Big Dummy's Guide To The Internet - Electronic Frontier Foundation (reading rainbow books .txt) 📗

. Up/Down arrows MOVE

Library catalogs . Left/Right arrows SELECT

Other resources . ? for HELP anytime

Help files for catalogs .

Catalog interfaces . m returns here

Internet Glossary . q quits

Telnet tips .

Telnet/TN3270 escape keys .

Key-stroke commands .

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HYTELNET 6.2 was written by Peter Scott,

U of Saskatchewan Libraries, Saskatoon, Sask, Canada. 1992

Unix and VMS software by Earl Fogel, Computing Services, U of S 1992

The first choice, “” will be highlighted. Use your down

and up arrows to move the cursor among the choices. Hit enter when you

decide on one. You’ll get another menu, which in turn will bring up

text files telling you how to connect to sites and giving any special

commands or instructions you might need. Hytelnet does have one quirk.

To move back to where you started (for example, from a sub-menu to a

main menu), hit the left-arrow key on your computer.

Play with the system. You might want to turn on your computer’s

screen-capture, or at the very least, get out a pen and paper. You’re

bound to run across some interesting telnet services that you’ll want to

try — and you’ll need their telnet “addresses.’’

As you move around Hytelnet, it may seem as if you haven’t left

your host system — telnet can work that quickly. Occasionally, when

network loads are heavy, however, you will notice a delay between the

time you type a command or enter a request and the time the remote

service responds.

To disconnect from Hytelnet and return to your system, hit your q

key and enter.

Some telnet computers are set up so that you can only access them

through a specific “port.” In those cases, you’ll always see a number

after their name, for example: india.colorado.edu 13. It’s important to

include that number, because otherwise, you may not get in.

In fact, try the above address. Type

telnet india.colorado.edu 13

and hit enter. You should see something like this:

Trying 128.138.140.44 …

Followed very quickly by this:

telnet india.colorado.edu 13

Escape character is ‘^]’.

Sun Jan 17 14:11:41 1994

Connection closed by foreign host.

What we want is the middle line, which tells you the exact

Mountain Standard Time, as determined by a government-run atomic clock

in Boulder, Colo.

6.2 LIBRARY CATALOGS

Several hundred libraries around the world, from the Snohomish

Public Library in Washington State to the Library of Congress are now

available to you through telnet. You can use Hytelnet to find their

names, telnet addresses and use instructions.

Why would you want to browse a library you can’t physically get to?

Many libraries share books, so if yours doesn’t have what you’re looking

for, you can tell the librarian where he or she can get it. Or if you live

in an area where the libraries are not yet online, you can use telnet to do

some basic bibliographic research before you head down to the local branch.

There are several different database programs in use by online

libraries. Harvard’s is one of the easier ones to use, so let’s try it.

Telnet to hollis.harvard.edu. When you connect, you’ll see:

H A R V A R D U N I V E R S I T Y

OFFICE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

*** ***

VE *** RI ***

*** *** HOLLIS (Harvard OnLine LIbrary System)

*****

TAS **** HUBS (Harvard University Basic Services)

***

IU (Information Utility)

CMS (VM/CMS Timesharing Service)

HOLLIS IS AVAILABLE WITHOUT ACCESS RESTRICTIONS **

Access to other applications is limited to individuals who have been

granted specific permission by an authorized person.

To select one of the applications above, type its name on the command

line followed by your user ID, and press RETURN.

HOLLIS DOES NOT REQUIRE A USERID **

EXAMPLES: HOLLIS (press RETURN) or HUBS userid (press RETURN)

===>

Type

hollis

and hit enter. You’ll see several screens flash by quickly until finally the

system stops and you’ll get this:

WELCOME TO HOLLIS

(Harvard OnLine Library Information System)

To begin, type one of the 2-character database codes listed below:

HU Union Catalog of the Harvard libraries

OW Catalog of Older Widener materials

LG Guide to Harvard Libraries and Computing Resources

AI Expanded Academic Index (selective 1987-1988, full 1989- )

LR Legal Resource Index (1980- )

PA PAIS International (1985- )

To change databases from any place in HOLLIS, type CHOOSE followed by a

2-character database code, as in: CHOOSE HU

For general help in using HOLLIS, type HELP. For HOLLIS news, type

HELP NEWS. For HOLLIS hours of operation, type HELP HOURS.

ALWAYS PRESS THE ENTER OR RETURN KEY AFTER TYPING YOUR COMMAND

The first thing to notice is the name of the system: Hollis.

Librarians