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- RLIN - Research Libraries Information Network
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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- RLIN Information Center
- Research Libraries Group, Inc.
- 1200 Villa St.
- Mountain View, CA 94041-1100
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- _E-_m_a_i_l: bl.ric@rlg.stanford.edu, bl.ric@rlg.bitnet
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- _P_h_o_n_e: 1-800-537-RLIN (RLIN Information Center)
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- RLIN is the information management and retrieval system of
- The Research Libraries Group, Inc. It includes an online
- bibliographic database cataloging the holdings of well over
- one hundred research libraries, archives, and special
- collections-a total of over forty million records in August
- 1990. Entries are divided among eight files: books, seri-
- als, archival materials (e.g., personal papers, governmental
- records), maps, music scores, sound recordings, visual
- materials (e.g., films and photographs), and computer files.
- Smaller subject-oriented databases contain citations for
- articles in art and architectural periodicals; eighteenth-
- century English-language publications; art sales catalogs
- dating from the 1500s to the present; and research in the
- humanities scheduled for publication within the next two
- years.
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- Users search RLIN with command-line searches rather than
- from a menu, by specifying index terms. Indexes available
- include title, subject, author, conference or corporation,
- ISBN, LC number, and many more; some are specific to the
- file being searched (such as the index to music publishers'
- unique numbers on sound recordings and scores). Search
- results can be further restricted by language, date of pub-
- lication, publisher, terms found in notes fields, etc.
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- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
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- August 10, 1990 NNSC Section 2.4, Page 1
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- RLIN is available to subscribers over the Internet. It can
- also be dialed into through the public packet network,
- SprintNet. A private packet network supports RLIN users who
- maintain entries in the database.
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- _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _R_L_I_N
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- Charges for Internet access:
- For individuals: $119 for 10 hours connect time
- For libraries: $200 one-time start-up fee plus per-
- search charges ranging
- from 50 to 80 cents.
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- Subscribers for RLIN searching receive an account ID and
- password, descriptions of RLIN and its files, step-by-step
- directions for accessing the system, and assistance from the
- RLIN Information Center via a toll-free service number: 1-
- 800-537-7546 (537-RLIN).
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