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- NAVIGATING THE INTERNET: AN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
- Richard J. Smith
- Assistant Director For Technical Services
- University of Southwestern Louisiana
- rs@usl.edu
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- ERIC and ERIC Digests are avaialable through the Inernet.
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- The ERIC database contains abstarcts of over 760 educational
- journals and numerous documents. The database is seachable by
- all fields. ERIC is heavily used by academic institutions and is
- extensively used for both research and general information
- purposes. Primarily the information is education, but it includes
- much information that makes it interdisciplinary. Library Science,
- Management, Health, Technology, and many other areas are
- covered in ERIC.
-
- Below is the infromation on getting to ERIC and ERIC Digests over
- the Internet.
-
- You may want to spend some time looking over the Extended Bulletin
- Board of the Office for Information Technology, University of North
- Carolina at Chapel Hill. This is a good example of WAIS technology.
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- ERIC Networker ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources
- 4.0 Syracuse University
- November 1992 ERIC@SUVM.SYR.EDU
- and
- ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges
- University of California at Los Angeles
- EEH3USC@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU
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- INTERNET ACCESS POINTS TO ERIC
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- The following systems currently provide unrestricted Internet access
- to ERIC resources. For general information about ERIC, contact
- ACCESS ERIC, 1-800-LET-ERIC or ACCERIC@GWUVM.GWU.EDU.
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- I. Syracuse University offers the latest five years of the ERIC
- database on the SUINFO system. Searchable fields include author,
- title, descriptor word, descriptor phrase, and abstract.
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- 1. Telnet acsnet.syr.edu (or 128.230.1.21)
- 2. At > prompt, type SUINFO.
- 3. At ENTER TERMINAL TYPE prompt, type VT100.
- 4. Bypass the USERID and PASSWORD prompts with the tab key.
- 5. At the COMMAND prompt, type SUINFO.
- 6. When prompted, type Y (yes) to continue.
- 7. Find ERIC through the menus (first type 1 for General Interest
- files, then the number corresponding to ERIC), or type ERIC to
- enter directly.
- 8. Follow screen instructions to search. (If function keys don't
- work, type in corresponding commands.)
- 9. To end the session, type LOGOFF.
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- TIP: Whenever MORE or HOLDING appears in the lower right
- corner of the screen, hit the HOME or ENTER key to advance.
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- II. Auburn University Libraries offers the complete ERIC database,
- 1966 to the latest quarter. Searchable fields include title, author,
- subject heading (descriptor), and keyword. (Note: requires TN3270.)
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- 1. TN3270 auducacd.duc.auburn.edu (or 131.204.2.13).
- 2. At the opening screen, tab to APPLICATION, and enter 01.
- 3. At the main menu, type ERIC.
- 4. Follow screen instructions to search.
- 5. To end the session, type STOP.
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- TIP: The keyword search field allows use of Boolean operators,
- truncation, nesting, and other special search features. Type
- EXP K for a complete explanation.
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- III. The University of Saskatchewan Library System offers the ERIC
- database from 1983 to the present. Searchable fields include author,
- title, descriptor, identifier, publication year, ERIC accession
- number, and journal title.
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- 1. Telnet sklib.usask.ca (or 128.233.1.20)
- 2. At USERNAME prompt, enter SONIA.
- 3. At main menu, select 9, "CIJE plus RIE: 1983 to Present."
- 4. Type HELP to see a summary of search and display commands,
- field prefixes, and Boolean operators. (Sample search
- statement to find documents with the descriptor television: f
- d=television.)
- 5. To end the session, type Q (quit).
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- TIP: Type BEGINNER to see a system tutorial.
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- IV. The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, through its
- laUNChpad system, hosts a searchable, full-text file of over 850 ERIC
- Digests. (ERIC Digests are short reports on current education topics
- written by each of the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses.)
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- 1. Telnet bbs.oit.unc.edu (or 152.2.22.80)
- 2. At the login prompt, type LAUNCH.
- 3. Enter your first and last name as directed. (Remember how you
- enter your name for future sessions.)
- 4. Enter a password of your choice (and remember it).
- 5. At the main menu, select 4, "Topical Document Search (WAIS)."
- 6. Move through the list to ERIC Digests (138 or 139 as of this
- writing). Hit RETURN to select the file.
- 7. Type one or more keywords and hit RETURN to start the search.
- Results will be displayed by title in a ranked order based on
- occurrences of the keyword.
- 8. Highlight a title and hit RETURN to see the full text.
- 9. To end the WAIS session, type Q (quit). To exit laUNChpad,
- type Q again.
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- TIP: Type ? to see a list of all commands.
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- This publication was prepared with funding from the Office of
- Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education,
- under contract nos. RI88062008 and RI88062002. The opinions
- expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the positions or
- policies of OERI or ED.
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- Navigating the Internet: An Interactive Workshop
- Copyright (C) 1992 by Richard J. Smith, All Rights Reserved.
- Permission granted for individual usage.
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