What is an "Online" Information Source? An online source of information is one which is linked between multiple computers so that many people can access the information from different locations. Most commonly these information sources are accessed through a computer, modem, and telephone lines. Other systems exist which are "hardwired" and can only be accessed at a designated locations (i.e. libraries). Many online information sources useful to Jewish Genealogists are maintained by volunteers and are free. Others are offered by commercial services. Some of these commercial services are designed for individual use, others are aimed at larger research organizations, corporations, or libraries.
What kinds of information are available? There are 4 basic types of information available online. There are areas where one can send electronic mail from person to person - virtually anywhere in the world. Public conferences devoted to a single topic also exist, where every message may be seen by anyone using the conference - these are commonly known as bulletin boards (BBS's), conferences, or echos. There are conferences devoted to genealogy and Jewish genealogy. The third major type of information are online databases. There are many types of databases online, with more becoming available all the time. Finally, there are areas where files may be exchanged. These may be programs, text files, pictures, or even GEDCOM files.
Some of the information sources to be covered in this talk are:
Electronic Mail Services:
FIDOnet netmail
Compuserve, Prodigy, GEnie, and MCImail commercial services
Internet, Bitnet, Usenet, etc.
Genealogically related conferences:
National Genealogy Conference (NGC)
Jewish Genealogy Conference (JGC)
Genealogy Software Conference (GENSOFT)
Prodigy, GEnie, and Compuserve commercial conferences
ONToronto OGS/Kintracers 416-932-9781 X X 1:250/414
SARegina Fernando's Retreat 306-585-0298 X 1:140/40
UNITED KINGDOM
Brixworth Paradise Valley 44-604880020 X 2:254/103
Cheltenham Wishful Thinking 44-242232623 X 2:440/109
Chester-le-StreetJackie's Place 44-913883078 X ? 2:253/405
Emsworth Ridjek Thome 44-243370249 X X 2:251/666
Guildford Roots (UK!) 44-483579631 X X X 2:440/50
Hexham Log on in Tynedale 44-434606639 X 2:256/97
London Arkham 44-717385596 X 2:252/151
Slough R U Connected 2? 44-753513435 X 2:252/139
Twyford Golly 44-734320812 X 2:252/21
Worle The HANGAR BBS 44-934511751 X 2:255/60
AUSTRALIA
NSW Glebe Custom Built BBS 61-2660-8597 ? 3:712/517
VIC North CaulfieldAxiom BBS 61-3509-4417 X 3:634/388
VIC Montmorency Heritage OZ 61-3435-9934 ? ? 3:633/372
BELGIUM
Antwerpen G&C-VVF_Roots(B) 32-3-2268648 X ? X 2:292/867
Antwerpen Rubber Duck 32-3-8291848 X 2:292/905
Antwerpen Horse Power 32-3-2355144 X 2:292/850
Genk CoCo's BBS 32-8-9658770 X 2:292/101
Lennik In Limbo 32-2-5826650 X 2:291/702
GERMANY
Darmstadt COMP-GEN.BOX 49-6151424941 X 2:2405/24
NETHERLANDS
Alkmaar GensData/NH 31-72-643533 X ? X 2:280/603
IJsselstein BBS IJsselstein 31-340870908 X 2:512/142
Son Gensdata/BBS 31-499077612 ? ? X 2:512/130
Spijkenisse Gemini BBS #1 31-188035663 X ? X 2:512/610
Spijkenisse Gemini BBS #2 31-188045717 X ? X 2:512/610
Zevenaar DOSBOSS_Oost 31-836026515 X 2:500/116
Zwijndrecht EurGenAss Walburght Castle31-78-129670 X 2:285/152 Purpose of the Jewish Genealogical Conference
by Susan King and Bruce Kahn - JEWISHGEN moderators
1. Providing all researchers of Jewish lines a means of networking with others on areas of particular interest to Jewish researchers to include:
A) Jewish Geography;
B) Identifying relatives lost in the Holocaust;
C) Finding relatives misplaced during the Holocaust;
D) Locating Yizkor Books and Landmanshaften from the old country.
2. Providing researchers of Jewish lines access to research materials both in the USA and abroad as they become available.
3. Providing an outlet for Holocaust survivors (the last generation) a means of identifying their families and preserving the historical information that has been lost or forgotten because of the horror and fear that these people have had to live.
4. Providing a means of encouraging Jewish researchers to use this medium to open up research opportunities that they currently have not been using.
5. Providing a link between genealogy and the history of the Jewish People.
6. Providing a link between the Jewish Genealogical Societies throughout the world.
Jewish Genealogical Conference Rules
by Susan King and Bruce Kahn - JEWISHGEN moderators
1. Confine the discussion to Jewish Genealogy
2. All FIDOnet rules apply (no high ASCII characters, etc.)
3. Absolutely no prejudicial remarks will be tolerated!
4. Use of handles or aliases on this echo are inappropriate. Surnames are the lifeblood of genealogical research. If a person refuses to use his or her real name, then he or she really isn't that anxious to participate. Messages, therefore, must have the sender identified, preferably in the message header, but at least within the body of the message.
5. When discussing surnames, put them in CAPITAL letters.
6. Message text should not be in all capital letters.
7. Users who offer a product or service for sale may not use the Jewish Genealogy Conference to promote their interests. However, one-time announcements of new software products or books are acceptables. Announcements by nonprofit genealogical or computer groups are welcome. Book reviews or "testimonials" by disinterested parties are appropriate. If in doubt, contact the moderators at the addresses below.
8. Keep discussion as brief as possible, yet include enough information to continue threads. Quoting is encouraged IN MODERATION.
9. When in doubt, ask the moderators.
10. Use your best judgement, and think of the other users. Some of them (particularly overseas) pay real money to get this echo!
11. The proper remedy for complaints about supposed indiscretions or violations of these rules is not another message within the conference. Send a NetMail message to the Conference Moderators (Bruce Kahn 1:260/204 or Susan King 1:106/270) and a copy to the originating BBS. Your system operator may also be receiving the Genealogy Sysop Conference (GENSYSOP); if so, you can ask him or her to use that conference to discuss the problem you perceive with the moderators. DO's
by Dick Pence, National Genealogy Conference moderator
1. PLEASE DO BE judicious in your use of thank-you messages. Acknowledge to ALL if several have helped and use individual thank you's to provide or seek additional info.
2. PLEASE DO HOLD down the length of your "signature" to a line or two of the surnames you are searching. And no need to include it in every message or "dress it up" excessively.
3. PLEASE DO MAKE your queries as specific as possible. "Any BLANK researchers out there?" won't net much (and is the most common reason for no responses).
4. PLEASE DO USE the right echo if additional ones are available. Queries and research questions here, software questions in GENSOFT, European, overseas queries in International Genealogy (GENEALOGY.EUR), etc. Messages to your sysop or another local user should be entered into a local area, not in an echo. BBS questions should be local only.
5. PLEASE DO REMEMBER that the echoes on MISSING and ADOPTEES are better suited than this echo for finding missing persons or biological parents.
6. PLEASE DO FORMAT your messages correctly. Narrow margins or many-character indentations add unnecessary baggage to be shipped around the world.
7. PLEASE DO USE normal caps and lower case characters and put SURNAMES in all caps. This aids those who scan messages.
8. PLEASE DO KEEP the chit-chat to a minumum. It's nice to be friendly, but please try to use another, more private medium to arrange vists and lunches. (Voice phone is a wonderful and inexpensive tool for this!)
DON'Ts
by Dick Pence, National Genealogy Conference moderator
1. PLEASE DON'T REFER to messages by their numbers in echoes. Numbers are valid only on the BBS you are using.
2. PLEASE DON'T MAKE (or respond to) blanket requests for phone book surname searches. The results are spotty and create many unproductive messages. Users can obtain this information quickly and inexpensively in libraries or commercially. Requests for a specific number to one person are OK.
3. PLEASE DON'T USE the echo to follow up on your Tiny Tafel matches. Use the names and addresses in your research reports and make your contacts by mail. That's why they are there!
4. PLEASE DON'T ADDRESS messages to SYSOP in the echo. It will be flagged to the attention of about 100 sysops who won't appreciate getting a message intended for a colleague. Sysop messages should be local only.
5. PLEASE DON'T USE "cutesy" sayings or political slogans as a closing line or as part of a "tear line." They contribute nothing except clutter. FidoNet rules discourage tear lines other than the system one.
6. PLEASE DON'T SEND "test" messages to ALL. Direct them to a single individual and then only after you have checked with your sysop about mail flow.
7. PLEASE DON'T QUOTE messages excessively. A few lines are enough to identify what you are responding to.
8. PLEASE DON'T SEND the same message to more than one specific person or enter it in more than one echo. Send it to ALL or to one person. If necessary, reference that message to the others.
9. PLEASE DON'T ENTER into "discussions" which involve legitimate differences of opinion. You won't solve them by echomail!
10. PLEASE DON'T ANNOUNCE strictly local events in a national echo.
11. PLEASE DON'T PUT "hi-bit" characters (ASCII characters numbered above 127) in your messages. These create problems for some non-DOS machines and are prohibited on FidoNet echoes for that reason. Jewish Genealogy files (GENEJEW) in Genealogy Software Distribution System (GSDS)
ACACIA_C.LZH 2169 04-12-93 Acacia Cemetery in NYC, submitted by Florence
Marmor.
BAKALORO.ZIP 1878 12-07-88 Town of Bakalarove, Poland. From Yiddish.
BAYSIDE.LZH 7251 04-12-93 Bayside Cemetery in NYC, submitted by Florence
Marmor.
BOSTCEM.ZIP 6528 06-12-92 Boston Area Jewish Cemetaries
CLEVEMAR.TXT 6469 09-30-89 Marriages in Cleveland. Anshe Chesed 1861-1888.
FELSEN.TXT 8946 05-08-88 History of Felsenthal's. Muenchwiler, Germany
FELSENB.TXT 18164 02-26-88 Letter. Rabbi Bernhard Felsenthal.
GREHER.TXT 25192 11-09-87 Bio. information on H. Greenebaum-CA
JEWSOC.TXT 6220 05-30-92 List of Jewish genealogy societies.
JEWSOURC.TXT 5166 05-30-92 Bibliography of research books for jewish
research.
JGSILL.TXT 777 08-09-87 Info on Jewish Gen. Soc. of Il.
JGSNEWS.ZIP 4540 06-14-93 Listing of Jewish Genealogy Newsletters from
Masspocha by Warren Blatt
JGSOH.TXT 810 05-30-92 Info on Jewish Ge. Soc. of Cleveland.
JGSPA.TXT 723 08-09-87 Info on Jewish Gen. Soc. of PA.
JGSSF.ZIP 260 05-08-88 Contact for J.G.S. of SF.
JRYISKOR.TXT 19186 12-16-90 J. Robinson Booksellers list of Yizkor books
for sale.
LUACH.ZIP 115057 03-16-93 Converts Hebrew dates and calendars
MOGENDAV.ZIP 758 12-05-88 Officers of Mogen David Congregation, Cleveland
1853-61
MOKOM_SH.LZH 3958 04-12-93 Mokom Sholom Cemetery in NYC, submitted by
Florence Marmor.
ODENBACH.ZIP 673 11-26-88 Members of Jewish Cong., Odenbach, Germany 1845
OSHER.ZIP 2146 01-14-90 Ahnentafel of Osherwitz family.
RDNTSA2.ZIP 4486 02-12-90 Town in Lithuania
RUSSIA.ZIP 3355 05-08-88 Research sources for Eastern Europe.
YIZKOR.ZIP 2163 01-03-89 Listing of institutions with Yizkor book
collections
JBBS9306.ZIP 7084 06-18-93 List of BBS's carring Jewish Genealogy confs,
files and JFF
The Tafel Matching System (TMS)
by Brian Mavrogeorge, Sysop Roots SF!
The Tafel Matching system is an excellent illustration that yes there -is- a free lunch! Why? Because for the cost of your telephone call to one of the participating TMS bulletin boards you get a report of anyone across the U.S. who has uploaded a tiny tafel with the same surnames as the ones you are searching. The report tells you the submitter's name and address and the details they listed about that surname line.
How do you participate? First you create a tiny tafel. Most genealogy packages have that feature. A tiny tafel is a snapshot of your research. It lists one surname per line and tells when your research starts (date/ location) and when it stops (date/location). Others looking at your tiny tafel can determine if it might be worthwhile to correspond and trade information. There is a set format for the tiny tafel. If your software wont create one you can do it with a word processor or you can use ttgen12.exe a handy utility available on lots of genealogy bbs.
When you upload your tafel to a participating TMS BBS, it gets added to the local TMS database and is indexed. Then when others are checking for matches they go through the index. BUT IT GETS EVEN BETTER! All the BBS's that carry TMS are linked electronically so you have access not only to what is stored locally but to what is stored across the U.S. - there are more than 30 bulletin boards in the U.S. that have TMS.
Big deal, so what. Well maybe the numbers would be impressive. Here locally in San Francisco on Roots-SF! there are 1,189 tiny tafels representing 48,254 surname lines. Yup, I typed that correctly - there are almost 50,000 surname lines here alone. I am but one of the 30 TMS bulletin boards.
So upload your tiny tafel and request a report. There are a lot of tiny tafel submitters out there who have information to share - and what the heck your phone call costs less than a stamp!
And so you know our hearts are in the right place -- we know that some of you are not a local telephone call away from a TMS bulletin board. YOU CAN STILL PARTICIPATE!! Put your tiny tafel in a message and post that message in the National Genealogy Conference or in the GENDATA conference (specifically for tiny tafels). In the message put four surnames or soundex values that you would like a matching report for, the dates of interest for those names, and how much leeway to use if we find a name close to that date but not exact. For example, you are interested in Bonner in 1776 but we have Bonner in 1770, should we list it too? That is called the overlap. Tell us how many years overlap to use. And most important of all - address your message to Brian Mavrogeorge and in the subject line put TINY TAFEL or TT.
I will intercept your tiny tafel, request the report for you, and mail it to you free of charge. That is our way of saying thanks for contributing your tiny tafel to this growing database.
Yes there is a free lunch sometimes...... Others charge mucho bucks for this kind of a system. The TMS genealogy sysops offer it for free as our effort to further the cause of research. Create your tafel now -- send it in now -- and then wait for the matching report. There may be some great surprises on it!!!
P.S. - yes that was right. Roots-SF! has 48,257 tafel lines and 1,189 tiny tafels in its database alone. Roots-SF! is but one of the over 30 tafel locations across the U.S.
N Bruce Kahn
A 265 Viennawood Dr.
A Rochester, NY 14450
T (716) 271-2118
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S INTERNET/BKAHN@KODAK.COM
B Flower City Central/(716) 889-2016
C 2400/B/X
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B655 1825*1963*Bernheim\Alsace (France or Germany)/St. Paul, MN
W 19 Jun 1990 Now that you have created a Tiny-Tafel, what do you do with it? You want it to be read by others who might have information you seek. Placing an ad in the genealogy newsletters is one solution, but you have to weed out a lot of responses that aren't what you are looking for. Conversely, you might have information that someone else is seeking, but you have to personally read each ad and respond to every one that may be relevant. The computer is ideally suited to automate this process. By collecting many different Tiny-Tafels, a computer can build a database against which to compare each new submission and report any matches.
Such a database has been set up on a computer bulletin board network called FIDOnet. Each Tiny-Tafel added to the database improves the odds that you will connect with someone who has information you want. The success of the Tiny-Tafel database depends on you.
SUBMITTING A TINY-TAFEL
The Tiny-Tafel database can be accessed by a set of programs called the Tafel Matching System (TMS). TMS allows you to submit your own Tiny-Tafel and to search other Tiny-Tafels in the database. You may submit your Tiny-Tafel to any node on the NGC which contains TMS, or upload it into the GENDATA FIDOnet conference. A list of the current nodes with TMS can be found in the file GBBSyymm available on most BBS's.
SEARCHING THE TINY-TAFEL DATABASE
The Tiny-Tafel database has been set up in the style of a distributed network - where each node containing TMS has its own version of the database. Each single database contains only those Tiny-Tafels submitted directly to that node.
To look for information that might be of interest to you, you can search the database in one of two ways. A local search capability allows you to call any node with TMS and make an immediate search of the local database. It enables you to quickly single out information you wish to pursue further with the Tiny-Tafel's submitter. Its drawbacks are that the search is limited to that single database and you may only search for one name or soundex code at a time. Also, if you wish to search databases on other nodes you must call each bulletin board directly, incurring possibly greater long-distance phone charges.
The second search capability is called a batch search. You can use TMS to code specified search parameters with your Tiny-Tafel serving as a basis. The search is performed on all databases linked in the TMS network. Within several days you will start receiving back reports listing all names (Soundex-equivalent) matching those in your Tiny-Tafel, within the limits you had specified. HOW TO USE TMS
TMS is available on many bulletin boards participating in the NGC network. To use TMS you must be signed on to one of the nodes which support the program. A current list of these nodes can be obtained by writing or calling COMMSOFT, Inc., or by checking the Genealogy-Related Files area of the COMMSOFT BBS.
TMS has three main functions:
1. Allow the entry and management of Tiny-Tafels into the local TMS database. (A single Tiny-Tafel file can contain more than one Tiny-Tafel - see the Tiny-Tafel spec for details. Only one Tiny-Tafel file may be submitted at one time into a TMS database.)
2. Provide an Instant Match so the local database can be searched on line.
3. Provide an offline search so the contents of your Tiny-Tafel can be used to search for connections throughout the TMS network.
SOME SUGGESTIONS
It is important to keep your Tiny-Tafel as concise as possible as a courtesy to other users of the system and to the Sysops. Large Tiny-Tafels will consume more processing time and slow down not only your system, but other systems which may be processing your reports. In addition, Sysops bear the cost of transferring reports and queries, large queries and Tiny-Tafels will result in even larger reports which can result in excessive telephone connection charges.
There is nothing wrong with experimenting with the overlap date features of the TMS to shorten reports. Be sure to give those operations a try to help save telephone expenses.
As TMS boards become linked, it is critical that you enter your Tiny-Tafel on a single board. If you have entered your Tiny-Tafel on more than one board unnecessary duplication will occur, again slowing system response and raising costs. Please make sure you remove your Tiny-Tafel from all boards except the one you want to personally use. Commercial Systems
1. Compuserve
a. ROOTS Forum
b. Files
c. PHONEFIL
2. Prodigy
3. GEnie
4. America Online
OCLC & RLIN are national bibliographic utilities. Rather than every library having to individually catalog every single book that comes into the library, libraries may copy existing Library of Congress data where available, catalog the material themselves, or, if they become a member library associated with one of these national utilities, they may copy the format shared by another member library. In other words, rather than everyone cataloging materials on their own-- and duplicating the work done by others, member libraries can opt to share their cataloging work. It doesn't eliminate the need for original cataloging, but it does reduce the work load placed on each cataloger.
Neither is particularly non-librarian friendly. Each has its own search protocol, although RLIN may be more like MELVYL-- and each has its own quirks. The real advantage is that you can verify the exact title, author, etc.-- and see who may have copies of the desired item.
The acronym, RLIN, is for Research Libraries Information Network. It is a consortium of primarily academic research (university) libraries. It does include New York Public Library and a few other large libraries. RLIN headquarters are in Palo Alto, California, near Stanford University. There are about 165 libraries contributing to the database, in addition to the Library of Congress records. Access to this database is by account only and members are charged for the information. It's quite expensive, so an individual's best bet for tapping into the database is via a member library. In any event, an individual cannot gain access to the database without logging into a valid passworded account.
The advantage to using RLIN is that you can see who owns the book, its call number and shelving location, etc. This way you can explore alternate means of gaining access to the item, e.g. interlibrary loan, driving to the closest library, etc.
OCLC is a similar consortium and its membership includes most public libraries in addition to college and university libraries. To some degree, membership is overlapping for research libraries. OCLC is based in Dublin, Ohio and the acronym is for "Online Computer Library Center."
Many libraries do have end user terminals available for searching the bibliographic database, called the Online Union Catalog. There is also the reference tool, FirstSearch, which is specifically geared to end-users and allows access to the Online Union Catalog as well as other databases. Check with your local library to see if they have access to OCLC or to FirstSearch, an OCLC reference product.
Linda Robinson, OCLC (Cataloging Services Section)
Internet: linda_robinson@oclc.org
FAX: (614) 764-0155
VOICE: (800)848-5878 Boston Library Consortium Union List of Serials. COVERAGE: Catalogs all periodicals and serials held by a number of libraries in the Boston area, including the ones above, the State Library and some others. Located in Colorado, because they use an existing system there (CARL) to help develop their own system. ACCESS: 303-830-1546, 1547, or 1548. 8N1. LOGON: Hit enter a couple of times, then enter terminal type. Hit enter for main menu. Boston material is located in area 17. SEARCH: Supports the Boolean AND function when you add words together. Type 'quicksearch' for other search co HELP:
Boston University TOMUS. COVERAGE: Data for 710,000 books and publications ACCESS: 617-353-5000 (Baud: autodetect from 300 - 2400). 8N1. Connect commands: Upon connecting, a welcome message from the BU campus network will appear. At the end of the message there will be the campus
network prompt: "BUnet>" At the prompt type: "telnet library". You will be connected to the library machine and a welcome message will appear. To exit from the online catalog, type: "quit". At the campus network propmt, type:"hangup". You will be dropped from the line. HELP: 617-353- 3704
Brandeis University LOUIS. COVERAGE: Catalogs roughly 90 percent of the university's two main libraries and most current periodicals. Older periodicals, government documents and most books and periodicals in Hebrew or Yiddish are NOT cataloged. ACCESS: 617-736-4690 (1200 baud). 8N1. LOGON: Hit enter a couple of times, and you're in the system. To log off, type 'end.' SEARCH: ? HELP: 617-736-4670.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology BARTON. COVERAGE: Includes all material acquired since 1974 except for periodical articles, maps, pamphlets and non-MIT technical reports. Some pre-1974 publications are included. ACCESS: 617-258-6700 (1200 baud). 8N1. LOGON: Hit enter a couple of times. Uses same software as LOUIS at Brandeis. To log off, type 'end.' SEARCH: ? HELP: Call (617) 253-7018 or 253-1617 for connection problems, (617) 253-5683 for other questions.
Tufts University TULIPS. COVERAGE: Catalogs 300,000 books, 25,000 serials. Older publications and most government documents not included ACCESS: 617-381-3812 (1200 baud); 381-3824 (2400 baud). 8N1. If you do not support VT100 or VT220 emulation directly your screen will begin to flash and seem to
go berserk. Wait until it stops, then type '??' (yes, two of them) and you will get a help screen. LOGON: At 'enter selection' prompt, hit L and then enter. For 'username,' type 'TULIPS' and hit enter. It takes a few moments for the system to connect. SEARCH: Uses more compli cated search system than other
catalogs, so read directions carefully HELP: (617) 381-3345
University of Massachusetts at Boston ULYSIS. COVERAGE: Catalogs all of the library's books and periodicals and some government documents and maps ACCESS: 617-265-3598 or 265-0393 (300 or 1200 baud); 265-0883 or 265-9882 (2400 baud). 7E1. LOGON: At 'enter service' prompt, type 'server' and hit
enter three or four times. At 'server' prompt, type 'connect libra' and hit enter. At 'username,' type 'catalog, hit enter. You'll then be asked for your terminal type. Make a choice and hit enter. SEARCH: Uses a more complicated search system than other libraries, so read on-line help screens carefully
HELP: (617) 929-7622 or 929-7635
Wellesley College INNOPAC. COVERAGE: Covers 350,000 books, 8,000 magazines. Does not include government documents ACCESS: 617-237-9010 (1200 baud). 8N1. VT100 emulation required. LOGON: At 'username' prompt, type 'library' and hit enter. At 'local' prompt, type 'connect lib-cat.' In addition
to standard searches, lets you see what books are shelved near the one you originally requested. SEARCH: ? HELP: (617) 235-0320, ext. 2104
Detroit Area Library Network DALNET. COVERAGE: Holdings of: Wayne State, Oakland University, University of Detroit, Detroit Public Library. Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne County community colleges. Beaumont Royal Oak, Botsford, and Children's Hospital libraries. Center for Research Libraries,
Chicago. ACCESS: 313-577-0335 (300/1200), 313-577-0321 (2400). Access is via the MERIT network. See the entry for MERIT for further information. LOGON: At the 'Which host?' prompt on MERIT, type 'WSUNET' and press <enter>. Type 'LUIS' at the resulting menu, press <enter>. Type 'LUIS' again when prompted, press <enter>. Follow prompts thereafter. SEARCH: Keyword, title, subject, author searches. Non-Boolean. HELP: Network Control Center 313-577-4746. Consulting office 313-577-4778.
MERIT. COVERAGE: Not itself a library, but provides access to the DALNET libraries, University of Michigan, and Michigan State University. ACCESS: 313-577-0335 (300/1200), 313-577-0321 (2400). E71/N81/7mark1. There are over 20 MERIT nodes in Michigan. The above are the Detroit numbers.
LOGON: Once connected, press <enter> for all prompts until you see 'Which host'. Then enter the host name, or enter 'help' for further information, hosts, phone numbers, etc. SEARCH: ? HELP: MERIT central office 313-764-9430. User consulting same number.
Michigan State University MAGIC. COVERAGE: Michigan State University graduate and undergraduate libraries. ACCESS: 517-353-8500 (300/1200/2400) direct, or via MERIT/Michnet. E71/N81. VT100 emulation, full duplex. Vadic 3400 series support at 517-353-8578 (300/1200). LOGON: When connected, press <enter>
till you see '%Terminal='. Press <enter> till 'Which host?' appears. Enter 'MAGIC' if calling direct, 'MSU-MAGIC' if calling via MERIT/Michnet. Enter your terminal type when prompted (usually VT100). Follow prompts thereafter. SEARCH: Keyword, title, subject, author, Library of Congress subject. Non-
boolean. HELP: MSU Libraries Information Desk, (517) 353-8700.
University of Michigan MIRLYN. COVERAGE: All U of M libraries. Several million records. ACCESS: 313- 763-4800 (300/2400), 763-6520 (1200 Bell), 763-6521 (1200 Vadic). E71/N81/7mark1. Access is via the MERIT network; see the MERIT entry for further information. LOGON: When connected, press <enter>
till you see '%terminal'. Keep pressing <enter> till 'Which host' appears. Enter 'MIRLYN'. Enter your terminal type when asked (usually 'VT100'). Follow prompts thereafter. SEARCH: Author, title, subject. No Boolean. Same software as DALNET. HELP: ?
New York Public Library The New York Public Library has dial-up access to its CATNYP online card catalog, containing all their entries since January 1972. The phone number is (212) 391-0808 for 2400 baud access. Here are the basic help screens:
University of Kansas OCAT. COVERAGE: At least 25 percent of KU's holdings, especially items acquired since 1975. (The 25 percent figure is as of 1988.) ACCESS: 913-864-5300 (300/1200), 864-5350 (1200), 864-5370 (2400). 7E1. VT100 emulation preferred, many emulations available. LOGON: At the "*"
prompt, enter 'C .LC'. Enter terminal type when prompted. Press <enter> for a list of types. At the KU network banner, enter 'OCAT' or 'LBRY'. At the CICS-VS prompt, enter a control-Z and re-enter 'OCAT'. Follow menus and prompts from there. SEARCH: Author, title, subject, and call number searches. No Booleans
University of Wisconsin NLS Network Library System. COVERAGE: 1.8 million titles at Madison, another 940,000 at Milwaukee. ACCESS: 608-262- 8670 (Madison), 414-229-4046 (Milwaukee). 300/1200/2400 7E1. VT100, IBM3101, and HDCPY (hard copy, i.e. dumb ASCII) and other emulations. It is possible to
access either catalog from either number. LOGON: No formal logon. Upon connecting, enter terminal type, then follow the prompts. To log off, simply hang up. SEARCH: Name, title, subject searches; keyword and boolean searching. HELP: Automation Help Desk 608-262-8880 (for access questions). Memorial
Library 608-262-3193 (for searching questions). Hard copy instructions available.
University of Oregon JANUS. COVERAGE: University of Oregon library system. ACCESS: 503-346-4391 (300/1200) 346-3565 (2400). 8N1. LOGON: At "enter class" enter "uonet". At "UOnet>" enter "c janus". At "login" enter "janus" again. Keep everything in all lower-case, especially the "login" response.
Disconnect by choosing "X" for Exit System. When you get "UOnet>" hang up. SEARCH: Several search types available, details lacking. HELP: Knight Library Reference Department 503-364-3053.
University of Illinois ILLINET. COVERAGE: Brief records on holdings at 28 academic institutions throughout Illinois. Full records at Urbana and Chicago, possibly others. ACCESS: 217-333-2494 (Urbana 300/1200/2400)
312- 996- 8844 (Chicago 300/1200/2400). 7 bits, no parity or mark parity, 1 stop bit, half duplex. LOGON: On connect press <enter>. At "ILLINET Online" enter "B". Enter search commands from that point. To log off, simply hang up. SEARCH: Command- driven. Author, title, subject, call number. Boolean search
available. HELP: User Services (217-333-8340). Ask for printed guides. Difficult to use without documentation.
University of Texas at Austin UTCAT. COVERAGE: 4-1/2 million records; covers UT Austin campus only. ACCESS: 512-471-9420. 7E1. VT100 emulation. LOGON: At connect, press <enter>. At "CLASS=" enter "UTCAT". At "Terminal Type" enter "VT100". At the University of Texas at Austin banner, enter "UTCAT"
again. Follow menus thereafter. SEARCH: Author, title, title keyword, subject, call number. For additional information, use HELP, EXPLAIN, and NEWS commands.
University of California MELVYL. COVERAGE: All University of California libraries at all campuses, plus California State Library. ACCESS: 213-825-0941. 7E1. LOGON: After you connect, press <enter>. Enter "MELVYL" at the prompt. Enter terminal type if it asks you. TYPETERM gives you a dumb-ASCII emulation.
SEARCH: ? HELP: ?
Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute INFOTRAX. COVERAGE: Renssalaer libraries. ACCESS: 518-276-8989 (300/1200), 276-8990 (2400). 8N1. LOGON: At connect, press <ENTER> several times. At terminal type prompt, enter a terminal type or "HELP" for a list. At "which host" enter "InfoTrax". It may take as
much as 60 seconds to get started. Follow menus thereafter. SEARCH: ? HELP: ?
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (CARL). COVERAGE: ? ACCESS: 303-863-1350 (300/1200/2400). 8N1. LOGON: Follow prompts and menus. SEARCH: ? HELP: Dial user assistance 303-861-5319.
Ohio State University Library. COVERAGE: Also covers State Library of Ohio and Ohio Historical Society. ACCESS: 614-292-3070. 1200 baud, 7 data bits, space parity, 2 stop bits. LOGON: User ID or "Host Name" is "LCS". Password is "^LCS". Note this is not control-L, but a caret, i.e. shift-6, followed by an
"L". SEARCH: ? HELP: ?
Dartmouth College. COVERAGE: Baker Library, Dartmouth College. ACCESS: 603-643-6310 (300/1200), 8N1/7E1. LOGON: At the "@" prompt, type "connect library." "Help" at the "@" prompt will get you quite a list of services available. SEARCH: Command-driven. Help available on-line. HELP: Baker Library,
603-646-2999.
University of Rochester. COVERAGE: University of Rochester Libraries. ACCESS: (716) 442-6210-8 or 442-7750-8. (300-9600), 8N1/7E1. At CALL, DISPLAY, MODIFY type "c net". Calling 4XXXX will display on the screen. CALL COMPLETE will display on the screen. Press the enter or return key until the screen displays LOCAL>. At the LOCAL> prompt type c chester. "Local - Session xx to Chester established" will display. Press enter or return. Type "cat". To exit chester type "end". At the local prompt, type "logout"
Florida State University Libraries. COVERAGE: All state universities in florida. ACCESS: (407) 823-2949 8N1 Full duplex. When prompted for USERID and PASSWORD just hit enter. At the command prompt type "dial vtam", then type "nerluis fclbaza". To sign off type "%off" then "undial".
Library of Congress. (202) 287-9656. Public Acess M-F 7:30 AM-5:00 PM.
University of Toronto. (416) 978-7239. When promted "SYSTEM" enter UTCAT. INTERNET
The Internet is a collection of interlinked computer networks. It was born about 20 years ago, as a U.S. Defense Department network called the ARPAnet. The ARPAnet was an experimental network designed to support military research - in particular, research about how to build networks that could withstand partial outages (like bomb attacks) and still function. In the late 1980's the National Science Foundation (NSF) built its own network called NSFNET (primarily for making supercomputers more widely available) based on ARPAnet using telephone lines. This network promoted universal educational access, whereas ARPAnet was limited to defense related purposes. With time, other networks have linked in to the Internet. It is now possible to exchange information between Internet and Bitnet, DECnet, Compuserve, etc. The Internet is a truly international network, encompassing well over 40 countries including eastern europe and the baltics.
What can you do with it?
There are basically three things that you can do using the Internet. You can exchange message (either publicly or privately), obtain files from remote sites, and obtain information from remote sites. But you can also do this using other services (like FIDO). What distinguishes Internet is the size and some of the unique resources. Internet is truly a global computer network.
What good is it to genealogists?
You can send messages anywhere in the world, usually within minutes.
You can access a very large number of library catalogs, including the Library of Congress, and Israel!
You can read/participate in conferences on;
General genealogy (Roots-L)
The Baltics (Balt-L)
Holocaust
History
Ukraine
and many more!
You can obtain files from a HUGE number of locations.
You can obtain electronic records from the National Archives.
You can read electronic journals. Access to Internet
1. Freenets (see Appendix 2)
a. OH
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Elyria, Medina, Youngstown
b. US
Dillon, MT
Buffalo, NY
Denver, CO
Peoria, IL
Tallahassee, FL
c. Canada
Ottawa, Victoria
d. New Zealand
Wellington
2. Some Commercial Services (see Krol p.338 and Reference 6d)
a. Delphi
(800) 695-4005 Voice, (800) 695-4002 Data
b. The WELL in Sausalito (415) 332-4335
c. PSI (703) 620-6651
d. England
i. Demon Internet Services +44 81 349 0063
ii. UKnet +44 227 475497
What is ROOTS-L/soc.roots?
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The Mission Statement of ROOTS-L/soc.roots
ROOTS-L is a discussion list where those who have interest in Genealogy may communicate via Email messages in hopes of finding more family history information. This discussion list is gatewayed to the Usenet newsgroup soc.roots, the intention being that all messages sent directly to ROOTS-L also appear in soc.roots, and vice versa.
ROOTS-L Subscriber Option Commands
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a. To subscribe to the list, send Email to LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 on BITNET or
listserv@vm1.nodak.edu with the BODY of the mail containing:
SUB ROOTS-L your full name
For example, SUB ROOTS-L Cliff Manis
Availability of FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Files
================================================
The FAQ area has many common genealogical questions which are asked by new subscribers. These cover a variety of topics.
An index of current FAQ files is available by sending the following line to LISTSERV@vm1.nodak.edu as the only text in a message.
GET FAQ INDEX
and after receiving the index, you may request other desired files using the "GET" command in the same manner.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions about this WELCOME file or ROOTS-L/soc.roots, please contact those listed below:
SysAdm: Cliff Manis cmanis@csoftec.csf.com There are two Ukrainian fora now available. One is soc.culture.ukrainian which is available as of June 3rd, 1993. The other is a listserver. Information on how to subscribe is appended below. Perhaps posting your question there may help as well. A caveat - there are some "provacateurs" who are posting malicious slanders et alii (ala "mutlu"). The best thing is to immediately trash them and ignore such puerile tactics and attempts to disrupt meaningful dialogue and interchange.
There is a "moderated" Ukrainian forum (actually, a listserver). To subscribe:
send mail to LISTSERV@ArizVM1.CCIT.Arizona.Edu (INTERNET)
or LISTSERV@ArizVM1 (BITNET)
In the body of the message type the following:
SUBSCRIBE UKRAINE firstname lastname
After some time you should receive a confirmation and eventually postings from other subscribers. To post your own topics or responses to others, send the mail to
Ukraine@ArizVM1.CCIT.Arizona.Edu (INTERNET)
or Ukraine@ArizVM1 (BITNET)
Send your commands to LISTSERV@ArizVM1 (BITNET)
or LISTSERV@ArizVM1.CCIT.Arizona.Edu (Internet)
Send your concerns to Ukraine@SOVSET (BITNET)
or Ukraine@SOVSET.Org (Internet)
This is seen by over 190 people.
There is a new discussion group on the Internet sponsored by the U-IL
History Department -- Holocaust
To subscribe to the list send e-mail message to:
Listserv@uicvm.uic.edu
with the following message:
SUB HOLOCAUS <Your First Name Your Last Name>
HNServer is an information server located at telnet history.cc.ukans.edu login: history. Thse who prefer gopher access may reach HNServer through gopher TISL.ukans.edu HNServer is maintained by Academic Computer Services and the History Department of the University of Kansas and, under the auspices of the History Network, has been given the task of serving as the central information server for the international community of historians.
An information server is an electronic installation that provides lists, called "menus", of other electronic sites, allows users to select those in which they are interested, and switches users automatically to the site selected. Such sites include library catalogues; data bases; full texts of books, articles, reviews, reference works, computer software, and other materials; graphic image collections; professional news; national and local weather reports; telephone and electronic address books; university news services; electronic journals; and much more. Users may retrieve electronically whatever material they wish from thse sites, free > of charge.
HNServer currently has connections to over two hundred library catalogues worldwide; data bases in Kansas, Ohio, Minnesota, Mississipi, Missouri, Illinois, Washington DC, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and the United Nations, as well as connections to other information servers that provide the user with still more additional connections. Several Usenet usergroups of interest to historians are presently on-line and more are being added. Electronic journals include CLIONET (Australia), Colegios, EconHist, REACH, and the Bryn Mawr Classical Review, and the holding of GHETA, the Netherlands respository of historical journals. Johns Hopkins Press pre-publication articles are now available, as well as the US National Archives catalogue of available files and the Library of Congress Information Files.
Cooperative plans are underway to establish connections between HNServer and the Institute of Historical Research of the University of London, Carlisle Barracks' Center for Military History, and planned national storage sites for historical data in Germany and Canada.
The operators of HNServer are continuing to search for other useful sites, and historians in various parts of the world have been stimulated by the existence of a central server to begin to establish new sites in which to collect historical materials.
Lynn Nelson
LHNELSON@UKANVM
lhnelson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu The Listserv@vm1 contains all the genealogy text files -- how-to files, a huge name finder file which is updated monthly with names being searched and names and addresses of researchers, FAQ file, resources, etc. There are hundreds (I'm guessing) available. The Listserve files are obtained by e-mailing request, not FTPing.
E-mail to Listserv@vm1.nodak.edu; do not place anything in the subject line. Send the following message and nothing else:
Get GENEALOG FILES
This is the list of files available via e-mail from LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU
The new command for getting this list is:
/files Roots-L
To get any of the listed files e-mail to Listserv..... with noting on the subject line and the following message:
GET GENEALOG <file name>
The WELCOME file is a file just like any other in the ROOTS-L area. Just send the following line to: listserv@vm1.nodak.edu
GET ROOTS-L WELCOME
and you will receive it.
The Hallc1.... archive contains software and some text files.
Access via ftp hallc1.cebaf.gov
login "anonymous"
cd genealogy
On Roots-L you have the capability to search for a name, word, or a phrase which has ever been on Roots-L.
To do this, send a regular text message to Listserv@vm1.nodak.edu with ONLY the following information as text of the message:
// job echo=no
database search dd=rules
//rules dd *
search jew in roots-l since 89/01/01
index
This will return a message to you with the message numbers which have the word jew or jews in them (there are 382 last time I tried this).
To request one of these messages, send the previous message to Listserv@vm1.nodak.edu with the following after the line "index"
print 1234
print 3387
* * * * J E W S T U D I E S * * * * *
an e-journal of on-going work in
* * J e w i s h S t u d i e s * *
Issue 1.002 June 1993
_______________________________
Index:
Abstract:
Jewish Literature/Philip & Mary Sidney's Psalm Translations
Economics and Galician Jews
Socialist/Communist/Labour Zionist organizations
Short Notes:
Agnon/Yehoshua/Oz
Hellenistic-Byzantine archaeology
Psalm 19
Announcements
The Last Jews of Cochin
Youngstown Free-Net
Jewish Studies in Canada - conference
Teddy Kollek
Editorial
The name JewStudies - an open discussion
Printing and Posting the journal The Center for Electronic Records of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration has established an FTPable directory. The FTP directory can be accessed by FTPing to FTP.CU.NIH.GOV (128.231.64.7). Log on as an anonymous user; press enter (or enter your user name) at password prompt. The directory in which this information is stored is CNTR_ELEC_RECS (CD CNTR_ELEC_RECS). Use the FTP GET command to retrieve copies of materials.
In this directory are four files: a READ.ME file describing the contents of the files in the directory; Title List, a Preliminary and Partial listing of data files in the National Archives (TITLE.LIST.MAY0793), a guide to some of the records in the custody of the Center; a file containing a brief description of the Center (CENTER), and a description of the fee based reference services provided by the Center (SERVICES).
To gauge the usefulness of this service, Center staff would be interested in reactions from those who experiment with using any of these files. We are interested in suggestions for improvement, any criticisms, and general comments.
I hope this information is useful. If you have any questions, please contact me at the Center for Electronic Records (NSX), ATTN: Reference Staff, National Archives, Washington, DC 20408. The telephone number is (202) 501-5579. I can also be reached via Internet at tif@cu.nih.gov or BITNET at TIF@NIHCU.
THEODORE J. HULL
Archives Specialist, Archival Services Branch
Center for Electronic Records
(202) 501-5579
LC's catalog allows you to search by name, title, subject, series, classification number, LC control number, and all of the other standard numbers. It has a browse function and supports boolean searching. The brief, full record, and MARC formats can be displayed. For further information, type HELP COMMANDS while in the LC catalog, and hopefully, later this summer manuals which can be either purchased or FTP'd will be available.
To get to LC's To get files posted in
catalog: LC's public directories:
Program: TELNET FTP
Address: LOCIS.LOC.GOV SEQ1.LOC.GOV
140.147.254.3
Hours: M-F 6:30am-9:30pm (EST) 24 hours?
Sa 8:00am-5:00pm (EST)
Su 1:00pm-5:00pm (EST)
Note, in the time above, EST=Eastern Standard Time... In the past couple of days, I've had *no* trouble getting in, but that will probably change as the traffic increases! If you do not have access to TELNET or FTP, sorry you'll have to throw yourselves on the mercies of the discussion group to help you! :-)
Melodie
PS. If you have trouble with the backspace (and using VT100), try
changing your terminal emulation to ANSI. Backspace will work then.
POLYCAT California Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo (VT100 only)
SFSU San Francisco State University InvestiGator system (VT100 only) STANFORD Stanford University
UCSFCAT UC San Francisco (VT100 only)
LIBRARY CATALOGS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA:
ASU Arizona State University
BOSTON Boston University
CAMBRIDGE Cambridge University, England
CARL Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
CFN Cleveland Free-Net
DARTMOUTH Dartmouth College
DRA Digital Research Associates - Library of Congress (VT100 only)
EPIC OCLC, Inc. (account required)
HARVARD Harvard University HOLLIS Library System (VT100 only)
LIBROS University of New Mexico General Library
MICHIGAN University of Michigan MIRLYN Library System (VT100 only)
MONT Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM), Mexico (VT100 only)
OXFORD Oxford University, England
PRINCETON Princeton University
PSU Pennsylvania State University
RLIN Research Libraries Group (account required)
RPI Rensselaer Polytechnic University
UDEL University of Delaware
UMD University of Maryland
UNM University of New Mexico (VT100 only)
UTENN University of Tennessee
VATECH Virginia Tech
YALE Yale University ORBIS Library System (VT100 only)
Transliteration References
At present, in the United States, there is one standard system for the "descriptive cataloging" (i.e., transliteration) of Hebrew books. The best source that I know of on this subject is HEBRAICA CATALOGING, by Paul Maher (Washington, D.C., 1987).
AKADEMYAH LA-LASHON HA-IVRIT
by Dotan and Ketko, Jerusalem The Academy 1963
US Dept State, Office of the Geographer Romanization Guide - Publ Wash The Office 1967 Notes based on the systems as used by the US Bd on Geographic Names for Amharic, Arabic, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Faeroese, Greek, HEBREW, Icelandic, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Mongolian, Nepali, Persian, RUSSSIAN, SERBO-CROATIAN, Thai and UKRAINIAN.
Are you aware of the Family Attic program, available from Up-A-Tree Software? It's by David Kleiman (who spoke on genealogy and computers at the JGS conference in Salt Lake City a couple of years ago) and his partner. He demonstrated it at a recent JGS Boston meeting and several of us purchased it. You can contact Up-A-Tree at P.O. Box 2270, West
Paterson, NJ 07424, 212-721-9382. It does some basic transliteration for Hebrew, Yiddish, and a couple of other languages. It also has a glossary of genealogy-related terms in 8 or 10 languages. It will also generate Soundex codes for names you input. Plus a few other convenient utility functions. It's shareware; $25 to register it. If you use a
laptop or notebook computer when at the library, for example, it's handy. Warren Blatt, who is in charge of our local effort to catalog cemetery records, uses Family Attic to transliterate gravestone inscriptions.
"The thing I like about standards, is that there are so many to choose from!" Miscellaneous
Blairs Book Service
1661 Strine Dr.
McLean, VA 22101
(703) 883-2510
Geographic Name Server has state, county, latitude, and longitude for US cities, parks, etc. Also has 1980 census population, elevation, area code, and ZIP code.
telnet martini.eecs.umich.edu
Questions to Tom Libert
Libert@citi.umich.edu
(313) 936-0827 Acknowledgements
Susan King - Houston TX "Mother" and co-moderator of JEWISHGEN
Dave Johnson - Rochester NY my sysop
Dick Pence - co-sysop of the National Genealogical Echo
Genealogical Software Distribution System (GSDS)
John Grove - zone 1 coordinator
Tafel Matching System (TMS)
Brian Mavrogeorge - San Francisco CA
Bill Korroch
Jewish Family Finder (JFF)
Dan Garnitz
Internet
Bea Cohen
Marty Miller
Florence Marmor
Transliteration
Patrick Gordis
Herbert Unger
Sharla Levine
"If you copy from one person it's plagiarism,
If you copy from many people it's research!" References
1. General Files available on most genealogy BBS's:
NGCPROT2.ZIP, MONITOR.ZIP, COMPGEN1.ARC,
2. Research Worldwide with Your Home Computer, March 1993, by Brian Mavrogeorge, 109 Stratford Dr., San Francisco, CA 94132
3. TMS:
a. What is a Tiny-Tafel, January 1993, by Brian Mavrogeorge.
b. TMSUSER.ZIP
4. Online Library Access:
a. "Dial-in 1992" by Michael Schuyler, published by Meckler
b. Internet Libraries by Art St. George and Ron Larsen. get library package from listserv@umnvma.bitnet, or ftp internet.library from ariel.unm.edu in the directory library.
c. Accessing On-Line Bibliographic Databases by Billy Baron, available by anonymous ftp from ftp.unt.edu in the directory called "library" as library.xxx where xxx is txt, ps, or wp5 for the text, PostScript, or WordPerfect v.5 versions; or get genealog lib-addr from listserv@vm1.nodak.edu
5. Transliteration:
a. Hebraica Cataloging, by Paul Maher, 1987, Washington DC.
b. Akademyah La-lashon Ha-ivrit, by Dotan and Ketko, Jerusalem 1963, The Academy.
c. US Dept. of State, Office of the Geographer Romanization Guide, Washington DC, 1967.
d. Family Attic program by David Kleiman, Up-A-Tree, P.O. Box 2270, West Patterson, NJ 07424 (212) 721-9382. Shareware, $25.
6. Internet
a. The Whole Internet by Ed Krol, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., 1992, $25.
b. Zen and the Art of the Internet 2nd Ed. by Brendan Kehoe, Prentice Hall, 1993, about $23. The 1st Edition is available in PostScript via anonymous FTP from ftp.cs.widener.edu in the pub/zen subdirectory as file zen-1.0.PS
c. The Internet Companion by Tracey LaQuey and Jeanne Ryer, $11.
d. Gaining Access to the Internet by Greg Notess, Online September 1992, p. 27.
e. Searching Online Database Services over the Internet by Thomas Keays, Online, January 1993, p. 29.
f. Searching Internet Archive Sites with Archie: Why, What, Where, and How by Curtis Simmonds, Online, March 1993, p. 50. Appendix 1: Catalogs & Databases Accessible Without Charge
ALABAMA
Auburn University AUDUCACD.DUC.AUBURN.EDU
ARIZONA
Arizona State University ACSS.INRE.ASU.EDU
CALIFORNIA
California State University, FresnoCATICSUF.CSUFRESNO.EDU
California State University, Long BeachCOAST.LIB.CSULB.EDU
California State University, SonomaVAX.SONOMA.EDU
Cal Poly State University, San Luis ObispoLIBRARY.CALPOLY.EDU
Occidental College's Automated Library System (Oasys)KITTY.OXY.EDU
San Francisco State University OPAC.SFSU.EDU
The University of California, MELVYL CatalogMELVYL.UCOP.EDU
University of California, Berkeley - GLADISGOPAC.BERKELEY.EDU
COLORADO
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries -CARL PAC.CARL.ORG OR CSN.CARL.ORG
CONNECTICUT
Yale University ORBIS.YALE.EDU
DELAWARE
University of Delaware Libraries DELCAT DELCAT.UDEL.EDU
or DELCAT.ACS.UDEL.EDU
FLORIDA
Florida's State University System NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU
GEORGIA
Emory University EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU
Georgia State University LIBRARY.GSU.EDU
HAWAII
University of Hawaii STARMASTER.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU
IDAHO
Boise State University CATALYST.IDBSU.EDU
ILLINOIS
Northwestern University Library NUACVM.ACNS.NWU.EDU
University of Chicago OLORIN.UCHICAGO.EDU
The University of Illinois at ChicagoUICVM.UIC.EDU
University of Illinois/Urbana-ChampaignGARCON.CSO.UIUC.EDU
INDIANA
Indiana University Libraries IUIS.UCS.INDIANA.EDU
Purdue University LIB.CC.PURDUE.EDU
The University of Notre Dame LibraryIRISHMVS.CC.ND.EDU
IOWA
Drake University LIB.DRAKE.EDU
Iowa State University ISN.IASTATE.EDU
The University of Iowa Libraries OASIS.UIOWA.EDU
KANSAS
The University of Kansas Library KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU
MAINE
Colby College Library LIBRARY.COLBY.EDU
University of Maine System Library CatalogURSUS.MAINE.EDU MARYLAND
AIM (Access to Information about Maryland)AIM.UMD.EDU
John Hopkins University Library JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (128.220.2.2)
University of Maryland System VICTOR.UMD.EDU
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston University "TOMUS" LIBRARY.BU.EDU
Harvard University HOLLIS.HARVARD.EDU (128.103.60.31)
Massachusetts Institue of TechnologyLIBRARY.MIT.EDU
Williams College LIBRARY.WILLIAMS.EDU
MICHIGAN
The University of Michigan CTS.MERIT.EDU
Michigan State University LibrariesMAGIC.LIB.MSU.EDU
Wayne State University CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU
MINNESOTA
Minnesota State University System Network (MSUSnet)MSUSGW.UMN.EDU
The University of Minnesota Library System--LUMINALUMINA.LIB.UMN.EDU
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi State University LIBSERV.MSSTATE.EDU
MISSOURI
University of Missouri
Columbia Campus: UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU
Rolla Campus: UMRVMB.UMR.EDU
St. Louis Campus: UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU
NEBRASKA
University of Nebraska - Lincoln UNLLIB.UNL.EDU
NEVADA
University of Nevada, Las Vegas LIBRARY.LV-LIB.NEVADA.EDU
University of Nevada, Reno WOLFPAC.LIB.UNR.EDU
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Dartmouth College LIB.DARTMOUTH.EDU
NEW JERSEY
Princeton University Library PUCABLE.PRINCETON.EDU
Princeton University Online Manuscripts CatalogPUCC.PRINCETON.EDU
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New JerseyLIBRARY.UMDNJ.EDU
NEW MEXICO
The University of New Mexico BOOTES.UNM.EDU
University of New Mexico General LibraryTOME.UNM.EDU 129.24.8.195
University of New Mexico Medical Center LibraryBOOTES.UNM.EDU
New Mexico State University LIBRARY.NMSU.EDU
NEW YORK
Columbia University law school libraryPEGASUS.LAW.COLUMBIA.EDU
Cornell University CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU
New York Public Library NYPLGATE.NYPL.ORG
New York University BOBCAT.NYU.EDU
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute INFOTRAC.RPI.EDU
State University of New York at BinghamtonBINGVMC.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU
University at Buffalo BISON.CC.BUFFALO.EDU
University of Rochester CHESTER.CC.ROCHESTER.EDU
OHIO
Case Western Reserve University EUCLID.CWRU.EDU
College of Wooster, Andrews LibraryWOOLIB.WOOSTER.EDU
Kent State University CATALYST.KENT.EDU
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of MedicineSCOTTY.NEOUCOM.EDU
Instituto Tecnologico y Estudios Superiores de MonterreyMTECV2.MTY.ITESM.MX
Library of the Universidad de las Americas, Pueblabibes.pue.udlap.mx (140.148.1.5)
NEW ZEALAND
Victoria University of Wellington LIBRARY.VUW.AC.NZ
SWITZERLAND
Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule LibraryETHICS.ETHZ.CH THE UNITED KINGDOM
A full guide to this service can be retrieved by mailing info-server@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk with the following text in the message:
Request: janetpad
Topic: userguide
In summary:
1. telnet to sun.nsf.ac.uk - currently 128.86.8.7
2. login as janet - in lowercase; there is no password
3. enter the NRS name of a JANET host when prompted. This MUST be in UK order,
i.e. uk.ac.janet.news
Aberdeen University abdn.lib
Aberystwyth University aber.lib
Aston University aston.geac
Bangor University bangor.lib
Bath University bath.lib
Queens University Belfast qub.lib
Birmingham University bham.lib
Bristol University bris.lib
Brunel University brunel.lib
Cambridge University cam.ul
City of London Polytechnic clp or clp.tvax
City University CITY.LIBRARY
Cranfield Institute of Technology cran.lib
Dundee University dund.libb
Dundee College of Technology dct.lib
Durham University dur.library
East Anglia uea.info
Edinburgh University ed.geac
Edinburgh University - EULOLIS ed.emas-a
Essex University ex.sersun1
Exeter University ex.lib
Glasgow University gla.lib
Heriot-Watt University hw.lib
Hull University hull.geac
Kent University ukc.iris
Lancaster University lancs.lib
Leeds Polytechnic lsply.lib
Leeds University Libraries LEEDS.LIB
Leicester Polytechnic LEICP.OPAC
Leicester University LEICESTER.LIBRARY
Liverpool University LIVERPOOL.LIBRARY
London University - Central Libertas Consortium LON.CONSULL
London University - British Lib. of Political and Econ. Science (LSE)LSE.BLPES
London University - Imperial College of Science, Technology and MedicineIMPERIAL.LIB
London University - Kings College KCL.LIB
London University - Queen Mary and Westfield CollegeQMW.LIB
London University - Royal Holloway and Bedford New CollegeRHBNC.LIB
London University - University College UCL.LIB
Loughborough University lut.lib
Manchester University man.cn.xb
Newcastle University DURHAM.GATE
NISSPAC UK.AC.NISS.PAC
Nottingham University nott.lib
Open University ou.acsvax
Oxford Polytechnic oxpoly.lib
Oxford University ox.pacx
Polytechnic of Central London pcl.yak
Polytechnic South West psw.lib
Reading University RDG.LINNET
The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory rl.ib
St. Andrews University st-and.lib
St. Andrews University Circulation System st-and.circ
Salford University salf.saiso
Sheffield University shef.lib
South Bank Polytechnic Vax sbank.vax
South Bank Polytechnic Geac sbank.switch
Southampton University soton.using
Staffordshire Polytechnic stafpol.lib
Stirling stir.lib
Strathclyde University strath.lib
Surrey University surr.sysi
Sussex University susx.lib
Swansea University swan.libvax
Thames Polytechnic thames.lib
University of London lon.consull
University of Ulster ulst.lib
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technologyuk.ac.umist.cn.pa
University of Wales College of Cardiff cf.liby
Warwick University warwk.opac
York University YORK.LIBRARY
Appendix 2: Freenet Systems
The Freenet Systems are community computing systems based on a concept developed at Case Western Reserve University that provide electronic mail, news and information access to members of the community at no charge.
All logins are "guest" then you can browse or register as a permanent user. Once registered you are returned an access code and it is activated sometime in the next two weeks.
Here are the current freenets. About twice this many are 'in the works.'
NPTN AFFILIATE SYSTEMS (As of March 26, 1993)
BIG SKY TELEGRAPH - Dillon, Montana
Frank Odasz
Western Montana College
710 South Atlantic
Dillon, MT 59725
Modem: (406) 683-7680 (1200 baud)
Internet: 192.231.192.1
Contact Person:
Frank Odasz
BST Office: 406-683-7870
voice: 406-683-7338
e.mail: franko@bigsky.dillon.mt.us
BUFFALO FREE-NET - Buffalo, New York (Demo System)
