalog

Records in this database originating with the Library of Congress are
copyrighted by the Library of Congress except within the U.S.A.

This service is not affiliated with the Library of Congress.
Mail comments, or suggestions to CATALOG@DRA.COM

Enter your command or search below and press the (RETURN) key.

3. If you choose the author search you will get:

AUTHOR SEARCH
Enter the author, composer, performer, corporate author, or
conference you want to find and then press the (RETURN) key.
Hints:
Enter the author's last name first, followed by their first name.
Only enter as many characters of the name as you know.
Proper capitalization and punctuation are NOT required.

For example:
Twain, Mark
Digital Equipment Corporation
Computers in Libraries Conference
For a shortcut, you can also enter the search in one command.
A=King Stephen

Type and press (RETURN) for more help.

4. I typed who was a pioneer photographer
of the American west. This was the result:

# titles --------------------- Authors -------------------
1 1 Jackson, William Henry.
2 35 Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.
3 1 Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. Ancient ruins in
southwester
4 1 Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. Colorado.
5 1 Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. Rocky Mountain railroad
albu
--------------------------------------------------
Enter: Line # (1,2,3, etc.) to see works associated with your search.
ext screen "B"ackup
"P"revious screen art over
it search it

4. I then typed <2> to look at the 35 references on Jackson, William
Henry, 1843-1942.
What followed were several screens on the various articles in the
collection. Original photographs in the collection from 1871 to 1901
were described.

(Record 5 of 35)

Author: Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887.
Title: The Yellowstone National Park, and the mountain
regions of portions of Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and
Utah / described by Professor F.V. Hayden ... ;
illustrated by chromolithographic reproductions of
water-color sketches by Thomas Moran, artist to
the expedition of 1871.

Notes: "As to my own share in the work... I have confined
myself to a short account of the discovery of the Yellowstone region,
and of its natural features, together with concise description of the
illustrations"--Pref. by Hayden.
Notes: Howes, W. U.S.iana (2nd ed.), H 338
Notes: McClinton, K.M. Chromolithographs of Louis Prang, p. 159
Notes: LC copy specially bound, with 10 mounted photographs by
Henry Jackson bound in at end.
Notes: Source: Purchase, June 13, 1991.
Publication Info: Boston : L. Prang and Company, 1876.
Phys. Description: v, 48 p., [15] leaves of plates : 15 col. ill., 2
maps ; 55 cm.

Subjects: Yellowstone National Park.
Subjects: Rocky Mountains.
Subjects: Mountains--West (U.S.)

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
Try to login at night when access is easier, and time limits
are not imposed.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Keith Rutledge

TELNET SITE NAME:
The Lorain County Free-Net

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
freenet.lorain.oberlin.edu
132.162.32.99

DESCRIPTION:
The Lorain County Free-Net is a community based network
in Lorain County, Ohio. The major categories for bulletin boards are:
Business, communications, community, computers, education,
government, health, libraries and social services. Most of these topics
have a strong community orientation. Of particular interest is the
Education Center, where files from the Academy One project are
available. Also in this area, you will find several discussions centered
on telecommunications and education. Overall, the free-net has a
fairly easy to use menu based interface which makes it quite
accessible to the novice user.

SERVICES:
In addition to the discussion areas mentioned above, the
registered user will also have access to Internet Relay Chat, e-mail,
telnet and local library services.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
For new, unregistered users:
1. Telnet to the address listed above.
2. You will be informed that a connection has been made,
and that the escape character is ^]. At this point, it
may take the system a while to give you a login prompt.
If it takes over a minute or so, break the connection
and try again.
3. At the login prompt, type "guest". *Note: As you
will read later, telnet connections to the freenet may
be rather slow, taking up to 15 seconds to echo the
characters you type. Be patient, and as soon as the
complete word is visible, press enter.
4. A password is not needed for guest login, so the first
thing you see is a screen describing your access
privileges.
*Note: At the bottom of the screen, you will be
prompted to press return to quit. This is a potential
point of confusion. Pressing return will now cause you
to quit the freenet, but rather to move on from this
screen. Equally ambiguous is the next prompt, which
appears in the same place as soon as return is
pressed... now you are asked to press return to continue.
Do it.
5. You will now see a series of introductory screens.
Page through these using the spacebar until the system
asks you to press return to continue. Pressing return
will land you in the main menu.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Enter the letter "x" at any prompt. Usually you will be asked
to verify your decision to leave the net, but from the main menu the
command will be carried out immediately.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
Navigation through the free-net is accomplished with an easy
to use menu system. On any given menu, the most common commands
will be displayed by default. The following are the most useful
navigation commands.

m -returns you to the main menu.
p -returns you to the previous menu.
? -displays a list of commands.
h -displays a help file.
x -exits the system completely.

You may move to the different discussion areas in one of
two ways.
1. From the menu, enter the number of the area you wish to move to.
2. From the system prompt, type the word "go" followed by a space
and the name of the area to which you wish to move. These area
names are listed on the menus.

For more detailed help information, type "go help".

SAMPLE LOGIN:
1. Telnet to freenet.lorain.oberlin.edu or 132.162.32.99
You will see the telnet escape message followed
by “SunOs Unix (freenet) “ and the word "login".
2. Type the word "guest"
Use either the enter key or spacebar to navigate through the
following screens, as prompted by the system.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
While the Lorain County Free-Net may have important
resources and an easy to use interface, the telnet user may find it of
limited value due to the speed of the connection. In each of several
sessions in March and April, 1993, the system was always *extremely
slow*. Expect to wait up to 15 seconds for a single character to
echo in the menu seconds, 30 seconds in the bbs, and pauses of
up to 30 seconds during individual screen displays. Once entered,
commands take some time to execute, particularly in the
messaging areas. Occasionally, you may need to press the enter
key a second time to begin execution.
I am blaming the slow speeds on the telnet connection itself.
I made the long distance call to connect directly with the free-net,
and the servicewas as fast as could be expected for a 2400 baud
modem. The telnet connections were made at different times of
day, from morning to late atnight and on weekends, and the
service was slow on each occasion.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Bill Rainey

TELNET SITE NAME:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Bibliography

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
forsythetn.stanford.edu
36.172.0.41

DESCRIPTION:
The MLK Bibliography file contains approximately
2,700 bibliographic references pertaining to Martin Luther
King, Jr., and the civil rights movement, especially
the Black freedom struggle. References include works
and speeches about and by Dr. King. Verification of
citations and updates on included works are continually
being refined by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project.
Staff encourages users to send their comments and suggestions.

SERVICES:
A wealth of information on the Afro-American struggle
for civil rights and freedom in America can be gleaned
from the MLK bibliography. Many celebrated and renowned
individuals are listed in the citations.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. Telnet to the address listed above. You will be
welcomed to the Stanford Data Center.
2. At Account? prompt, type: Socrates
You will be connected to Socrates, the catalog of
the Libraries of Stanford University. Descriptions
of the END and HELP commands are given.
3. At OK to proceed? prompt, type: YES
4. At Type of terminal? prompt, type: VT100
(If this is not your terminal type, type: HELP,
for a list of 91 fully and partially supported
terminal types that the computer at Stanford
recognizes.)
5. At YOUR RESPONSE prompt, type: select mlk

You are now in the MLK Bibliography. You have several
options at this point on how to proceed. Let your interest
be your guide!

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Type: END
(N.B.: There is no safety net, so when you END your session,
you are immediately logged out.)

ACCESS COMMANDS:
You have several options to access MLK Bibliographic
materials. You can find files by:
A AUTHOR of material
O ORGANIZATION as author
T TITLE of work
D DATE of material
C CLASS of material
S SECTION of the Guide
You can type HELP for assistance on how to use any of these
commands.

SAMPLE LOGIN:
1. Telnet forsythetn.stanford.edu
2. Account? socrates
3. OK to proceed? YES
4. Type of terminal? VT100
5. YOUR RESPONSE: select mlk

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
This site is very user-friendly. At any point you desire
further information or assistance on operation options,
simply type HELP. The system even has a handy Search Hints
option which explains how to locate various files. Options
include BROWSE, FIND and Boolean Operation commands.
A SUGGEST command enables users to send comments,
suggestions, or questions about the MLK Bibliographic Index.
Commands at this site are not case sensitive and can be
abbreviated, such as, "h" for HELP. When you END your
session the system lets you know how long you were logged on.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Nancy Reppert

TELNET SITE NAME:
MicroMUSE
A Virtual Reality Adventure Game

ADDRESSES:
michael.ai.mit.edu
micro.csufresno.edu
18.43.0.177

DESCRIPTION:
MicroMUSE is a combination of real-time "chat" group and
role-playing science fiction game. The user can enter the 24th
century world of MicroMUSE and meet many other characters who
inhabit the space colony. MicroMUSE may be useful as an activity
for acquainting a student with computer networking as well as an
excercise in creativity where students can communicate, explore,
and even design their own corner of the microworld.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
When the system asks for a login, type: guest (NO CAPS!)
When it asks for a terminal type, type: vt100
When it asks which program,
select tiny type by typing: tt
After you receive some welcoming text and the request
"Please enter your command:" type: connect guest

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Any time you wish to exit MicroMUSE type:
QUIT (ALL CAPS!)

ACCESS COMMANDS:

Help
Say -makes your character communicate with others
for example: say Hello Spark -this can be
abreviated: "Hello Spark -note no closing "
Pose -abbreviated: :"waves goodbye -this would appear
as: "Guest waves goodbye."
Look -allows you to look at an object in the area
for example: Look intercom -will be followed by text
describing the appearance of the intercom.
Go -allows you to move to any of the posted exits
for example: go out -moves you out.

SAMPLE LOGIN:
(after "connect guest")

Cyberion City Transporter Receiving Station
The bright outlines of the Cyberion City Transporter Station
slowly come into focus. You have beamed up here from one
of the Earth Transporter Stations. You are among the
adventurous and moderately wealthy few who have decided
to visit Cyberion City, the largest space city in the solar system.
Contents:
Attendant
Spark
Obvious exits:
Information
Tours
Out

INF
The information officer looks at you and says, "Hello there,
Guest1!" and directs your attention to the large black screen
at the front of his desk. Words are forming there...

Welcome to Cyberion City II. I have several paragraphs of
information for you. At the end of each paragraph you may type
the number of the next paragraph to go on. At any time, tou may
reread an old paragraph by typing that number instead, or you may
type 'Out' to leave this room.

Now type '1' to go on--.

Read all the information.

GETTING AROUND:
The city is divided into 12 circular sections, numbered 0 to 11.
Each section is divided into 8 pie wedges, or Arcs, numbered 0 to 7.
If you were to go'out' of Information into the lobby and then'out'
again you would be outside in an area labaled . When
you are outside you can use the four primary directions to move
around the city: Port"P", Star"B"oard, pin, and ntispin.
"P" takes you one section closer to Sec 0 while "B" takes you one
section closer to Sec 11. pin takes you around a section towards
a higher numbered Arc while ntispin moves you towards a
lower numbered Arc.

The Main Transportation Spine (MTS) runs the length of the
city and is located between Arc 0 and 7. In several of the
Sections a directory can be viewed by typing 'look directory'
while in the MTS.

FEATURES TO EXPLORE:
Apart from the role-playing fun, the real areas of interest for
teachers is Section 1. Find this by choosing the 'out' exit until
you are given the Starboard exit option. Type 'b' and you should be
in section one. Using the 's' or 'a' commands move yourself to the
MTS where you can view the Sec 1 directory. Explore Sec 1 by
selecting the given exit options and 'look'ing at the items in the
rooms and buildings you enter.

Points of interest are: Section 1...
Arc 2- Science Center -Puzzles, Mathematica
Arc 7- University Annex- Mathematical Puzzles

HINTS:
If you lose track of where you are type 'out'. You will be told
where you are and be given exit options. Sometimes the system is
slow-- just repeat your command. Finally, the permanent characters
are very helpful. Ask anyone on-line for help.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Bruce Steinke

TELNET SITE NAME:
National Capitol Area Public Access Network

INTERNET ADDRESS:
CAP.GWU.EDU
128.164.140.32

DESCRIPTION:
This is a new network and most of the sectors that
can be selected have few or no artilces in them.
However, the network has potential and what is now
available is interesting and helpful information for
educators and students of grade levels 6 and higher and
in any subject area. The purpose of this network is to
provide information about several sectors of US society
(see Services below) and to link communities by way of a
bulletin board service for each of these sectors.
Novices to the Internet should be able to navigate well
through this network. Registration is free, but it is
necessary if one wants to access the restricted articles
and to receive and send mail.

SERVICES:
The sectors, found in the Main Menu, of most
interest to educators are the following: Education,
Media, Social Services, Libraries, Health Care, Science
and Technology, and Policy Center. The other sectors
are: Public Forums, Government Center, Community
Center, Sports and Recreation Center, Arts and
Entertainment Center, and the Business and Professional
Center. At the present time, Libraries is the most
developed sector. It has connections to public
libraries in Washington D.C., Virginia, and Maryland.
There is also an in-depth tutorial for access to the
Library of Congress catalog. Finally, through this
sector, one can reach the Washington University gateway
(WUGATE) which allows one to communicate with different
national institutions.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. At login, enter GUEST
E.g., login: guest

2. At password, enter VISITOR
E.g., password: visitor

EXIT SEQUENCE:
When given the your choice prompt, enter x
E.g., Your choice: x

ACCESS COMMANDS:
Major Commands:
WHO= tells who is on-line when one is logged in
TIME= tells how long the user has been logged in
GO= takes the user to the place he/she needs
to go on the system

Commands of the Main Menu:
m= main menu
p= previous menu
h= help
to move down the bar

Commands within a Sector Menu of the Main Menu:
c= contribute a message
n= read the next unread message
s= read the next unread message with the
same subject
q= quit
to move down the page

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
One is limited to 1 hour at this site. Something
else to remember is that the sectors have file names,
but many of the files are either empty or unavailable to
non-registered users. Also, the "p" command will
sometimes take you back to the Main Menu for no apparent
reason. However, after a few minutes of exploring this
site, one becomes aware of the difference between the
Sector Menu and the Main Menu.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Teresa Acosta

TELNET SITE NAME :
National Distance Learning Center

INTERNET ADDRESS :
ndlc.occ.uky.edu
128.163.193.10

DESCRIPTION :
NDLC is a database for distance learning available
for K-12 adult basic skills, post secondary courses, and
continuing education programs. The nearly 200 subject areas
offered fluctuates but is growing. The user should have
intermediate telecommunication expertise because there is
little explanation on how to maneuver through the menus.

SERVICES :
This service appears to be an excellent opportunity for
disabled students who may be homebound or students unable to
access the coursework locally. This site can be searched by
subject areas, date, audience, and by media.

LOGIN SEQUENCE :
1. At the "Tenet>" prompt enter "telnet ndlc.occ.uky.edu" or
"telnet 128.163.193.10".
2. At the "login:" prompt enter "ndlc".
3. The user's 10-digit telephone number is the password. New
user will be asked to enter their full name, address, and
telephone number. (Note: the telephone number is very
important because this is the identification.)
4. At the "TERM=" prompt enter "vt100".

EXIT SEQUENCE :
1. Immediately after entering the site, pressing "Ctrl-]"
(^]) will cause entrance into the "telnet" system.
2. Before formally navigating this site, the user can exit by
pressing the "Esc" key.
3. After exploration of the site, the user must return
to the main menu and enter "0" or press the Esc key to
select the "quit" option on the menu to exit.

ACCESS COMMAND :
1. Use of the arrow keys "->" and "<-" returns the user to
the previous menu. Repeated use of the arrow
keys returns the user to the main menu. If the arrow keys do
not work pressing "Ctrl h" (^h) may.
2. "u" goes up a page.
3. "d" goes down a page.
4. "f" goes to the first selection item of the current menu.
5. "l" goes to the last selection item of the current menu.
6. "n" locates the next option item of the current menu
7. "p" locates the previous option item of the current menu
8. "j" jumps to the option item you want to locate.
9. "s" selects and decides the option item you want.
10. "o" exits from this menu and goes to previous menu.
11. "e" gives an explanation about the item selected.
12. "Ctrl-h" (^h) shows the help screen. (Some keyboards may
require a "ctrl-i" (^i) at some menu levels.
13. The return key moves the highlighted bar in the current menu to
the next item. (This is the same function as "n".)
14. The backspace key moves the menu bar back and forth at the
Query/Standard/Media menu without returning to the beginning.

FRIENDLY ADVICE :
1. New user of this site are required to enter personal
information. Users should be aware that the system is case
sensitive.
2. When selecting an option on a screen, only enter the
first letter.
3. The arrow keys do not move the highlight bar. Pressing them
exits the current menu.
4. When prompted, only use the digital numbers to locate the option
item.
5. Pay attention to the command prompts and the messages at
the top and the bottom of the screen.
6. The backspace key is not used to correct typos.
7. It is difficult to distinguish between the "o" and the "0"
in the menus. When used, "o" stands for out.

DOCUMENT AUTHORS :
Shu-Feng Chen
Judy Scholl

TELNET SITE NAME:
Netfind User Lookup

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
bruno.cs.colorado.edu
128.138.243.151

DESCRIPTION:
This site is designed to help finding network users'
information. Given the name of a person on the Internet
and a rough description of where the person works,
Netfind attempts to locate information about the person.
The name can be a first, last, or login name, but only one
name can be specified. The keys describe where the
person works, by the name of the institution and/or the
city/state/country. It's menu-driven, one can learn it
very quickly by looking at the help.

SERVICES:
The primary services are mentioned above. It also
provides "seed database lookup" to narrow down the
domains searched.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. At the system prompt, type: telnet 128.138.243.151
or telnet bruno.cs.colorado.edu
2. At the login prompt, type: netfind

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Go to the main menu and choose "5. Quit".

ACCESS COMMANDS:
Since it is menu-driven, you just choose from menu and
type in the search keys.

SAMPLE LOGIN:
1. At the system prompt, type: telnet 128.138.243.151
or telnet bruno.cs.colorado.edu
2. At the login prompt, type: netfind, you will get a
welcome screen and the main menu.
3. Choose "2. Search"
4. The system will ask you to enter the person and keys
to search, type information you have about the person. For
example: "Enter person and keys (blank to exit) --> ymchen ssc
gov dallas". (explanation: ymchen is the user ID, ssc is the
company name, gov means the company is a government
organization, the location is in Dallas.) The more keys you know
about the person, the more you can narrow down the search.
5. You will get a list of domains to search, select at most 3
proper domains to search.
6. Wait for the search, then you will get the information
and a summary like this:
***********************************************************
SYSTEM: ruby.gem.ssc.gov
Login name: ymchen In real life: Yen-Min Chen
Directory: /home/slug/ymchen Shell: /bin/csh
Last login Tue Nov 24 09:26 on console
Mail last read Mon Apr 19 19:36:40 1993
Project: SDC DAQ Simulation
Plan:

SUMMARY:
- Among the machines searched, the machine from which user
"ymchen" logged in most recently was ruby.gem.ssc.gov,
on Tue Nov 24 09:26.
- The most promising email address for "ymchen"
based on the above search is
ymchen@ruby.gem.ssc.gov.
Continue the search ([n]/y) ? -->
***********************************************************
7. The system will ask you "Continue the search?",
answer "y" if you do not get the right person and want to
continue search. If you do not want to continue this search,
answer "n" to discontinue it.
8. Once you discontinue the search or the search ends, the
system appears the prompt "Enter person and keys (blank to
exit) --> " again. You can now search for another person or hit
the key to exit search and go back to the main menu.
9. Choose "5. Quit" from the main menu to quit the
system.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
Look at "1. Help" of the main menu to learn more about
how to search.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Hsiao-Shan (Sharon) Huang

TELNET SITE NAME:
Newton

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
newton.dep.anl.gov
130.202.92.50

DESCRIPTION:
Newton is an educational BBS sponsored by the
Argonne National Laboratory Division of Educational Programs's.
The purpose of this BBS is to promote the networking of teachers
and students and the exchanges ideas. This site is primarily aimed
at teacher in the science and math field . Any novice should be able
to navigate this BBS.

SERVICES:
It has most the features of any BBS. The group menu
selection and teaching topics menu will be of interest to all
teachers. In particular the discussion submenu choice from the
group menu has many interesting choices, such as, "Ask A
Scientist", "Teacher talk on Science, Math and Engineering", etc..

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
Login as cocotext. At the Menu select item 1
(specify your signon name). First time user will need to signup
for using the BBS by typing 'new' at the signon prompt.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Return to the main menu and select 5 (signoff).

ACCESS COMMANDS
All commands are menu choices.

SAMPLE LOGIN:
Once you Telnet to Newton you see a login which you
should respond to with "cocotext" and press enter key. Next you
will see a tile page with two menu choices near the bottom of the
screen. Your choice here is to enter number 1 and press enter key.
You will now be ask for your sign on name (enter your login name
or new if first time user). Next you will enter your password. After
this you will get a screen of notes and at the bottom will be your
menu choices. Your menu choice are:

1) System 2) Personal 3) Group 4) Teacher Topics 5) SignOff.

You are on your own to explore the BBS from here on.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
One thing you can do is real time chat with someone
on line. ESCape will generally back you out.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Kenneth Higdon

TELNET SITE NAME:
NICOL: JvNCnet Network Information Center On-Line

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
jvnc.net
nisc.jvnc.net
128.121.50.7

DESCRIPTION:
This site is designed to provide full access to information
to members of JvNCnet. Guests have the ability to see the
information on screen, but are not allowed the ability to mail or
save the data. JvNCnet stands for John von Neumann Computer
Network and is located at Princeton University. It maintains a
direct connect to the NSFnet. I would categorize this site as
very user-friendly.

This telnet site has a great deal of information, however,
there are many references to the anonymous ftp portion of the
network. Most of the files visible at the telnet site may only be
obtained via the ftp connection. I consider the telnet site to be a
sampler of the ftp site. (ftp nisc.jvnc.net login: anonymous
password: your e-mail address, cd to "nicol".)

One major section of the telnet site that is beneficial to
educators is the section which contains an online, full text version
of Meckler's Electronic Information Service (called MC(2) ). All
documents are keyword searchable. Areas of interest include
Libraries, CD-ROM, Database, Networking, Multimedia, and
Virtual Reality. All the documents are copyrighted, but "copying
is permitted for non-commercial use by computer conferences,
individual scholars, and libraries."

SERVICES:
The main services are mentioned above. However, there
was mention of the conversion of this site to a gopher format. The
new address for this service is telnet gopher.jvnc.net with a
login "gopher".

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. At the system prompt, type: telnet 128.121.50.7
2. At the login prompt, type: nicol
3. Enter the terminal type (vt100 is the default)

EXIT SEQUENCE:
There are two ways to exit the system.
1. Select "Exit NICOL" from the Main Menu; or
2. Enter the exit command, ^]

ACCESS COMMANDS:
Navigation is accomplished by use of the arrow keys or by
the selection of the desired command at the bottom of most
screens. Use the return key to enact your selection.

SAMPLE LOGIN:
The login process is very simple and has been described
above. Following the login sequence, you are presented
with the main menu screen which looks like the following:

Welcome to the JvNCnet Network Information Center
On-Line (NICOL). NICOL is designed for use by members
of the JvNCnet community as well as the rest of the Internet
community.

>Basic Help Information
About NICOL
Internet Resources
JvNCnet Information
MC(2)-Meckler's Electronic Publishing Service
Exit NICOL

---There is a message the appears at the bottom of this main screen
indicating the suggestion to connect to NICOL using the gopher
service. I also recommend this. At your system prompt, type
telnet gopher.jvnc.net The login will be gopher .

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
Consider obtaining membership in JvNCnet in order to obtain
e-mail and saving capabilities. Otherwise, you should use the ftp
site to obtain the files. Also, look into the gopher version of
NICOL. The gopher interface is easier to maneuver through.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Bob Avant
bavant@tenet.edu

TELNET SITE NAME:
OCEANIC (Oceanic Network Information Center)

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
delocn.udel.edu
128.175.24.1

DESCRIPTION:
This network provides information for the World Ocean
Circulation Experiment (WOCE). Research programs collect
data and provide summaries of projects, along with maps,
resources, dataset directories, a searchable directory of
oceanographers on the Internet, and a searchable international
database of oceanographic research ship schedules.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
When you see... Type

Username INFO
Please enter your name: first/last name

You will then be asked
"Is your terminal an emulation package capable of supporting
TEKTRONIX 4010 graphics.(Y or N)

EXIT SEQUENCE:
At: SELECTION
Type: $

ACCESS COMMANDS:
The Main Menu contains six categories of information:

1. WOCE SCIENCE INFORMATION (menu)
2. WOCE PROGRAM INFORMATION (menu)
3. DATA INFORMATION (menu)
4. WHO'S WHO - electronic mail addresses (menu)
5. RESEARCH SHIP SCHEDULES AND INFO (menu)
6. MESSAGE to OCEANIC (1 screen)

Each selection is numbered and entered with choice selection
and "enter".

? Help T= tree diagram of system $=logoff

Additional menus and maps are accessed under each of these main
categories.

LIST OF SERVICES:
WOCE Program Information

1. Introduction to WOCE
2. Organizational Structure (menu)
3. Calendar (5 screens)
4. WHP Data requirements, Algorithms,
standards, and formats (menu)
5. International Program Announcements
and RFP's (menu)
6. Bibliography (menu)
7. Acronyms (menu)
8. Other Relevant Programs (TOGA,ONR/ARI)
(menu)

SAMPLE LOGIN:
Selection> 1 Hydrographic Dataset Status The WOCE
Hydrographic Program Office (WHPO) functions as a Data
Assembly Center (DAC). The WHOP expects to collect data from
investigators in 30 countries at approximately 100 different
institutions.

Technical data collected includes such variables as depth,
temperature, salinity, oxygen, phosphate, etc...

Cruise reports serves to inform the oceanographic
community what was accomplished of the cruise and a guide for
future work in the same area.

APPLICATION TO K-12:
Suggested for advanced students studying oceanography.
Younger students might use the email addresses to request less
technical information.

User-Friendly

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Arlene Haynes
Karen Spellman
Updated 2-15-93 by Carolyn Morris

TENET SITE NAME:
Paradise Directory

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
HYPATIA.UMDC.UMU.SE
130.239.16.15

DESCRIPTION:
PARADISE is a pilot directory service which helps users
find out information about people and the organizations they work
for. It provides electronic mail (E-mail) addresses, postal addresses,
telephone and fax numbers. It is essentially a large scale distributed
databasemaintained by administrators within the participating
organizations. Only entries for people working for the participating
organizations are included. There are presently over 400
organizations and 350,000 individuals from around the world listed
in PARADISE.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:

1. Telnet hypatia.umdc.umu.se
or 130.239.16.15

2. At login prompt, type: de

3. "Connecting to the Directory-wait just a moment please" will
appear; followed by a brief description of PARADISE and how to
use it.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
q (quit)

SEARCH PROMPTS:
1. the NAME of person for whom you are seeking information,
2. their DEPARTMENT,
3. the ORGANIZATION they work for, and
4. the COUNTRY in which the organization is based.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
q at the NAME prompt quits the interface
q at any other prompt quits the interface (with confirmation)
Ctrl-C at the NAME prompt quits the interface
Ctrl-C while a search is in progress abandons the search
? ?topic gives help on a named topic - ?? for a list of topics
- resets any default to no default
* lists all the people, departments, organizations, countries,
as appropriate
accepts any existing default from a previous query

SERVICES:
Information about a person's country, organization, title,
description of duties, postal address, telephone number, fax number,
electronic mail (E-mail) address, building & room number at
organization's headquarters.

PARADISE helpdesk -

SAMPLE LOGIN:
Person's name, q to quit, * to list people, ? for help
:- judi harris
Department name, * to list depts, to search all depts, ? for help
:- education
Organisation name, * to list orgs, ? for help
:- University of Texas
Country name, to search `SE', * to list countries, ? for help
:- us
United States
Searching ...............

This operation is taking some time.
Control-C, if you wish to abandon the operation.

Still trying ........

United States
The University of Texas System

No departments match `education'.
Continuing to search for person called `judi harris'
within the whole organisation.

United States
The University of Texas System
People
Judith B Harris
postal Address Curr & Instruct Dept
Campus Mail Code: 35700
University of Texas- Austin, TX 78712
telephoneNumber +1 512-471-5211
roomNumber EDB 528L

The PARADISE directory is a straight forward, logical program
with easy to follow prompts. PARADISE is not case sensitive
and will attempt to find the closest match from the information given.
If you feel you need help anywhere along the way, type "?" for an
explanation of your operations and options at that point. In addition,
there are 19 specific keywords (listed below) to get help on a
particular topic. Type ? followed by your desired keyword. Keywords
may be abbreviated -- as suggested in the parentheses following the
keywords.

COMMANDS (com Summary of special COMMANDS
COUNTRY (cou) Help screen for inputting a COUNTRY
name
DEPARTMENT (dept) Help screen for inputting a
DEPARTMENT name
EX1 A simple example of usage
EX2 A further example of usage, showing
some browsing
INTRO A brief INTROduction to the Directory
Service
LIST How to list entries when initially no
match is found
LOCALITY (loc) Help screen for searching for a
LOCALITY
MATCHING (mat) How the Directory Service uses
approximate
MATCHING
NAME Help screen for inputting a
person's NAME
ORGANISATION (org) Help screen for inputting an
ORGANISATION name
ORGINFO How to get information about
ORGANISATIONs and DEPARTMENTs
PROBLEMS (prob) PROBLEMS with the Directory Service
SETTINGS (set) Display and adjust certain "variables"
used by the program
SCREEN (scr) Help screen for resetting terminal info -
also see SETTINGS
TERMTYPES (term) A list of the terminal types recognized by
the system
UFN USER-FRIENDLY NAMING -
e.g. "barker,ucl,gb"
WELCOME (wel) The initial WELCOME message
WILDCARDS (wild) Use of WILDCARDS

If you want to get a feel for using PARADISE, a good way to start
is to type "?ex1" at the NAME prompt. This will give you a simple
introduction and example on how to conduct your search. For a
more detailed sample,type "?ex2".

When entering your desired request - NAME, DEPARTMENT,
ORGANIZATION, COUNTRY- exact input is not required. For
example, in the COUNTRY prompt a simple two letter abbreviation
such as "gb" for Great Britain will do. Typing "germ" or "deut" are
sufficient to identify Germany. In the DEPARTMENT prompt,
"french" will match "French Language & Literature." For
ORGANIZATION, simply typing "ucl" will suffice for "University
College London."

When you are inputting a NAME, various formats may be used. For
example, Angelou, M Angelou, Maya Angelou. You may type "Angel"
and PARADISE will try to find an exact match. If none are found,
the program will search for variations. Even if you misspell names
PARADISE will attempt to find the closest match for your input.

Wildcards are very useful tools to use if you are not sure of your input
statistics. At any of the four major request prompts, an asterisk "*"
will list or search all entries of a specified type, depending on the
context. Four other wildcard formats are valid --
lou* matches entries with names beginning with the string "lou"
*lou* matches entries with "lou" contained anywhere in the string
*lou matches entries with names finishing with "lou"
lou*rep matches entries with a name finishing with the string "lou"
and ending with the string "rep"

The less specific your input, the more matches the program will
return. Thus, if you are uncertain about any aspect of your input,
approximations will reap more options and increase your chances
of finding your desired information. For example, a DEPARTMENT
match request typed "computing science" may deliver to you a "no
department match" response. Whereas, typing "comp" will give
you the options "Computer Science" or "Computerized Tomography".

Instead of having to answer the four prompts regarding your search
request, PARADISE has included what it calls UFN (User Friendly
Naming). You can specify all the details of your query at the first
prompt. For example: john, univ los angeles, calif, us; OR ucl, gb;
OR derian, law, univ, amer. Name parts are separated by commas
and you do not have tospecify how many components are in each
search. PARADISE will attempt a variety of searches to match
your input. If more than one match is found as the search progresses,
you will be asked to select one entry from possible matches.

PARADISE allows you to enter or adjust various values associated
with the terminal. You may modify:

termtype The user's terminal type
invvideo Prompts in inverse video if possible
cols The width of the user's screen in columns
lines The depth of the user's screen in lines

To change your terminal settings, type "?SET" at a prompt. The screen
shows you the current settings then asks if you want to change any.
Type "y" for yes. "Enter name of variable you wish to modify"
will appear. You respond to the prompts and the variables will update
immediately with your specifications. PARADISE recognizes an
astonishing 373 different terminal types! Paradise firsts lists the
five most common terminal types. These are:
tvi950 televideo950
vt100 decvt100
vt240 t240 7 bit auto-margin
wyse Pyramid Wyse Console
xterms xterm terminal emulator (small) x window system

PARADISE then lists the other 368 terminal types the system
recognizes. They run the gamut from "any ansi terminal with
pessimistic assumptions" to "volker-craig 404 w/standout mode and
no arrow keys". Surely, your particular terminal type will be listed!

PARADISE generally searches your request very quickly. However,
if the networks and/or computers running PARADISE are heavily
loaded, or your information has many wildcards, it may take some time
for queries to be resolved. If after 30 seconds your query has not been
answered the following message will appear:
This operation is taking some time.
Control-C, if you wish to abandon the operation.

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Dana Massey
Nancy Reppert

TELNET SITE NAME:
PENPages

INTERNET ADDRESS:
psupen.psu.edu

DESCRIPTION:
PENPages is provided by the College of Agriculture at
Pennsyvania State University and contains information on local and
national agriculture as well as current educational issues. Of special
interest to the educators are the MAPP and SENIORS SERIES
databases. MAPP is the National Cooperative Extention family
database. It supports family educators and Extention professionals
around the world. The SENIORS SERIES provides information on
the concerns of the aging and the elderly.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
Username: PNOTPA

EXIT SEQUENCE:
From the PENPages menu, type 0 and hit return. When you
see the prompt, local> type LOGOUT. You may also need to
physically "break" the telephone connection. ( by computer command,
turning off the computer, or literally unplugging the phone, or however
your computer setup dictates.)

ACCESS COMMANDS:
This service is especially nice as it has an on-site tutorial to go
through before you enter for information. It is not mandatory, just
helpful. Menus are clearly numbered for easy reading and selection.

There are two basic commands used in PENPages menus. They are:
Control-B = Go back/ back to main menu
Control-E = Exit current menu

SERVICES:
The following informational services available on the
PENPages network are easily accessed by choosing the number
of the category you have interest in pursuing. The categories are:

1. How to use PENPages
2. Recent changes
3. Recent changes- Market news
4. PENPages Announcements
5. MAPP- National Family Database
6. International Food and Nutrition Database
7. Senior Series Database
8. Ag-Sat (Agricultural programming via satellite)
9. Rutgers (Univ. New Jersey)- agriculture news
10. USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
newsletters and information.
11. PDA- Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture-
Agriculture and Weather Information.
12. PA Calendars and Events
13. PA Market News
14. PA News and Newsletters
15. PA Drought Information

HELPFUL HINT:
Some of the commands say to use the "GOLD" key or
the PF keys. Make sure your keypad has been redefined to give you
those functions.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Barb Andersen

TELNET SITE NAME:
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse BBS

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
teetot.acusd.edu
192.55.87.19

DESCRIPTION:
This telnet site is a consumer information
distribution point for privacy rights issues. Most of the
issues discussed are of a telecommunications related nature.
Anyone looking for information on maintaining their personal,
workplace, consumer, or credit privacy should look over the
information available at this site. Administered by the
University of San Diego School of Law's Center for Public
Interest Law, this telnet site was started in July of 1992.
Any novice to intermediate telecommunications user should
have very few problems using this site

SERVICES:
1. Fact sheets on privacy abuse - rights and options

2. Published reports on information gathered
- recommended actions for prevention through
government policies and market strategies

3. Legislation updates - federal and state (California)

4. Privacy resources information available on-line

5. Suggestion box - communication with the administrators of
the service

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. At your systems prompt type: telnet teetot.acusd.edu
or telnet 192.55.87.19
2. At login prompt type: privacy

3. New users will then be asked to give a user ID and a password.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Type q

ACCESS COMMANDS:
1. LOOK: to view highlighted topic

2. JUMP: to go to a topic directly

3. PRINT: to print or download

4. FIND: to search all entries and topics for information

5. DISPLAY: will show all entries for topics with a # indicator

6. EXPAND_OUTLINE: will show next level for topics with + indicator

7. SHRINK_OUTLINE: will go up one level

8. RESTORE: return to starting level

9. TOPIC: display topic access and ownership

10. QUIT: exit from the system

11. HELP: displays more help

12. CONTROL X: this command will always get you out of a topic.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
This site has much to offer anyone
looking to better understand the issues, rights, and laws
pertaining to privacy. The access commands at this site make
movement in the site awkward. If you keep your eyes on the
access commands at the top of the screen you will be able to
move around well enough to get alot of good information.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Richard R. Palmer
richardp@tenet.edu

TELNET SITE NAME:
Regional Educational Laboratory

INTERNET ADDRESS:
R2D2.JVNC.NET 4446
128.121.50.2 4446

DESCRIPTION:
The Regional Educational Laboratory is a "Pilot Test"
telnet site sponsored by the Office of Educational Research and
Improvement (OERI) of the U.S. Department of Education, and 10
Regional Educational Laboratories across the United States. These
organizations have pooled their database resources into five
interactively searchable databases of interest to educators.

SERVICES:
Four separate databases with consistent search
features offer four kinds of information for educators.
R&D Products - this database provides abstracts of
curriculum materials, position papers, directories, assessment
information, research documents, and educational literature
reviews.
Events Calendar - provides information on current and
upcoming meetings, conferences, and workshops of interest to
educators.
Successful Practices in Math & Science - a database of
fairly detailed descriptions of innovative programs in science
and math education that have proven to be effective.
Resource Agency Directory - a database of agencies and
institutions offering services to educators. Includes
descriptions of specialized teacher education programs.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. telnet r2d2.jvnc.net 4446
2. after opening screen hit or
3. follow directions at the Main Menu

EXIT SEQUENCE:
1. To leave a database, type "quit" on the COMMAND LINE
and hit , or use up arrow key or ^ to get to the top
line of the screen, use the right arrow key or q to
highlight [quit] and hit .
2. At the Main Menu, use arrow keys or +/- keys to select
6.) quit and hit .
3. Answer the user survey.
4. Select [done] when finished.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
Each database has a search screen that lists the fields of
the database. The fields for the different databases are as
follows:

R&D Products Events Successful Practices Resource Agency
Calendar in Science & Math Directory
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Full-Search Full-Search Full-Search Full-Search
Descriptor Descriptor Descripto Descriptor
Title Event Grade Organization
Date Date Topic Type
Author Organization Demographics Services
Publisher Location Population Expertise
Organization Language Clients

Type the words or terms you wish to search for in each
field to narrow your search to the specific topic you are
interested in. If you wish to search for the words in all of the
fields, enter them on the Full-Search line. To move from one
field to the next use the arrow keys or hit to cycle
through them. When you are finished entering your search
criteria, use the arrow keys or ^ to move up to the top line
which has three choices: [Search] [Help] [Quit]
Highlight your choice using arrow keys or typing the first letter
of your choice and hit . The [Search] choice will bring up
a list the database records that fulfill your search criteria. Next to
each item in the list is a number, up to 1000, that indicates how
close the record fits the search criteria, much like the Internet
WAIS does. Use the up/down arrows or Ctrl-P/Ctrl-N to move up
and down the list. Use the left/right arrow or > and < keys to move
down and up a page at a time. Select the records you want to view
by hitting the space bar, which puts a * by the title.

When you wish to view the records you have selected, type
"B" to see the brief form of the record. Type "L" to see the long
form of the record, which gives an abstract in addition to the
field information. If you are viewing the brief forms of the records
and wish to see the long form, you must select it first by hitting
the space bar, then type "L" to see the long form.

To move back through the views of the database, from the
long view, to the brief view to the list of titles, to the criteria
selection menu, you must type "q" for each layer.
These navigation instructions are at the bottom of each
screen.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
There is plenty of valuable information for the educator
in these databases, but some patience is required to learn the
navigation and successful search strategies. Two of the databases
are especially valuable in that they present information that is
otherwise difficult to find. For the education researcher who
wants to do a truly thorough review of the literature, the "R&D
Products" database presents valuable education research that is
not listed in ERIC. The "Successful Practices in Science and
Math" database provides detailed descriptions of innovative
science and math programs that have proven effective in different
settings. Because the summaries are so thorough and cite
evidence for their success, they may be used to make a case to
administrators, principles, and teachers to try something new,
providing a valuable resource for teachers who want to make a
difference at their schools.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Mark Christal
christal@tenet.edu

TELNET SITE NAME:
Rutgers University CWIS

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
info.rutgers.edu
128.6.26.25

DESCRIPTION:
Rutgers University Pilot Campus Wide Information
System is an excellent telnet site with a wide range of
information services available for the user. Extensive
information about the workings of Rutgers University
campuses and services, faculty, students, communities,
and New Jersey are available, as well as an apartment
finder, an Internet Library, a dictionary, thesaurus, the CIA
world factbook, and a quotations database. And much,
much more. The more you look, the more you find!

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
none required

EXIT SEQUENCE:
from the Main Menu, type and
then . Get to the Main Menu from any submenu by
typing and then . Type and
to get out of currently running information systems and
back to the submenus.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
Rutgers Campus Wide Information System uses a
series of menus to direct you. Some convenient commands
at all higher menu levels are:

Previous Return to previous menu
Find Search for keywords for Goto command
Source Age and provider of Information. Where to
go for more.
Quit Go back to main menu
Help Type ? after you are in one of the
information systems.

Information options and access directions are displayed
at each Menu after making your choice. Type the word or
phrase listed in the Menu and follow it with a .

**Note: The command is largely useless because the
keywords you search for are for the command, which
cannot be used without a user id.**

SERVICES:
Below is the Main Menu

Command Purpose
------- -------
About_Rutgers General Information about the
University
Academics Courses, Schedules, Registration,
Special programs
Camden Activities and events on the Camden
campus
Computing Computing facilities, services and
network information
Directories Phone directories, Faculty research
info., Univ. Forms
Using_INFO <>
Library Libraries, information resources,
reference material
Newark Courses and events in Newark Campus
News_n_Events News, Weather
Services Students,Faculty/Staff services,
police info
University University , Community

The Menus: About_Rutgers, Academics, Camden, Computing,
Directories, Newark, Services, and University all
contain information about the University and its
communities. Telnetters can access Campuses and maps,
mass transit options, events calendars, on-line
school catalogs, and many other tidbits.

The Menu: Using_Info is a tutorial and informational
database on the workings of the information systems on-
line at this site.

The Menu: Library contains information about Rutgers
libraries, an on-line dictionary, a dictionary of familiar
quotations and thesaurus, federal databases, Rutgers
on-line library catalog as well as catalogs of other
universities, the CIA World Factbook, U.S. historical
documents, religious reference materials, classical texts.

The Menu: News_n_Events provides access to weather reports,
forecasts, and ski reports for the Pennsylvania, New York
and New Jersey area, and offers access to some Usenet and
local discussion groups. The only service available to all
users from this menu is the local weather reports, forecasts
and ski reports. Additional weather information for the
whole U.S. is available only to Rutgers users. The newsgroup
articles are available only to Rutgers users.

EXAMPLE OF LOGIN:

1. At the Main Menu, type Library to get to the
library sub-menu.
2. At the Library Menu, type Reference to get to the
on-line reference library.
3. At the Reference Menu, type Familiar to get to the
familiar quotes database.
4. Now you are in the database, and will be prompted for a
word to begin your search.
At the prompt word: type Mead to look for
instances of the word
'mead' or the name 'Mead' in a
quotation.
5. From the list of selections that appears, you may select the one
you wish to see in more detail.
At the prompt word: type Mead1 to show the text you
have selected.

To exit from the database, hit . Typing
or will not work from this screen.

HIGHLIGHT:
The online reference material would be excellent as
a challenge or as an aid to learning. How the dictionary
offers so many variations of looking at the word
instantaneously would truly encourage any age learner.

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Jolene Langan
Nancy Lyman
Merry Wolf

TELNET SITE NAME:
SEFAIN: South East Florida Aids Informaiton Network

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
CALLCAT.MED.MIAMI.EDU
129.171.78.1

DESCRIPTION:
This database is a collection of information about AIDS issues,
doctors, research, hospitals, drugs, and care facilities. The database
provides specific information which is updated about ongoing research,
drug availability, and people resources. The database is organized by
person, organization, research, medical speciality, health and social
services, mental health services, and education information services.

SERVICES:
You may search for AIDS Information by any of the following:
P > PERSON/ORG/RESEARCH
The user may input a topic for a search
O > Organization TYPE
Division of care types such as Nursing Home, Clinic,
Hospital, etc.
M > MEDICAL Specialty
There is a listing of 36 medical specialities
R > Research SITE
There is a listing of 33 research sites
T > Research TYPE
The user may input a topic for a search
A > Res ELIGIBILITY
This is a listing of drugs with their side effects
H > HEALTH&SOCIAL Serv
Listing of 35 types of services such as Blood Bank, Dialysis,
Financial Services, Employement, Wills, etc.
B > Mental HEALTH Serv
Listing of 11 mental health care divisions such as Alcoholism,
Bereavement Counseling, Crisis Intervention, etc.
E > EDUC & Info Serv
Educational services with a listing of 18 divisions

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
At the prompt> telnet CALLCAT.MED.MIAMI.EDU
or> telnet 129.171.78.1
At the LOGIN prompt type "library"
Entering a library system of which SEFAIN is one
Select "L" on the main menu for other LIBRARIES
Select "1" on the submenu for SEFAIN Database

EXIT SEQUENCE:
N> NEW SEARCH (within the database)
Q> QUIT (at the submenu)
D> DISCONNECT (at the main menu)

ACCESS COMMANDS:
A > AUTHOR I > Library INFORMATION
T > TITLE D > DISCONNECT (at the main menu)
C > CALL NO M > MORE BIBLIOGRAPHIC Record
S > SUBJECT R > RETURN to Browsing
W > KeyWORDS F > FORWARD browse
P > AIDS Providers N > NEW Search
L > Connect to another LIBRARY F > Go FORWARD
R > RESERVE Lists L > LIMIT this Search
N > NEW Search J > JUMP
D > DISPLAY Name and Type (within the specific item menu)

SAMPLE LOGIN:
*************************************
Tenet> telnet 129.171.78.1
Trying 129.171.78.1...
Connected to 129.171.78.1.
Escape character is '^]'.

RISC/os (callcat)

login: library
RISC/os (UMIPS) 4.52 callcat
(C) Copyright 1986-1990, MIPS Computer Systems
All Rights Reserved
Please wait...
Welcome to the Calder Online Catalog System, CALLCAT.
The following selections allow you to search our Database.
You may also connect to two other local databases listed below.

A > AUTHOR
T > TITLE
C > CALL NO

S > SUBJECT
W > KeyWORDS

P > AIDS Providers
L > Connect to another LIBRARY

R > RESERVE Lists
I > Library INFORMATION

D > DISCONNECT

Other databases available (press 'L' for easy access menu):
Richter Library's Online Catalog (IBIS) at Main Campus.
Connect to
Connecting to SEFAIN, AIDS Information Database

Please wait...
SEFAIN Database

You may search for AIDS Information by any of the following:
P > PERSON/ORG/RESEARCH
O > Organization TYPE
M > MEDICAL Specialty

R > Research SITE
T > Research TYPE
A > Res ELIGIBILITY

H > HEALTH&SOCIAL Serv
B > Mental HEALTH Serv
E > EDUC & Info Serv

Q > QUIT

This project is sponsored in part by the National Library of Medicine

*********************************************************

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
The database is relatively easy to navigate. Just remember
that you use the N or NEW SEARCH command to exit the specific
data items, while Q or QUIT will exit you from the SEFAIN Database.
If you are doing a log or capture session, the specific data items do
not necessarily capture.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Janice Higdon

TELNET SITE NAME:
Services

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
wugate.wustl.edu
128.252.120.1

DESCRIPTION:
SERVICES is an excellent information gateway which
provides access to many other telnet sites across the world (153
as of February 1993). Access to these sites can be gained by menu
selection. Therefore, in most cases, the user can visit several sites
without reconnecting through the telnet prompt. However, it is
important to note that not each site may be exited gracefully, in
which case use of the ^] will return the user to the telnet prompt.
This site eliminates the need to know hundreds of other site
addresses since they can all be accessed through SERVICES menus.
In addition to allowing menu access to many sites, SERVICES
alsoprovides a brief description of each site which includes the direct
telnetaddress of the site, login and exit information, and the email
address of the contact person for the site. This is an especially
valuable aspect of SERVICES, for it provides the user with
a "mini resource guide" to many other telnet sites. Furthermore,
it allows the user to connect directly to a site at a later time because
it provides the direct telnet address.
The main menu provides 10 different choices. The selections
available are:
1) About Washington University Services
2) Washington University Services
3) United States Libraries
4) Foreign Libraries
5) Government Libraries and Public Accessible
Databases
6) Campus Wide Information Systems
7) All Services
8) Recent Additions
9) Weather Forecast for US/Canada
10) QUIT the Washington University SERVICES
program

Each of the choices 2-9 contain additional menus which allow
connection to the other sites that are available through SERVICES.
Below is a brief summary of what can be found under each of the
choices from 2-9. The educational possibilities for this site are
virtually unlimited since it provides access to "everything under
the sun". However, it is important to note that public access is
not permitted to every site listed in SERVICES. Some sites
may require that an account be applied for in advance. Application
information is generally provided in the description of the site
when required.

Choice 2-Washington University Services:

This menu allows access to four computing facilities at
Washington University in St. Louis, MO., where the SERVICES
site is located. The four menu choices are as follows:
1) Washington University Olin Library
2) Washington University Medical Library
3) Washington University Medical Computing
Facilities
4) Washington University Computing Facilities
Gandalf
The first menu choice, Olin Library, is available for public
access. Login information is provided in the description, which
should be noted before the user connects. Procedures for use of the
library catalog are given upon connection.
The second and third choices are identical. Both provide a
list of destinations on the MCF (Medical Computing Facilities)
dataswitch as follows: CATALOG, TERNION, CRC, CONTENT,
MEDLINE, NEWS. Although not specified in the description, the
user must know these destination codes in order to login. Upon c
onnection the following prompt will appear:

PLEASE ENTER DESTINATION CODE>

At this point, the user must enter one of the above destination
codes, which are not displayed on the login screen. So, it is
important to write these down before connecting. Of these
destinations, only CATALOG AND TERNION may be accessed
by the public. The remainder require accounts on the system.
Upon exiting any of these destinations, the user will again be
given the following prompt:

PLEASE ENTER DESTINATION CODE>

The only way to disconnect is to be "timed-out", which takes one
minute. At this point, the SERVICES menu system will reappear.
This was the most confusing part of this menu, because no explicit
destination code or "time-out" instructions were given.
Finally, the fourth choice on the menu, Washington University
Computing Facilities Gandalf Switch, has no information available
in the description, and is not available for public access.

Choice 3- United States Libraries:

This selection provides a menu which includes 38 states.
After choosing a state on the menu, a new menu will list the college
and university libraries that are accessible in that state. For
example, if the user chooses Illinois from the United States
Libraries menu, the following choices will appear:

1) University of Illinois Chicago Library
2) Northwestern University Library
3) University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library
4) University of Chicago Library

Choosing a specific library from the list, will connect the user
to that library. From this point the user must follow the directions
that are specific to the particular site. It is *very* important to read
the login and exit instructions provided by SERVICES *before*
connecting, as some libraries do not provide these instructions on
their login screen. Also, some libraries may not connect through
the SERVICES site. However, by using the telnet address given
in the description, the user may still connect directly.

Choice 4-Foreign Libraries:

This is very similar to choice 3 except that the main menu
provides a choice of eight foreign countries. The countries connected
to the site are Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, Mexico, New
Zealand, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. After choosing
a country from the menu, a new menu will appear which lists the
college and university libraries that are accessible in that country.
Choosing a specific library from the menu will connect the user to
that library. From this point the user must follow the directions that
are specific to the particular site. It is *very* important to read
the login and exit instructions *before* connecting, as some libraries
do not provide these instructions on their login screen. Through
reading the instructions provided by SERVICES, the user can
find out very helpful information. For example, some libraries
provide for English-speaking users, such as the Inter University
(Israel) library. Others, such as the University of Konstanz
(Germany), only provide for use in German. Be sure to read carefully,
before embarking into the foreign libraries! Finally, some libraries
may not connect through the SERVICES site. However, by using
the telnet address given in the description, the user may still connect
directly through the telnet prompt.

Choice 5-Government Libraries and Public Accessible Databases

The following menu is displayed upon choosing this selection:

1) FDA BBS
2) Library of Congress Cataloging
3) Life Sciences Network
4) NASA Database
5) NASA Extragalactic Database
6) Netfind Server
7) Science and Technology Information System
8) Sonoma Library
9) Compuserve

Of the choices on this menu, Life Sciences Network, Sonoma
Library, and Compuserve, all require accounts on their systems in
order to connect. Instructions for obtaining accounts are provided
in the description of each site. The other sites can be accessed, but
care must be taken to read the first screen of information that appears
when making a selection. This contains the login sequence that
must be followed after the connection has been established. For
example, the password NSSDC must be used to access the
NASA Database.
These sites provide free access to a wealth of government
and scientific information. For example, the FDA BBS contains
up-to-date findings of the FDA. Items such a new product releases,
weekly recall lists, drug and product approvals, and veterinary
medicine news can all be found through this BBS. The NASA
sites provide scientific databases, as well as, CD ROM listings
for science, and question and answer "sessions". The Netfind
Server allows users to find information about internet users through
matching names and approximate locations.

Choice 6-Campus Wide Information Systems

This selection provides a menu which includes 15 college and
university campuses across the United States. A choice of one of the
campuses will connect the user to a database which contains
information about that campus. Typical information that can be
found in the databases are general campus information, tours of the
campus, class schedules, current events, phone directories, faculty
listings, job postings, and crime reports. Several of the college
databases require the use of PF# keys to operate their menu
system. If this poses a problem with your computer, it would be
a good idea to email the contact person listed in the description
to find out which keys act as the PF# keys, so that you can better
operate the menus.

Choice 7-All Services

This selection provides a 153 choice menu which is the master
listof every site that can be accessed through SERVICES. This list
*includes* sites listed in other menus on SERVICES. However, this
menu arranges the sites in alphabetical order. This would be the best
menu to use on SERVICES if the user knows a specific name of a
telnet sight and merely wants connection information. Commands
at the bottom of the screen are given so that the user may 'browse'
through the listing . These commands are as follows: j to move down,
k to move up, l to right, or h to move left. In addition, the arrow keys
will serve the same purpose. In order to move quickly through the
list, the user may use a built in "go to"function. By simply typing
the number of one of the menu choices andpressing enter, the user
will "go to" that menu selection. Again, theuser is provided with
a brief description of each site, the login and exitinstructions, and
the direct telnet address for each site listed. These instructions
should be noted carefully *before* connecting to the site.

Choice 8-Recent Additions

This contains the sites most recently added to the SERVICES
system. These sites may also be found in the alphabetical listing
under Choice 7, All Services. Currently, in the Recent Additions
menu, there are twenty-one sites listed. Among the sites are FEDIX,
Rutgers CWIS, Cleveland Freenet, Science and Technology
Information System, PENpages, Geographic Server, SpaceLink,
and NASA Extragalactic Database. After selecting a site from a
menu, care must be taken when the first screen of information appears.
This contains the login sequence that must be followed after the
connection has been established. If you would like your telnet sight
to become a "recent addition" to SERVICES, there is a contact
person listed in main menu Choice 1, About Washington
University SERVICES.

Choice 9- Weather Forecast for US/Canada

When this selection is chosen from the services main menu,
the message "no information on this site is available" appears. Don't
let this deter you from this site. It is actually very user-friendly and
provides a great deal of useful weather information. Selecting (c) to
connect from the SERVICES menu and pressing for the
Weather Underground menu will cause the following choices to
appear (no login or password is necessary):

WELCOME TO THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND

1) U.S. Forecasts and climate data
2) Canadian Forecasts
3) Current weather observations
4) Ski conditions
5) Long-range forecasts
6) Latest earthquake reports
7) Severe weather
8) Hurricane Advisories
9) National Weather Summary
10) International data
11) Marine Forecasts and Observations
X) Exit program
C) Change to scrolling to screen.
H) Help
?) Answers to all your questions

Each of the choices above provides the user with other menus.
By using these menus and the on -screen directions, it is quite easy
to getaround. The Help facility is readily available at all times, adding
to the ease of use of this site. Each of the choices provides useful
information. For example, option 1, U.S. Forecast a nd climate data,
provides the forecast for many cities in the United States. It also
provides record high and low temperatures, and rainfall information.
The forecast for a city can be easily found by typing in a three digit
code for the city. The codes for the cities can be found by typing in
the two digit code (ie. postal code) for the state where the city is
located. Also, the Ski Conditions choice provides snowfall and
climate data for most major ski areas in the United States.

LOGIN PROCEDURE:
1) At the telnet prompt type> telnet wugate.wustl.edu
2) At the LOGIN: prompt type> SERVICES
3) At the TERM= (network): type> VT100

EXIT SEQUENCE:
When in the SERVICES menu system, a command of
(u) will return the user to the previous menu. The (u) choice
should be used until the main SERVICES menu appears. The
choice of (10) on the main menu will allow exiting from the
SERVICES site. Also, the user may quit from any menu in
SERVICES by pressing (q).

Each site that can be reached from SERVICES has its
own sequence of exit commands. These commands are usually
given in the description of the site on SERVICES, or on the login
screen at the site. Since it is virtually impossible to remember
every exit command for a particular site, the user of the site should
take extreme care to write down the necessary information.
However, "emergency" exits can be made from most sites by
pressing CONTROL ], which will return the user to the telnet prompt.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
The SERVICES site itself is quite easy to use. The
selections are all menu driven. The only thing to watch for is the
use of carriage returns. When making a menu selection, the number
of the choice needs to be typed, followed by a carriage return. To
actually enter the choice, another carriage return should be used.
It is also an option to use the arrow keys to move to a menu item,
and then press the carriage return to actually enter that menu.

Carriage returns however, are not required when choosing
from commands that are displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Below is a list of these commands:

h:LEFT j:DOWN k:UP l:RIGHT u:PREVIOUS MENU ?:HELP
q:QUIT

The LEFT, DOWN, UP and RIGHT, keys work in the same manner
as the arrow keys on a computer. Either set of keys will work for
menu selection. On some computers the LEFT, DOWN, UP, and
RIGHT keys may not function. However, the arrow keys will suffice.

After making a menu selection, the user has the following two
choices:

(c) Connect to the system or
(u) Return to the previous menu

SAMPLE LOGIN:
After logging onto the site, the following screen appears:

1) About Washington University Services
2) Washington University Services
3) United States Libraries
4) Foreign Libraries
5) Government Libraries and Public Accessible
Databases
6) Campus Wide Information Systems
7) All Services
8) Recent Additions
9) Weather Forecast for US/Canada
10) QUIT the Washington University SERVICES
program

Typing in a number followed by a carriage return will cause a
'highlighter' to mark the appropriate selection. In order to actually
'enter' the selection, a second carriage return must be used. For
example, typing in 3 will cause the submenu
associatedwith United States Libraries to appear on the screen.
Below a partial listing of the menu for United States Libraries is
displayed:

1. Alabama 20. Nebraska
2. Arkansas 21. Nevada
3. California 22. New Hampshire
4. Colorado 23. New Jersey
5. Delaware 24. New Mexico
6. Florida 25. Georgia

The menu has a two column format. In order to move through the
menu either the arrow keys, or the keyboard commands listed at the
bottom of the screen, can be used . In order to see a listing of libraries
connected to the system in Nebraska, the user should type in 20
. A menu will then appear with the libraries that
can be accessed. After selecting one of the numbers from this menu,
the user will be given two choices, either
(c) Connect to the system or
(u) Return to the previous menu

These two choices should not be followed by a carriage return. Just
pressing the 'c' or 'u' key will provide the required result.

HELPFUL HINTS:
When the user makes a selection from the menu, on-screen
directions willbe provided as to how to login to the site (in most
cases). These directions need to be followed in order to successfully
connect to a site. These directions are only provided once. Care
should be taken to write down any relevant information as it is
quite frustrating to try to guess how to login to a particular site.

Some of the sites do not give directions on how to login. They simply
askfor passwords. These are the sites that require accounts in order
to beused. For most of these sites however, SERVICES provides
information in the description as to how to obtain an account.

When choosing to connect to a site, the direct telnet address is also
given. If the user is going to access a single site, it is recommended
that they connect right to the site rather than going through
SERVICES since this can be faster.

If you have not guessed it already, this site is enormous. It is
virtually impossible to 'explore' every option. This guide was written
to provide an outline of the main features of the SERVICES menus,
so that users of the site will be able to easily access its wealth of
information.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Joan Miller
Revised by Julie McMahon

TELNET SITE NAME:
SpaceLINK

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
128.158.13.250

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
First time only: user-id: newuser
password: newuser

DESCRIPTION:
This database is arranged to provide access to current
and historical information on NASA aeronautics and space research.
Also included are suggested classroom activities that incorporate
information on NASA projects to teach a number of scientific
principles.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Go to the main menu by typing 1 at any submenu. At
the main menu type 1 to log off NASA Spacelink.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
Spacelink uses a series of menus for navigation throughout
their online service. Some convenient commands are:
= next screen
c = continuous scrolling
s = stop viewing document
ctrl/s = pause
ctrl/q = cancel pause
ctrl/h = delete character (your computer's delete key or
backspace key may generate Ctrl/h.)
ctrl/x = abort a protocol file transfer

SERVICES:
Below is the main menu
1. Log Off NASA Spacelink
2. NASA Spacelink Overview
3. Current NASA News
4. Aeronautics
5. Space Exploration: Before the Shuttle
6. Space Exploration: The Shuttle and Beyond
7. NASA and its Centers
8. NASA Educational Services
9. Classroom Materials
10. Space Program Spinoffs/Technology Transfer

SAMPLE LOGIN:
Pick an item from the main menu. Spacelink will proceed
to a submenu. Pick an item from the submenu. Spacelink will
either proceed to another submenu or the specific document. Before
proceeding to a specific document, you must enter a letter to say
how you want to receive the document. Use the menu at the
bottom of the page to choose. An example is:

Enter an option number, 'G' for GO TO, ? for Help, or press
RETURN to redisplay menu. . .9 (will go to the submenu
CLASSROOM MATERIALS)

Enter an option number, 'G' for GO TO, ? for Help, or press
RETURN to redisplay menu. . .3 (will go to the submenu SPACE
SCIENCE ACTIVITIES)

Enter an option number, 'G' for GO TO, ? for Help, or press
RETURN to redisplay menu. . .6 (will go to the submenu ROCKETS)

Enter an option number, 'G' for GO TO, ? for Help, or press
RETURN to redisplay menu. . .4 (will go to the document
NEWTON'S THIRD LAW K-6) (This document lists & describes
activities concerning Newton's third law.)

NOT TO MISS:
All the services are exceptional. To save oneself some
time, download a copy of Spacelink Keywords and Phrases found in
#2 NASA Spacelink Overview.. You can type one of these
keywords or phrases at the 'G' for GO TO prompt at the bottom of
any menu. Spacelink will go directly to that document or a submenu
dealing with the keyword or phrase.

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Becky Larson
Sue Vasser

TELNET SITE NAME:
SpaceMet Internet.
(Located at the University of Massachusetts, Amhurst)

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
spacemet.phast.umass.edu
128.119.50.48

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
Begin the telnet session. When connected, press
again--this seems to speed up the login process. This site uses
the MAXIMUS software system and it must "load up" before use.
When you first logon to this site you will be asked to register as a
new user. This will involve completing a series of questions. You
will need to give your name and provide a password of at least
6 letters or combination of letters and numbers. You will only
have to do this the first time you logon. Be sure to select an
appropriate password and take special note of it. From this point
on when you login, you are prompted to give your full name and
then your password.

DESCRIPTION:
SpaceMet Internet is an online service for educators and
students who are interested in space, and space related topics.
There is much to be explored at this site and it is very easy to use.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
The emergency exit is the standard control-] ( ^] ).
Otherwise, you will be able to locate the logoff keystroke
command (G for Goodbye) on the various menus.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
This service is EXTREMELY user friendly. The entire
system is menu driven. When you first logon, you are presented
with the Bulletin Menu which displays new or timely information.
This seems somewhat strange at first because one of the listed
options is to go to the Main Menu. As of this writing, the Bulletin
Menu has 10 options
described. They are:

U) USA Today News *** New Feature ***
5) Five College/WMass Public School Partnership Events
F) Five College Calendar of Events
D) 5C/5E Spring-Summer '93 Information - space still available
A)ppeal for SpaceMet Monetary Contributions
H)elp on using SpaceMet
C)urrent workshops, courses, lectures, etc.
M) MESTEP Questionnaire - for MESTEP Project p
articipants only
R)edisplay Bulletin Menu
Q)uit (go the the Main Menu)

Of those, the ones that are most useful are the USA Today
News, Help on using SpaceMet, and Quit (to go the the Main Menu).
The 'USA Today' is a collection of summaries of articles and
are filed by topic. This give you a thumbnail sketch of what is
going on in the world in the various subject areas. 'Help' provides
you with help. (Surprise!). To get to the Main Menu, press Q.

Although there are 14 listed options in the Main Menu,
there are four main sections. These are
M)essage Areas ... read/enter public/private messages.
F)ile Areas... get/receive software and other files.
C)hange Setup... change your personal information.
D)atabase Menu ... locate and view stored information.

In the MESSAGE section you'll notice it's divided into
several content "areas" including 'For Kids & Schools', 'For
Teachers', 'National echomail', and 'K12Net'. Each of these areas
has many specific sub areas. There should be something for everyone.
One note, there are several opportunities to enter a 'chat' mode.
This carries advantages as well as disadvantages.

The FILE section contains a large listing of text and other files.
The subjects are very broad and include such topics as: general
help and how-to's; educator contact lists; files which list astronomy
and spacebbs's; files which list Internet sites for science teachers;
and *much* more. Think of the file section as a big library of
software grouped into several areas.

The CHANGE SETUP section is for general housekeeping.
You can change all of your account information including your
password. Other settings may be customized here.

The DATABASE section is an *extensive* collection of
downloadable files of all types. These are categorized into content
topics of Text files, Software, Course Materials, Physics, For
Teachers, Energy, Plant/Insect Ecology, Streams-Earth Environment,
Atmopsphere Environment, several K12 topics, and others. As
with any large database, there is a search and retrieval system.
This one has a lot of help screens. The Database section is a rich
source for educators and students.

SERVICES:
All services are accessed through menu selection screens.
A short description of each is provided online. They include:

MESSAGE
Some of the basic commands in the Message Area are:

A (AREA CHANGE) Lets you select another message area.
Type "?" to see a list of available areas (there are over 100 of
them!). Type the code to move directly to another area.

L (LIST-brief) Gives a summary of messages in the message area.

FILES

Some of the basic commands in the File Area are:

A (AREA CHANGE) Lets you select another file area. Type "?"
to see a list of available areas. You may also type a number
immediately following the "?" to move directly to another area.

F (FILE TITLES) Lists files available in the current file area.
If the file is new since your last call, you'll see an asterisk "*"
next to the date uploaded.

V (View text file) Displays a text file on the screen. This only
works with text files.

D (DOWNLOAD) A file will be sent to you, provided your software
supports this. The system supports Xmodem, K-Xmodem, Zmodem,
and others. It DOES NOT support ASCII. If your software only
does ASCII file downloads try the T)ype command and capture
the file in a buffer.

L (LOCATE) Lets you locate a file based on a short sequence of
characters. THIS COMMAND SEARCHES ALL FILE AREAS,
NOT JUST THE CURRENT AREA.

Hint: If you are new to computers or to modem
communication, the main thing for you to do is RELAX. You
cannot harm any of the equipment. So DON'T worry!

SAMPLE LOGIN:

Welcome to SpaceMet Internet! spacemet.phast.umass.edu
128.119.50.48
Brought to you by
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts,
Amhurst
Five Colleges, Inc.
National Science Foundation

SYSOP (SYStem OPerator):
Helen Sternheim (413) 545-3697, 545-1908

New Users: Enter your REAL FIRST AND LAST NAMES to
apply for a full access account. Enter GUEST (first name) and
leave the last name blank to just look around with limited access.

What is your name: "Your Name Here"

"Your Name" [Y,n] ? Y

Password ....
Welcome! We're glad you decided to call.

Because you haven't called this system very many times, we
wanted to give you a few pointers.

Press ENTER to continue.

This is the BULLETIN MENU
(to return here later, enter B in Main Menu)

Select one of these:
U) USA Today News *** New Feature ***
5) Five College/WMass Public School Partnership Events
F) Five College Calendar of Events
D) 5C/5E Spring-Summer '93 Information - space still available
A)ppeal for SpaceMet Monetary Contributions
H)elp on using SpaceMet
C)urrent workshops, courses, lectures, etc.
M) MESTEP Questionnaire - for MESTEP Project
participants only
R)edisplay Bulletin Menu
Q)uit (go the the Main Menu)

Select (R=Redisplay Bulletin Menu, Q=Go to Main Menu): q

Do You wish to check for mail? [Y,n] n

Main Screen Garbage? Enter CVTQ:
M)essage Areas F)ile Areas C)hange Setup D)atabase
Menu
/)Chat Menu G)oodbye (log off) S)tatistics Y)ell at SysOP
U)serList V)ersion of BBS B)ulletin Menu W)Who is On
?)help O)ff-line reader
Select: g

Disconnect [Y,n,?=help]?

Leave a message to Helen SysOp [y,N,?=help]?

Hope to see you on SpaceMet again soon!

--end sample session

Be sure to take your time "wandering" through this site.
It contains wonderful information. Students are welcome to browse
and search and are able to use it independently because it is so
user friendly.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Denny Hanley
revised by Bob Avant

TELNET SITE NAME:
Sports Schedules

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
Basketball culine.colorado.edu 859
128.138.129.83 859

Hockey culine.colorado.edu 860
128.138.129.83 860

Baseball culine.colorado.edu 862
128.138.129.83 862

Football culine.colorado.edu 863
128.138.129.83 863

DESCRIPTION:
This telnet site is a user friendly site where even novices
can feel comfortable. The only service which the site provides is
schedules for the following professional sports leagues: The
NationalBasketball Association, National Hockey League, Major
League Baseball and The National Football League. Using the
Sport Schedule, an individual can findout who and where a particular
team is playing. Two subjects which the Sport Schedule could be
utilized in are geography and Computer Literacy. Students
could improve their map skills by tracking the different cities where
a teamtravels. The other class is a computer literacy. In the
computer literacyclass, the Sport Schedule could be used to introduce
students totelecommunications, because it is easy to use students
can build some confidence before moving on to some complicated sites.

SERVICES:
The only service is to provide schedules for professional sports
teams. While there is no primary service which educators can use to
help themin the classroom, teachers can use the service as a means
of teaching other concepts or skills.

LOGON SEQUENCE:
1. Go to the system prompt
2. at the system prompt type the telnet service number you
want example prompt> telnet 128.138.129.83 862
this number will put you in contact with the baseball
schedule

That's it once you complete the two steps you are in the sites
and you can start to check schedules

EXIT SEQUENCE:
1. at the Sport Schedule prompt type quit or exit
example mbl>quit

Again that is it. You will be returned to the system commands
of your host
computer.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
The only command is h for help, which gives you examples of
how to use the site.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
After you gain access to the site, you will see a listing of
teams and a prompt such as mlb> for major league baseball. At
the prompt you have the following options; using baseball and
the Texas Rangers as an example. mlb>
to get the schedule for all teams on that given day
mlb> Texas
gives you the schedule for Texas for that given day
mlb> Texas 7/10
gives you the schedule for Texas on July 10
mlb> Texas 7/10 7/11 7/12
gives you the schedule for Texas on July 10, 11 and 12
mlb> Texas all
gives you the entire schedule for Texas
mlb> all
gives the entire major league baseball schedule listed by dates.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Jim Jurica
jjurica@tenet.edu

TELNET SITE NAME:
STIS: Science & Technology Information System

ADDRESSES:
stis.nsf.gov
128.150.195.40

DESCRIPTION:
STIS is an electronic dissemination system that provides
fast, easy access to National Science Foundation (NSF) publications.
The service is available 24 hours a day, except during maintenance
periods. Publications include:
*The NSF *bulletin*
*Program announcements and *Dear Colleague* letters
*General publications and reports*
*NSF Directions*
*Press releases
*NSF organization charts and phone books
*NSF vacancy announcements
*Award abstracts (1989-now)

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
public (there is no password required)

EXIT SEQUENCE:
ESC key returns you to main menu. Then choose logoff
command. (ESC several times sometimes works as well.)

SAMPLE LOGIN:
(This is annotated as I was unable to get a session
log through repeated attempts)

Once connected through telnet when you will see the following:
SunOS UNIX (stis.nsf.gov)
Login:
Type:
public

(Last public login information is supplied here.)

STIS supports the following terminal types:
vt100 vt100nkp vt100nes sunkbd3 sunkbd4

Enter your terminal type, or ? for help vt100nkp

You have selected vt100nkp . Use the arrow keys that are NOT
on the numeric keypad. Use the following keys for larger cursor
movement (*Note* I had difficulty trying to find a terminal choice
that would work successfully):

^U=PgUp ^D=PgDn ^T=Home ^B=End

If you find that every time (or sometimes) when you press an
arrow key, STIS act like you pressed ESC, you may have to use
vt100nes

Press ENTER to continue, *back* to go back:

X X
XXX XX XXXXXXXXXXX
XXXX XXX XXXXXXX XX XXX
XX XXX XXX XXX XXX XX
XXX XX XXX XXX XXXXXX
XXX XXX XX XXX XXXXX
XXX XXX X XXXXXX XX
XXX XXX X XX XXXXX XX
XXX XXX XX XXXX XX
XX X XXX XXXXX XXXX
X XXXXXX
X

S T I S S Y S T E M

If this is your first login, enter an ID that you will use each time
you use STIS, otherwise, enter the ID you created before.

User ID . . . __________(example jsmith)

(Note: This does not change the name you enter at the *Login*
prompt.)

Enter ?=Help ESC=exit

[At this point new users will be asked to fill out a data form.]

STSMAIN
Use arrow keys or numbers to make a selection, and the ENTER

1. Search/Browse Documents (TOPIC)
2. Edit User Registration
3. View help menu
4. Download STIS manual
5. Download Index to Files for FTP
6. Send a message to STIS operator
7. Exit STIS (log out)

****************************************
Do you use TOPIC on STIS to do sophisticated searches (anything
more than a simple word search)? If so, please write to
stis@nsf.gov , and describe your application.

Documents have been reorganized. Please send a note to SYSOP if
anything’s broken. 4/19/92 ******************************

Enter ?=Help ESC=exit

Help Search Topics Filters Documents Exit

END SAMPLE LOGIN.

USEFUL FILES:
I found that the grant and new program files
were very interesting. I could only find them after I FTP’d for the
index though. Also, there were some interesting press releases
regarding congressional funding. Lastly, there are some curriculum
research files that were interesting. All files indicate whether
they are Binary or ASCII.

The following are some observations, and cautions.

1. This is NOT very user friendly. I finally did a topic search
by using the “FILTERS” option.
When you call up the topic menu you see a list of numbers as
all government documents are assigned a file number.

2. If you have access to FTP access that to get the index through:
login: anonymous
password: your email address

retrieve ftpindex
This contains a list of files available on STIS and additional
instructions.

3. Even if you have a keypad on your keyboard you may have
to experiment with the choice of keyboard.

4. The announcement requesting information on how people have
been doing searches indicates to me that those who set up the system
understand that there are problems to be worked out. Be patient.
User Beware. This is NOT for the feeble-hearted.

5. This location seemed friendlier as an FTP site than a telnet site.
It will improve when the topic search capability is improved.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Cece Schwennsen

TELNET SITE NAME:
SWAIS Site: Politics Databases

INTERNET ADDRESS:
SunSITE.UNC.EDU
152.2.22.81

DESCRIPTION:
Seven different servers provide twelve different
sources of politically-oriented information. These diverse
sources can be accessed via keywords on relevant political
issues. A user can search the President's speeches,
newsbriefings, White House papers, and congressional
documents for relevant information. Full text versions of
these documents are provided on-line. This site will
require some knowledge of keyword search procedures
typical of ERIC searches. Novice users may find the site
a bit confusing at first.

SERVICES:
Educators will find great value in the numerous
up-to-date primary sources of current interest topics.
Social studies history, economics, and health students
will find relevant information.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. At login, type "politics".
The screen will scroll until user sees
"term= (unknown)."
2. Press at this point.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Using the key will allow the user to
exit at any time during the site visit.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
In order to productively and efficiently navigate
through the site, the following commands will be helpful:
-selects a source for searching
Once selected, a source will be
tagged with an <*>.
-allows user to type desired keywords
arrow keys-allow for movement among sources
-provides a menu with more detailed commands.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
Select sources BEFORE entering keywords.
Users may wish to experiment with this site before
serious use.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Jeff Meyer

TELNET SITE NAME:
Tallahassee Freenet

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
freenet.scri.fsu.edu
freenet.fsu.edu
144.174.128.43

DESCRIPTION:
First of all, the Tallahassee Free-Net is not complete. You
may feel some frustration upon finding some menu choices are not
currently available or are only accessible to registered users.
That said, Tallahassee Free-Net is a non-profit, public service
organization with the goal of providing Tallahassee and
surrounding areas with free access to internet services. This
freenet is designed on the basis that most people interested in
using the system are not "hackers" and will derive more benefit
from a menu-driven system rather than some other method of
organization. A variety of community service organizations,
recreational groups, political, and business entities in the
Tallahassee area provide and maintain information on this system
for the public. Anyone can access this system. Anyone can also
register as a user to get enhanced priviledges, like email
service. You can register from the "All About Free-Net" submenu.

SERVICES:
The main services of interest to educators offered by
Tallahassee Freenet are:

Social Services and Organizations
Medical Center
Agriculture Center
Government Complex
Education Complex
Religion Center
Science and Technology Center
Home and Garden Center
Library Complex
Community Center
Disabilities Information
Internet email service (registered users)

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1. telnet freenet.fsu.edu
2. login as "visitor"
3. press the or key to continue
4. follow directions to Main Menu

EXIT SEQUENCE:
1. at any point press "q" to quit
2. press "x" for exit
3. answer "y" to question: "Are you sure you want to exit?"

ACCESS COMMANDS:
This is a user-friendly menu-driven system. The only
commands you need for a thorough exploration are:
control right bracket (^])- escape character
(m) main menu
(p) previous menu
(x) Exit
Your Choice:

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
One of the most attractive services at this sight, the
educational complex, allows access to: FSU, Florida A&M,
Tallahassee Community College, a scholarship database, an area
technical scool, etc. A membership is required for the University
system databases. Don't miss the Books About the Internet under
the All About Free-Net Menu.

Visitor logins are limited to 40 minutes, registered users
are limited to 1.5 hours. Also registered users can mail postings to
themselves or others.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Greg Thomas

TELNET SITE NAME:
TC Forum

INTERNET ADDRESS:
tcforum.unl.edu
129.93.80.233

DESCRIPTION:
TC Forum is designed to serve the educational
needs in the State of Nebraska, and is owned and operated by
Teachers College, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Its purpose
is to encourage and promote the free exchange and discussion
of educational information, ideas, and opinions. To promote
its purposes, national and international discussion groups
may be found in the Mail Conference and in the Files and Pro-
grams collection, articles can be "downloaded" to your personal
computer.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
G)oodbye and Q)uit are the more common commands to
return to the Main Menu from wherever in the program, at which
point you will G)oodbye and Log off. Reading the instructions at
the bottom of the screen will alleviate most problems.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
The command system is "user friendly". Read carefully
the commands at the bottom of the screen as they change de-
pending on the area in which you are operating. At most places
one can type H)elp and receive specific information for the
particular area where you are in the system.

SERVICES AVAILABLE:
At the MAIN MENU choices of interest are listed.
Those frequently selected are B)ulletin\Newsletter, F)iles,
H)elp, M)ail,and T)utor.

B)ulletin\Newsletter: Entering L)ist here will list all of
the bulletins available.

F)iles: Type L)ist to see the files available in the File
Menu. As this subsystem permits the moving of files between
TC Forum and your system follow the on line instructions for
the downloading procedure.

H)elp: This is an option that can accessed from most all
locations throughout the system. Reading this will ease
most of your immediate problems.

M)ail: This is probably the major option of the system.
With over 80 groups making this option their base, the choices
are unlimited. They range from "Kids to Age 13";"Foreign
Language Echos"; to USA-Europe Link Support echo.

T)utor: This option is quite lengthy and should be scanned
by all that use the system. It is especially excellent for
those that are novices or for those that intend to make use of
all parts of the system.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:

1. Telnet to tcforum.unl.edu or 129.93.80.233

2. Once connected you will be asked your FIRST NAME.
Respond appropriately. You will then be asked for
your last name. Again respond.

3. The system will then "Check Users" and state "User
not found" and will ask if you are indeed (Your Name)?
You type Y)es.

4. You will then be asked for your residence, CITY and
STATE. Respond appropriately.

5. Now a welcome along with several paragraphs stating
the rules and the purpose of the system will be pre-
sented. You will also be requested to use your real
name when answering the registration questionaire
that will allow you to gain full access to TC FORUM.

6. Now you will be asked to C)hange any of the previous
information (LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, CITY, STATE),
D)isconnect, or R)egister. Type the letter of your
choice and press the key.

7. If you have selected R)egister you will be asked to
enter a password which will be used when you next log
on. Using a password allows you to go to the MAIN MENU
without interference.

8. The system will ask some "set-up" type questions.
Answer to the best of your ability. Novice users
should type [N]o for the Turbo Keys. Remember,
is the same as Q)uit.

9. A welcome is now stated along with some general help
statements. You will also be asked if you want the sys-
tem to ckeck for mail. Answer [N]o and this will now
bring you to the MAIN MENU.

10. At the (Main Command) type MAIL and after a few
seconds a list of conferences with a brief description of their
activity will be shown for your selection.

11. Now you may J)oin a conference and interact or G)oodbye
and go to the MAIN MENU for another choice. Here also
you may type G)oodbye and Log off Y)es or N)o.

REMARKS:
System is down on the week-end although I found it
to be available during the evening hours daily. They are
increasing the number of files in the system as well as
the number of discussion groups. I did see some personal
messages concerning notification of shutting down a group.
It could possibly be a Student Echo group, as that was what
I was reviewing at the time. The number and variety of groups
listed is staggering.

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Nancy Paben
David Anderson

TELNET SITE NAME:
UMD Info Database

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
INFO.UMD.EDU
128.8.10.29

DESCRIPTION:
The University of Maryland Info Database offers access to
a wide variety of information and files. Some information is specific
to the University, such as Campus Calendars. However, there is
also a great deal of information that is of great interest to the general
public. Files are available for reading and for FTP in the areas of
computers, economic data, and government. There is also an on-
line "Reading Room" that has books and articles available to view
and/or FTP, many of which are part of Project Gutenberg. Furthermore,
instead of accessing the UMD INFO Database at login, it is
possible to access the Gopher system. Through accessing gopher,
the user can use the ARCHIE and VERONICA services, as well as
WAIS and WORLD WIDE WEB. As one can see, the UMD INFO
Database site, is valuable for not only the information available at
its site, but also as an information gateway to other services.

The site has very user-friendly menus and on-line help
available at each screen. However, in order to fully utilize the file
transfer capabilities of this site, the user should have a basic
understanding of the protocol used to transfer files.

SERVICES:
Within UMD INFO Database there are fourteen different
menu areas. However, six of these choices are of specific interest
to University of Maryland students and staff, such as "Campus-
Calendars", "CampusServices", and "Student Organizations".
These menu choices are interesting to browse through, but would
probably not be pertinent to an "off-campus" TELNET user. Only
one menu item, "USAToday", is not available for access by a user
from outside the University of Maryland. The four menu items
that would be of greatest use to the general TELNET user are:

3 - Computers
4 - EconData
5 - Government
6 - ReadingRoom

Each menu choice leads the user into a series of subdirectories
containing files and documentation on each topic, which may be then
transferred to the user's local computer. What makes this site user-
friendly is the fact that each subdirectory is in the form of a menu
choice. Therefore, there is no need to use UNIX change directory
commands, and the user does not get "lost" within layers of
directories. Furthermore, there is a "Contents" or an "Index"
menu choice in most of the subdirectories. "Contents" or "Index"
gives a brief description of the all the files contained in that
subdirectory so that the user can make an informed decision
about viewing and transferring files. Finally, the process for
transferring files from any of the subdirectories at the site is menu
driven, so the user does not have to use UNIX commands. Each
of the most "useful" menus are described below.

3 - Computers Menu

Within the "Computers" menu there are 16 subdirectories,
which are in the form of menu choices. Among these menu
choices are subdirectories for Macintosh, Novell, OS2, and PC,
users. Within each of these subdirectory menu choices are more
subdirectories full of files for FTP and/or viewing. For example,
the PC subdirectory lists 25 menu choices that contain files for
dos, graphics, windows, utilities, viruses, and more.

4 - EconData Menu

The "EconData" menu choice provides the user access
to a vast wealth of economic data. According to the readme.
doc in the menu, there are "several hundred thousand economic
time series that have been put in a standard, highly efficient,
easy-to-use-form for personal computers". Included in the files
are data on labor information, price indices, and current business
indicators. Also provided among the menu choices, is a
subdirectory containing all the necessary computer software to
utilize the data. Again, all of the subdirectories within the EconData
menu are accessible by menu choice. There is also a superlative
set of documentation about how to access and use the data,
labeled "Contents.doc".

5 - Government Menu

Within this menu are five different subdirectories (again all
in the form of menus) which include Factbook91, Factbook92,
Maryland, UN, and US. Any of these choices will access further
subdirectories of information. For example, within the US
subdirectory there are 16 additional choices, giving the user
access to files on topics ranging from the Census-90 to the
Supreme Court. This would be an excellent site for history and
government educators to explore.

6 - ReadingRoom

The "ReadingRoom" contains text files in the areas of
Computers, Disability, Fiction, GreenDisk, History, NewsLetters,
and Religion. Many of the works available are part of Project
Gutenberg. There is again a menu choice labeled "Index", which
provides an alphabetical listing of all the readings available at
this site. The user can view the works on-line or transfer them to
their local computer.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
1) At the system prompt type >telnet info.umd.edu
-or-
>telnet 128.8.10.29

2) At the login prompt type info. ex) login: info

NOTE: To access gopher at this point the user
would type gopher. ex) login: gopher

3) Enter your terminal type. The default is VT100.
Typing a ? will display a list of choices of other
terminal types.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
1) From any point in the menu system type Q for Quit.
It may be necessary to press Q two times to get back
to the main menu.

2) Respond Y for Yes when prompted "Do you really
wish to exit Info?"

ACCESS COMMANDS
Once in UMD Info Database, menu selection is quite easy.
Simply use the up and down arrow keys to select the menu item and
press enter. It is also possible to press G (for Go-To) and the
number of the desired menu item. This can be faster when there
are many items within a menu. Pressing ESC will return the user
to the previous menu. Pressing the ? will provide on-line help.
The main access commands are listed across the top of the
screen within each menu. The commands are VIEW, RETURN,
SELECT, X-FER, GO-TO, PROTOCOL, QUIT. To utilize any of
these commands, simply press the first letter of the command.
For example, press R to Return. A summary of the function of
each of these commands is given below.

VIEW - View allows the user to look at a file or a menu choice.
View is the default menu choice. Note: You cannot
view binary or zipped files.
RETURN - Pressing R for Return and enter brings the user back to
the main menu.
SELECT - Pressing S will select a file for transfer. It is possible to
select several files from the list and then begin
transferring all selected files.
X-FER -This is the command given to transfer files to the user's
local computer.
GO-TO - This will allow the user to Go-To another menu item
directly, after the number of the menu item is entered.
PROTOCOL - This command allows the user to select the file transfer
protocol to be used when transferring files. The choices
are FTP, Kermit, and TFTP. Selecting Kermit will
download the files directly to the user's personal
computer. The FTP options will transfer the files to the
user's internet account space. Using FTP is the much
quicker alternative.
QUIT - This command is used to Quit the UMD Info Database.

When viewing a file another set of commands appears at the
top of the screen. These commands are: TOP, Bottom, Up, Down,
Left, Right, Number, Search, and Quit. Top, Bottom, Up, Down,
Left, and Right, allow navigation through the file as their name
suggests. Number allows the user to jump to a specific line number
within the file. Search allows the user to search for particular text
within the file. Finally, Quit is used to Quit the UMD Info Database.

SAMPLE LOGIN:

1) At the Welcome screen press any key to go forward to
the main menu.
2) The main menu provides 14 choices. Press the down
arrow to select the choice you wish to view. For
example, to view the "ReadingRoom" subdirectory
press the down arrow to number 6 and press enter.
3) Once within your choice use the same procedure to view
a particular subdirectory. ESC will return you to the
previous menu.
4) Select the "Contents" or "Index" menu item if you wish
to see a synopsis of all the files within that menu.
5) To transfer a file to your local Internet Account:
A) Press S to select the file you wish to transfer.
B) Press P for Protocol and select FTP
C) Press X for X-FER.
D) You will then be prompted for the following
information

What is the name of the remote computer?
===> (enter the number of the Internet computer at
which you have an account)
What is your userid on that machine?
===> (enter your userid *without* the extensions
after the @ sign). For example, enter
jdoe not jdoe@tenet.edu.
What is the password for that userid?
===> (enter your password, it will not be displayed)
Please enter remote name for: file.zip
====> (enter the name you would like the file to
have on your computer or press enter to
keep the same name.)

E) The files will then be transferred to your
local computer.
6) Press Q to Quit the system.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
If you plan to transfer files from the site, using the FTP
protocol, you will need to know the Internet Address of the
computer at which you have an account. Be sure to write this
down *before* telnetting to the UMD Info site.

If the up and down arrows keys do not function when you
enter the site, exit out. Then, telnet back to the site and try using
VT200 as your terminal type instead of the default VT100,

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Julie McMahon
jmcmahan@tenet.edu

TELNET SITE NAME:
University of North Carolina's Internet Extended Bulletin
Board Service

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
bbs.oit.unc.edu
152.2.22.80

DESCRIPTION:
The Internet site at the University of North Carolina
(152.2.22.80) is an Extended Bulletin Board Service that
connects the users to various information systems and networks
for research and educational purposes. This Internet site
provides its users with the ability to read network news, send
E-mail, access information sources in the nation and world
wide, downloadfiles, and find users' address. Various search
features in all areas of education, general information and
entertainment are possible using "lookup tools" such as gopher,
VERONICA, ARCHIE, WAIS, and WWW. Likewise the user
needs to have intermediate to advanced telecommunications
expertise to be able to explore and retrieve information from the
broad resources available at this site.

SERVICES:

1. Access to the University Libraries Catalogs and to the Library
of Congress Information Systems (LOCIS). This Internet Site
provides access to the on-line catalogs of university libraries
worldwide. This service is provided as part of the site's On-Line
Information Systems (LIBTEL). Access is organized into 5
geographical regions, North American, European, Pacific, Asian
and Middle-Eastern Region. The access to the Library of
Congress Information System (LOCIS) is provided under the
option "Miscellaneous Services" of LIBTEL.

2. Topical Document Search (WAIS)
This service is carried by the Wide Area Information Server, a
searching interface program, that allows users to search for
information, books, articles, abstracts, from more than 460 public
databases accessible on Internet.

3. File Transport Protocol (FTP) Downloading services or FTP
are provided at this site, through direct downloading using
Washington University Archive (wuarchive) or the SunSITE archive
or by using an "Archie" FTP servers around the world. In the latter
case the result of the search contains the locations of the requested
file, its directory path, its size and date of creation.

4. Gopher Access
This Site provides access to Internet gopher and other gophers
throughout the world.

5. Access to Other Bulletin Boards
This sites allows the user access to Cleveland Free-net, Heartland
Freenet, Endless Forest, Nyx BBS, Youngstown Freenet, Tri-State
Online, ISCA BBS (Iowa), Quartz BBS (Rutgers) and Lorain County
Free-net.

6. General Sources of Information
This sites provides access to general sources of information,
scattered in different menus. The option "Miscellaneous Services."
in LIBTEL provides access to HamRadio Call Book, National
Science Foundation, Geography and , Weather servers, American
Mathematical Society, NASA Spacelink, FEDIX (an on-line
information system that provides information to colleges,
universities and other research institutions.) Access to a
database of comptemporary poetry is also provided as one
option of LIBTEL.

7. Campus Information Servers
This Internet site provides access to campus information in North
Carolina's site, European and American sites. The information
provided relates to employement, athletic, calendar of events,
campus organization, specific events, schedule, administration etc.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:

1) At the tenet prompt type:
telnet bbs.oit.unc.edu
or telnet 152.2.22.80
2) At the login prompt type
bbs
3) After the Site's welcome and the information menu you are
prompted to type your full name. Do not use hyphenated name.
4) The system will prompt you for a password if there is already
a user with your name. In which case it is advisable to remember
that password for future loging.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
The system accomodates a quick exit to telnet prompt by
just typing (q)
However when you are navigating through the site various options
and you want to return to the main menu there are five exit
commands depending in which option you are. These are
b for menu options no 1, 2, 5, 7
Exit for menu option no 3
q for menu options no. 4 and 8
(press RETURN) for menu option no. 6

ACCESS COMMANDS:
The access commands at this site differ from one menu to
another, from one search tool to another. A list of helpfuf commands
is available in the help feature of each menu and the README files
of each search tool.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
When you are doing a search in the Bulletin Board menu or
at a remote site read *very* carefully the initial screen and note the
commands down especially of how to navigate through and how to
exit.
When doing a WAIS search patience is a virtue and allow for
few minutes to get the results of you search.
Do not use caps in any of the commands the system is case
sensitive.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Elizabeth N. Bouri

TELNET SITE NAME:
University of Virginia Grounds-Wide Information Server

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
gwis.virginia.edu
gopher.virginia.edu
128.143.22.36
Questions or comments should be E-mailed to
"gwis@virginia.edu".

DESCRIPTION:
GWIS is a local network that also serves as a
gopher site. You can access other gopher services,
veronica, wais, and others. Locally there are
several UV Library catalogs, journals and reviews,
political information, and statistics available.

SERVICES:
Library Services
1) UV Library Catalog
2) Health Sciences Library Catalog
3) Law Library Catalog
Electronic Text - Dartmouth Dante Project
Social & Economic Data
1) Census Data
2) Maastricht Treaty (European Free Trade)
3) North American Free Trade Agreement
4) US Politics, White House Papers & Campaign 92
such as the 94 Budget proposal, Clinton & Bush campaign speeches, CIA World Fact Book
Journals & Bibliographies
1) Bryn Maur Classical Review - reviews of books
2) Current Cites - (monthly) citations of
selected articles dealing with technology in
the library sciences
3) LC Cataloging Newsline - for librarians,
brief statements related to activities of the
Library of Congress
4) PACS Review - an electronic journal for the
library sciences Images
1) an electronic version of the exhibit ROME
REBORN: THE VATICAN LIBRARY AND
RENAISSANCE CULTURE. The Exhibit is divided
into nine parts, each section includes general texts,
image captions and the JPEG images.
2) Library of Congress exhibit of materials from
the newly opened Soviet archives.
Gopher Services
1) About the Internet
2) Internet-accessible Library Catalogs
3) Internet Resources
4) National Weather Service
5) Other Gopher and Information Servers
6) Veronica (search menu items in most of
GopherSpace)

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
Type telnet gopher.virginia.edu
At Login: prompt
Type gwis
No password is needed
At Enter terminal type. prompt
Press enter for the default (vt100)

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Type 'q' to quit

ACCESS COMMANDS:
For information on using the gopher menu system
1) Pick 1. About this Service/
(from the main menu)
2) Pick 5. Gopher Software Information/
3) Pick 3. How to Use the Gopher Software/
4) Pick 1. Using the Unix curses-based client.

You can always press ? for Help

From any menu you can press 'u' to go back
one menu level.

To mail an article to someone press 'm'

SAMPLE LOGIN:
You see the entire text of President Clinton's
address to the joint session of Congress on
17 FEB 93.
1) Pick 4. UVa Library Services/
2) Pick 10. University Library Resources/
3) Pick 33. Whitehouse Press Releases & Speeches /
6) Pick 1. 1993/
7) Pick 2. Feb/
8) Pick 1. A-New-Direction-Address-to-Congress

To get current earthquake information you can:
1) Pick 10. Worldwide Internet Services/
2) Pick 4. National Weather Service/
3) Pick 2. Earthquake,Topical Storms ...
4) Pick 2. Eathquakes

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
The menu system is pretty easy to follow if
you take your time and read the prompts until you
become familiar with the system.

There is a lot of information referenced for
librarians. Also teachers will find the access
of current information of real value to use in
their curriculum. The political and economic
data can be easily referenced, such as the CIA
World Fact Book. For science teachers there is
current earthquake and tropical storm information
available.

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Jim Hagon
Julie McMahon

TELNET SITE NAME:
Victoria Freenet

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
freenet.victoria.bc.ca
134.87.16.100

DESCRIPTION:
The Victoria Freenet is a "community based computer
network, intended for use by people of all ages and back-
grounds." The Victoria Freenet is based in Victoria, British
Columbia and is available at "no cost to residents and visitors"
of the region.

Using the system as a guest, allows you free access
to read and explore. However, if you wish to use the e-mail
system, add postings or responses to the conferences,
search library catalogs, or access system features such
as gopher you must be a registered user. Directions are
provided at login for those who wish to register. There is
no charge involved in registration. If in your explorations,
you attempt to access an area or service only available to
registered users, you will receive a message re: the need to
register and "be bumped up" the menu to an accessible location.

Users of the Victoria Freenet are limited to one hour
visits. However, there is no limit to the number of visits
you may make in a day.

SERVICES:
As is generally the case with freenets, the Victoria
Freenet's main menu is organized around a town or
community. The main menu items include:
-Victoria Freenet Headquarters
-Commerce Building
-Douglas & Yates
-Government Building
-House of Worship
-Library and Information Sources
-Local/Global Community Centres
-Medical Centre
-Post Office
-Schoolhouse
-Science and Environment Centre
-Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
-Help Desk.

The Victoria Freenet Headquarters houses general
information about the system as well as its acceptable
use policies, registration application, user services and
a "what's new" feature.

The Commerce Building houses business and investment
information. Douglas & Yates features personal and light-
hearted postings similar to the conversation you might enjoy
at a local pub. The remainder of the main menu entries
should be self-descriptive.

The Library and Information Sources area includes
information on the Greater Victoria Pubic Library.
Although the catalog of the library is not searchable
from the Freenet, information is provided for dial up
access to that library's resources. Additionally,the
library's hours and activities are posted, as well a
listings of new acquisitions and topically arranged
suggested reading lists. The library also offers reference
service via the Freenet utilizing postings and e-mail.

The Schoolhouse subdirectory includes:
-AskERIC
-Academy One
-Camosun College
-University of Victoria
-Open Learning Agency
-Kidlink Gopher
-Schoolhouse News.

While the college library catalogs, AskERIC and Kidlink
Gopher are restricted to registered users, guests of the system
can locate information on telecommunications projects and
curriculum within the Academy One files.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
At your system prompt type:
telnet freenet.victoria.bc.ca or telnet 134.87.16.100
When you are asked to login, type: guest

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Exit the system by typing a lower case x. As a re-
minder, this command is provided in an option bar that
appears at the bottom of the main menu screen.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
The escape character for the system is:^].
The system prompt is: ==>.
The system is menu driven. However, users wishing to
move more rapidly between menus can type the command:
go (name).

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
As is true of many sites on the electronic frontier,
the Victoria Freenet is currently "under construction" and
suffers from many construction delays. Response time
may be slow during interactive sessions with the
system. System administrators are aware of and trying
to rectify "serious configuration and compatibility"
problems. Consequently, users and guests of the Victoria
Freenet can hope for a smoother and more responsive
system in the near future!

Within the various menu settings, information and
interactions vary widely. It is important to keep in mind
that this is a grassroots effort and that, like the "public"
in public library, the free and public nature of the net
embraces electronic humanity in all its variety.

These considerations aside, accessing the Victoria
Freenet is an enjoyable experience. There are small and
subtle reminders (notice the spelling of centre in the
main menu) that the net is not located in the U.S..

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Viki Ash-Geisler
vikiag@tenet.edu

TELNET SITE NAME:
Washingtona and Lee Law Library

INTERNET ADDRESS:
liberty.uc.wlu.edu
137.113.10.35

DESCRIPTION:
The Washington and Lee Law Library telnet site is a
gateway to a multitude of services and resources on the
Internet. The main menu has 2600+ entries; items 2 through
16 are gateways to Internet services -- Archie servers, ftp
sites, gophers, Hytelnet, indexes and databases, legal resources,
U.S. libraries, Usenet newsgroups, WAIS databases, and World
Wide Webb (WWW). Individual entries for a multitude of resources
and sites follow. These include library catalogs, WAIS databases,
Archie servers, ERIC databases, and gophers, as well as single
resources such as dictionaries, thesauruses, and white page
directories to name only a few. All Internet services and
information covering all subject areas may be accessed from here.
The Law Library is a very user friendly telnet site. Search
commands are displayed at the bottom of the screen of the site
at all times, therefore novice users can easily search this
database successfully.

SERVICES:
The Law Library is a gateway to information resources from
around the world. Educators may retrieve information in all
subject areas. Most of the files that can be accessed through
this site may be retrieved by emailing them to your email
address. Some of the sites that are accessed through the Law
Library offer bilingual or multilingual services.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
At login enter: "lawlib" (in lower case letters)

EXIT SEQUENCE:
To exit from the site enter "x". You will be prompted to
enter "x" a second time to verify that you really want to exit.
Other sites that are accessed through the Law Library have
different exit sequences. It is advisable to write down exit
instructions at the different sites, but if no instructions
exist, enter "&&&" to break interactive connections.

ACCESS COMMANDS:
The following search commands are displayed at the bottom of
the screen at the site menu at all times:

Search: enter "s" to get the "search string" prompt.
i.e.: search string: Shakespeare
Add a '+' to the end of a search string to create a new
menu level. i.e.: Shakespeare+ will create a menu with
entries that have Shakespeare in the name.

Entering a '/' will also get the "search string" prompt.

Move: enter "m", then a letter to move to that section of
the menu. i.e.: enter 'w' to move to selections that begin
with the letter 'w'.

First: enter "f" to move to the first page of the menu.

Previous: enter "p" to move to the previous page.

Last: enter "l" to move to the last page of the menu.

eXit: enter "x" to exit. You will be prompted to enter "x"
again to confirm, or enter any other key to return.

Color: enter "c" to select text color and menu color.

Email: from the main menu, enter "e" to (1) set your email
address; (2) convert menu list to a file for mailing; or (0)
to exit.

Email: from the individual files, enter "e" to email the
file to your internet address.

Restrict set: enter "r" to select either all 2600+ entries
to show on the menu, or choose from 35 other selections to
shorten the menu. i.e.: Selecting number 27 will display a
menu with only education sources.

Unrestrict set: enter "u" to retrieve all 2600+ entries in
the main menu.

Arrange: enter "a" to arrange menu entries by name or by
date entered. Arranging entries alphabetically by name
makes it easier to locate entries on the menu.

&&&: enter "&&&" to escape interactive connections at any
menu level or while at any site or database. (This really
works).

At the sub-menu level, there is an additional command:
Back: enter "b" to back up one level.

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
This telnet site provides access to many other resources
on the Internet. There is an overwhelming amount of information
that can be accessed from here. To facilitate the location of
sites or databases, arrange the menu entries by name using the
"A" command. Using the '+" at the end of a search string also
facilitates searching by creating a new menu level with only
those databases that cover the topic being searched.

It is advisable to write down login and exit instructions
at the different sites, but if no instructions exist, enter "&&&"
to break interactive connections. This will bring you back to
the Law Library main menu.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Maria Elena Ovalle
ovalle@tenet.edu

TELNET SITE NAME:
Weather Underground: A Complete U.S. Weather Service

ADDRESSES:
madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000
141.212.196.79 3000

DESCRIPTION:
The Weather Undergound is a complete and very easy to use
on-line weather service covering forecasts for U.S. regions and cities,
including current weather observations, long range forecasts, ski
conditions, earthquake reports, hurricane advisories, marine forecasts,
national weather summary, and severe weather advisories. It also
provides information about Canadian weather and some international
data. The service is free for personal and educationl use and is limited
to 100 simultaneous users.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
No login required

EXIT SEQUENCE:
At any menu choose option

ACCESS COMMANDS:
This service is completely menu driven. Each selection on
the main menu is numbered or lettered and entered to by typing the
choice selection and hitting "return". The sub-menus under each
of the main categories are accessed in the same manner.

The following commands are always accessible and visable on the
screen for the user: >
Return- to continue scrolling text
M- to return to the main menu
X- to exit the program

SERVICES:
Below is the main menu of the services offerred at this site:
1) U.S. forecasts and climate data
2) Canadian weather data
3) Current weather observations
4) Ski conditions
5) Long-range forecasts
6) Latest earthquake reports
7) Severe weather
8) Hurricane advisories
9) National weather summary
10) International data
11) Marine forecasts and observations
X) Exit program
C) Change scrolling to screen
H) Help and information for new users
?) Answers to all your questions

SAMPLE LOGIN:
1. Telnet to madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 or 141.212.196.79 3000
2. A statement appears informing user connection has been made
and the escape character is '^]". Immediately following is a
help note for new users.
3. The main menu will appear. (See above)
4. Select an option from the main menu and follow the prompts given.
If you make a mistake, the system will give you the prompt:
"Not a valid option" and further instruct you.>
5. Exit at any time by hitting "X".

APPLICATION TO K-12:
This site provides a wealth of information about weather and
weather-related topics in an easy-to-follow system. Even novice
users should be able to use this system with a minimum of help.

HIGHLIGHTS:
The main menu has a category: ?- Answers to all your questions.
This category provides some very interesting and helpful information
about this service. (For instance, it tells you that since this site
originated in April 1991, its use has grown from 500 uses per week
to over 100,000 per week!)

Below are the selections in this category:
1) How to connect
2) How the Weather Underground works
3) How to set up your own Weather Underground
4) Other sources of weather data on the Internet
5) How to use the system non-interactively
6) Information on the local Ann Arbor weather
7) Information on ski reports
8) Future expansion plans.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR:
Arlene Haynes (original);
Patricia G. Ross & Yolnada Esparza (revised)

TELNET SITE NAME:
World-Wide Web

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
INFO.CERN.CH
128.141.201.74

DESCRIPTION:
The World-Wide Web (WWW) is an information retrieval
system based on the principals of hypertext. If you are familiar
with hypertext, you will find this a very comfortable site to use.
If not, this is a good place to learn. The WWW uses programs called
"browsers" to allow the user to navigate the web. When you telnet
into cern, you are placed into a browser. As you look at the
screen, you will usually see numbers enclosed in brackets -ie- [3],
scattered throughout the text. Each of these numbers represents a
linked topic which you may jump to. This is the basic idea of
hypertext, information is linked together in such a way that the
user may move through it at will, in a nonlinear fashion. When you
make such a jump, you may go to another file on the same computer,
or to a file on a computer which could be on a different continent.
It will look the same to you as a user.

With all of these options, it is not difficult to get lost in the
maze of information. If this happens, relax, don't worry, the maze
has no centaur. You may always retrace your steps and pop back out
by using the 'back' command (see Browser Commands below).

The World-Wide Web was developed and implemented
through CERN, the Eupopean Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva,
Switzerland. Since the Web is still under development, things may
change from time to time and you may run into some glitches or
dead ends. Don't panic just remember to use that 'back' command
and have fun.

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
There is no login or password needed. After connecting
with the system, you will see an opening screen with the heading
"GENERAL OVERVIEW". The bottom line will show the
commands which may be used at this time. Be aware that the list
of available commands will change, depending on where you are
in the web.

BROWSER COMMANDS:
The following is a list of the commands used for the
default WWW line browser.* The commands available at
any given time will be displayed at the bottom of each screen.

[ 1-25 ] : A range of numbers may appear at the very left of
the bottom line. The numbers indicate the hypertextual links
currently available. Entering one of them will take you to the
associated node.

[ back ] : Entering the word 'back' (or b for short) will take
you back to the place from which you made the most recent
hypertextual jump. Remember, 'back' undoes the action caused by
entering one of the previous number commands.

[ ] : Pressing the key allows you to move
forward through successive screens within a node. Jumps get
you to a certain place, pressing enter allows you to move through
the sequence of screens at that place.

[ up ] : Entering the word 'up' (or u for short) will take you
back to the most recent screen you were on. This is used for
retracing your steps through screens within a node rather than for
jumping between nodes, which is done with 'back'. Remember, 'up'
undoes the action caused by pressing the 'return' key.

[ Quit ] : Entering the word 'Quit' (must be typed in full) will
cause your exit from the WWW. Be careful, this one will close your
connection to cern, returning you to the site from which you made
the telnet connection.

[ Help ] : Use this to reach the online help system.

* Note: Other browser programs are available at CERN. Once you
become acquainted with the web, it may be a good idea to get a
browser that is specific to the computer you are using.

EXIT SEQUENCE:
Anytime you wish to quit, type 'Quit'

SERVICES:
The World-Wide Web is a navigation tool which puts many
of the services of the Internet at your fingertips.

SAMPLE LOGIN:
This is the first screen you will see.

DOCUMENT AUTHOR :
Jane Couture
REVISED 2/93 : Bill Rainey

***********************************************************
Overview of the Web
GENERAL OVERVIEW

There is no "top" to the World-Wide Web. You can look at it from
many points of view. If you have no other bias, here are some places
to start:

by Subject[1] A classification by subject of interest.
Incomplete but easiest to use.

by Type[2] Looking by type of service (access
protocol, etc) may allow to find things if you know
what you are looking for.

About WWW[3] About the World-Wide Web global
information sharing project

Starting somewhere else

To use a different default page, perhaps one representing your
field of interest, see "customizing your home page"[4].

What happened to CERN?

1-6, Up, for more, Quit, or Help:

TELNET SITE NAME:
Youngstown Freenet

INTERNET ADDRESSES:
yfn.ysu.edu
192.55.234.27

DESCRIPTION:
The Youngstown Freenet provides a variety of services and
information, simulating services provided by a city. The services and
information range from The Post Office (sending and receiving Email),
The Public Square (a forum for discussions of any subject), The
Animal Hospital (a place to ask questions and advice from
veterinarians), The Courthouse (posts recent developments in the
law), The Teleport (electronically connects your computer to another
computer at a distant site), The USA Today Headline News
(provides a summary of headline news), to The Library (offers
library services electronically). These are just a sampling of some
of the services available at this site. See the main menu under the
heading SERVICES for a complete list of information and service
options.

Educators will be interested in option 17: Academy One. It
is an international program designed to provide an online
educational resource for primary and secondary students, parents,
educators, and administrators.

The Youngstown Freenet uses a menu driven system that
is easy to follow. Novice users will be able to navigate through the
system easilyand find it to be user friendly.

SERVICES:
The Main Menu includes:
1 Administration
2 Post Office
3 The Public Square
4 The Communications Center
5 The Animal Hospital
6 The Business & Industrial Park
7 The Computer Center
8 The Courthouse
9 The Government Center
10 The Hospital
11 The House of Worship
12 The Human Services Building
13 The Library
14 The Teleport
15 The USA/Today Headline News
16 Youngstown State University
17 Academy One

LOGIN SEQUENCE:
At the Tenet prompt type: telnet yfn.ysu.edu
At the login prompt type: visitor
No password needed

EXIT SEQUENCE:
The escape character is ^]
x- Exit (logs you off the system from any arrow prompt)

ACCESS COMMANDS
h=Help, x=Exit, "go help"=Extended Help

SAMPLE LOGIN:
At the Tenet prompt type: telnet yfn.ysu.edu
At the login prompt type: visitor
No password needed.
No terminal type or user ID needed

After typing "visitor" (without the quotation marks), press the
Return / Enter key. The following screen will come up:

************************ Sample screen BEGINS here **********

WELCOME: As a visitor to this system you are allowed to
go anywhere and read anything we have available.
However, to post messages, and send or receive
electronic mail, use the chat area, and other special
features, you must be a REGISTERED USER.

The registration process and all system usage is
FREE. You are limited to one hour per visit but
there is no limit to the number of visits you can
have per day.

********************** Sample screen ENDS here **************

This is a brief excerpt from the WELCOME, more information is
available concerning disclaimers, warranties, liabilities, and other
commands available from any arrow===>prompt.

************************************************************

Following are the menus for each of the 17 options listed in the Main
Menu:

OPTION 1: ADMINISTRATION

If you select the first option (Administration), type 1 at the blinking
cursor at the bottom of the Main Menu screen, and press
Return/Enter. The following screen will come up:

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here **********

<<>>

1 About the Administration Building
2 Index
3 User Services
4 Administration Q & A
5 Submitting a Proposal to the Administration
6 The (almost) Paperless Registration System
(Don't select this option unless you need to
obtain an account)
7 The Youngstown Free-Net Release Form
(To be sent in after using the registration
system)

*********************** Sample screen ENDS here *************

OPTION 2: POST OFFICE

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here **********

<<< The Post Office >>>

1 About the Post Office
2 Check Your Mail
3 Send Mail
4 Check the size of your mailbox
5 See who your new mail is from
6 Edit your signature file
7 Edit your personal aliases file
8 Have your mail forwarded
9 Directory Services
10 Find a Penpal

********************** Sample screen ENDS here **************

OPTION 3: THE PUBLIC SQUARE

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here ***********

<<< Public Forum >>>

1 About the Public Forum
2 Items For Sale
3 Items Wanted
4 Help Wanted
5 Jobs Wanted!
6 The Kiosk
7 The SIGS (A through N)
8 The SIGS (O through Z)
9 WITTY - World Information Transmitted to
Youngstown
10 Chat with Other Users
11 The Family Magazine
12 Imprimis
13 Youth Policy Institute

********************** Sample screen ENDS here ***************

OPTION 4: THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here ***********

<<< The Communications Center >>>

1 About the Communications Center
2 Usenet News Group List
3 Read Usenet News
4 Chat with other users
5 Directory Services
6 File Transfer Services
7 User Services
8 The Post Office

*********************** Sample screen ENDS here **************

OPTION 5: THE ANIMAL HOSPITAL

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here ************

<<< The Animal Hospital >>>

1 About the Animal Hospital
2 News and Notes
3 Ask the Animal Hospital

*********************** Sample screen ENDS here *************

OPTION 6: BUSINESS & INDUSTRIAL PARK

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here ***********

<<< Business & Industrial Park >>>

1 About the Business & Industrial Park
2 The Business Card Bulletin Board
3 Search for local business

*********************** Sample screen ENDS here *************

OPTION 7: THE COMPUTER CENTER

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here ***********

<<< The Computer Center >>>

1 About the Computer Center
2 Youngstown Bulletin Board Listing
3 Amiga
4 Apple
5 Atari
6 Commodore
7 IBM PC
8 Macintosh
9 Tandy

*********************** Sample screen ENDS here *************

OPTION 8: THE COURTHOUSE

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here ***********

<<< The Courthouse >>>

1 About the Courthouse
2 What's New In the Law
3 The Legal Q & A
4 United States Supreme Court Opinions
5 Ohio State Supreme Court Opinions
6 Ohio 8th District Court Opinions

*********************** Sample screen ENDS here *************

OPTION 9: THE GOVERNMENT CENTER

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here ***********

<<< The Government Center >>>

1 The Freedom Shrine
2 U.S. National Weather Service
3 GAO Reports
4 OTA Teleforums

********************** Sample screen ENDS here **************

OPTION 10: THE HOSPITAL

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here ***********

<<< The Hospital >>>

1 About the Hospital
2 Ask-The-Librarian
- Jeghers Research Library
- Medical Library
- Nursing Library
3 Community Health Education Opportunities
4 Health Professions Education

*********************** Sample screen ENDS here *************

OPTION 11: THE HOUSE OF WORSHIP

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here ***********

<<< House of Worship >>>

1 Christian Religion
2 Judaism

*********************** Sample screen ENDS here *************

OPTION 12: THE HUMAN SERVICES BUILDING

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here **********

<<< Human Services Building >>>

1 About the Human Services Building
2 Human Services Bulletin Board
3 Human Services Q&A
4 Search for a human service agency

*********************** Sample screen ENDS here *************

OPTION 13: THE LIBRARY

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here ***********

<<< Nola >>>

1 What is Nola
2 What's new at the Nola libraries?
3 Upcoming events / activities
4 Library Directory
5 Professional Library Directory

*********************** Sample screen ENDS here *************

OPTION 14: THE TELEPORT

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here ***********

<<< The Teleport >>>

1 About the Teleport
2 The Packet Express (packet)
3 The Terminal Tower (tower)

*********************** Sample screen ENDS here *************

OPTION 15: THE USA/TODAY HEADLINE NEWS

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here ***********

<<< NPTN / USA Today Headline News >>>

1 About the Electronic News Center
2 Headline News Summary
3 Weather
4 Snapshots
5 NEWS
6 MONEY
7 SPORTS
8 LIFE

*********************** Sample screen ENDS here *************

OPTION 16: THE YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here ***********

<<< Youngstown State University >>>

1 About Youngstown State University Info Files
2 List of Academy One Schools and Sponsors
3 Telecommunication Projects and Curricula
4 Daily Report Card (Newsletter)
5 Educator Lounge
6 Student Lounge
7 The Academy One Library
8 Special Populations and Programs
9 Parents Are Teachers
10 Telecommunications News from Around the
World
11 The Academy One Bulletin Board

*********************** Sample screen ENDS here *************

OPTION 17: ACADEMY ONE

*********************** Sample screen BEGINS here ***********

<<< Academy One >>>

1 Academy One Information Files
2 List of Academy One Schools and Sponsors
3 Telecommunication Projects and Curricula
4 Daily Report Card (Newsletter)
5 Educator Lounge
6 Student Lounge
7 The Academy One Library
8 Special Populations and Programs
9 Parents Are Teachers
10 Telecommunications News from Around the
World
11 The Academy One Bulletin Board
12 The Affiliate System Network
13 <<< PROJECT(s) OF THE MONTH

*********************** Sample screen ENDS here *************

FRIENDLY ADVICE:
The authors of this document strongly recommend the use of
the Youngtown Freenet. Clear directions are given at the bottom of
each screen. These directions are consistent accross screens and very
easy to follow. The login procedure is surprisingly simple and takes
very little effort to explore and to exit the freenet.

DOCUMENT AUTHORS:
Yolanda Esparza
Meta Rousseau

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