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2085 SEXY

OPTIONS: INDEX (or I 5 etc) to see list of items HELP

START – search options

REDO – edit search QUIT – exit database

COMMAND?

If you want to get more information on the first line, type 1 and hit enter:

HU INDEX: LIST OF ITEMS RETRIEVED 2086 items retrieved by your search:

FIND TI SEX

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SEX

1 geddes patrick sir 1854 1932/ 1914 bks

SEX A Z

2 goldenson robert m/ 1987 bks

SEX ABUSE HYSTERIA SALEM WITCH TRIALS REVISITED

3 gardner richard a/ 1991 bks

SEX AETATES MUNDI ENGLISH AND IRISH

4 irish sex aetates mundi/ 1983 bks

SEX AFTER SIXTY A GUIDE FOR MEN AND WOMEN FOR THEIR LATER YEARS

5 butler robert n 1927/ 1976 bks

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OPTIONS: DISPLAY 1 (or D 5 etc) to see a record HELP

GUIDE MORE – next page START – search options

REDO – edit search QUIT – exit database

COMMAND?

Most library systems give you a way to log off and return to your host

system. On Hollis, hit escape followed by

xx

One particularly interesting system is the one run by the Colorado

Alliance of Research Libraries, which maintains databases for libraries

throughout Colorado, the West and even in Boston.

Telnet pac.carl.org.

Follow the simple log-in instructions. When you get a menu, type 72

(even though that is not listed), which takes you to the Pikes Peak Library

District, which serves the city of Colorado Springs.

Several years ago, its librarians realized they could use their

database program not just for books but for cataloging city records and

community information, as well. Today, if you want to look up municipal

ordinances or city records, you only have to type in the word you’re

looking for and you’ll get back cites of the relevant laws or decisions.

Carl will also connect you to the University of Hawaii library, which,

like the one in Colorado Springs, has more than just bibliographic material

online. One of its features is an online Hawaiian almanac that can tell

you everything you ever wanted to know about Hawaiians, including the

number injured in boogie-board accidents each year (seven).

6.3 SOME INTERESTING TELNET SITES

AGRICULTURE

PENPages, run by Pennsylvania State University’s College of

Agricultural Sciences, provides weekly world weather and crop reports

from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These reports detail

everything from the effect of the weather on palm trees in Malaysia to

the state of the Ukrainian wheat crop. Reports from Pennsylvania

country extension officers offer tips for improving farm life. One

database lists Pennsylvania hay distributors by county — and rates

the quality of their hay!

The service lets you search for information two different ways. A

menu system gives you quick access to reports that change frequently,

such as the weekly crop/weather reports. An index system lets you

search through several thousand online documents by keyword. At the

main menu, you can either browse through an online manual or choose

“PENPages,’’ which puts you into the agriculture system.

Telnet: psupen.psu.edu

User name: Your 2-letter state code or WORLD

California State University’s Advanced Technology Information

Network provides similar information as PENPages, only focusing on

California crops. It also maintains lists of upcoming California trade

shows and carries updates on biotechnology.

Telnet: caticsuf.cati.csufresno.edu

Log in: public

You will then be asked to register and will be given a user name

and password. Hit “a’’ at the main menu for agricultural information.

Hit “d’’ to call up a menu that includes a biweekly biotechnology

report.

AIDS

The University of Miami maintains a database of AIDS health

providers in southern Florida.

Telnet: callcat.med.miami.edu

Log in: library

At the main menu, select P (for “AIDS providers” and you’ll be able

to search for doctors, hospitals and other providers that care for

patients with AIDS. You can also search by speciality.

See also under Conversation and Health.

AMATEUR RADIO:

The National Ham Radio Call-Sign Callbook lets you search for

American amateur operators by callsign, city, last name or Zip code. A

successful search will give you the ham’s name, address, callsign,

age, type of license and when he or she got it.

Telnet: callsign.cs.buffalo.edu 2000 or ham.njit.edu 2000.

When you connect, you tell the system how you want to search and

what you’re looking for. For example, if you want to search for hams

by city, you would type

city city name

and hit enter (for example: city Kankakee).

Other search choices are “call” (after which you would type a

ham’s name), “name,” and “zip” (which you would follow with a Zip

code). Be careful when searching for hams in a large city; there

doesn’t seem to be anyway to shut off the list once it starts except

by using control-]. Otherwise, when done, type

quit

and hit enter to disconnect.

ANIMALS

See under Health.

CALCULATORS

Hewlett-Packard maintains a free service on which you can seek

advice about their line of calculators.

Telnet: hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com

No log-in is needed.

CHEMISTRY

The Electronic Periodic Table of the Elements draws the table on

your screen and then lets you look up various properties of individual

elements.

Telnet: camms2.caos.kun.nl

No password needed.

CONGRESS

The Library of Congress Information Service lets you search current

and past legislation (dating to 1982).

Telnet: locis.loc.gov

Password: none needed.

When you connect, you’ll get a main menu that lets you select

from several databases, including the Library of Congress card catalog

(with book entries dating to 1978) and a database of information on

copyright laws.

For the congressional database, select the number next to its

entry and hit enter. You’ll then be asked to choose which legislative year

to search. After that, a menu similar to this will come up:

***C103- THE LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION FILE FOR THE 103RD CONGRESS,

which was updated on 05/10/93 and contains 4,044 records,

is now available