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- Subject: services.2a-all
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- INTERNET SERVICES
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- A document we will retrieve next week gives an outline of the three major
- services of the Internet. Now may be a good time for those of you not familiar
- with those services to read about them. The ALA document is called LIBRARY
- RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET: STRATEGIES FOR SELECTION AND USE edited by Laine
- Farley. The following excerpt is from that document:
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- Internet Services
-
- All three of the major services provided by the Internet protocols may
- come in handy for the Internet explorer. It is the remote login service,
- described below, that makes it possible to connect to other library
- catalogs on the Internet.
-
- . Remote Login: The TELNET command initiates a connection to a remote
- machine over the Internet. It allows you to log in to a distant
- computer and use it as if your terminal were directly connected.
- This function is described in more detail in Section 3, "Using
- Systems Successfully".
-
- . File Transfer: The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) of the TCP/IP protocol
- suite allows users to transfer files quickly from machine to
- machine on the Internet. It is possible to transfer files in
- various formats, allowing you to retrieve software programs,
- graphic images, and other files which are not ASCII text. Since
- a particular set of commands must be used to perform these
- tasks, it is best to refer to specific instructions (Bowers,
- 1990), although a brief "FTP Primer" is included as Appendix D.
- Many of the directories of resources on the Internet and
- other networking information are available via FTP.
-
- An example of research-related applications of FTP is obtaining
- files such as directories, catalogs and bibliographies of resources
- that are posted on the Internet. For example, the Oxford Text
- Archive, a database of the full-text of books, plays, essays, and
- poetry, makes its updated catalog of materials available for
- capture with FTP. Also available via FTP are the full-text of
- electronic journals and copies of software packages.
-
- . Electronic mail: E-mail is a fast, inexpensive, and efficient way
- to communicate with people on the network around the world. It
- is possible to send messages or files to another user on the
- same network or through a "gateway" to a different network such
- as BITNET. As you explore library catalogs on the Internet,
- this function may be used to contact people responsible for
- online library catalogs for information about a catalog's
- contents or other services.
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- Electronic mail has many applications for research. Since this
- is an easy way to transmit text, it is possible to share quickly
- notes and drafts of works-in-progress with co-authors, reviewers,
- and editors. It is also possible to send e-mail to more than one person
- at a time; a working group of colleagues all over the world can
- keep in touch quickly and easily. Large mailing lists called
- listservers function as electronic discussion forums, allowing
- members to track trends and communicate about common interests.
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- Navigating the Internet: An Interactive Workshop
- Copyright (C) 1992 by Richard J. Smith, All Rights Reserved.
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