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Service: ASA
Availability: now
IP-address: asa.lib.lehigh.edu
Requirements: VT100
Assistance: (215) 758-4998
jpl3@lehigh ujluci@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu
VT100 emulation is supported but not required. TN3270 emulation is possible.
Logoff instructions are provided.
Lehigh's (GEAC-based) library catalog is now accessible through PREPnet.
Provider: U. of Pennsylvania
Service: PENNLIN
Availability: now
IP-address: pennlib.upenn.edu
Requirements: VT100
Assistance: (215) 898-7555
pennlibr@upenn
VT100 emulation is supported and volunteer surveyors found logoff difficult.
PENNLIN is Penn's NOTIS-based on-line library catalog system.
Provider: U. of Pennsylvania
Service: MEDINFO
Availability: now
IP-address: med.upenn.edu
Requirements: VT100 User: penn_med
Assistance: (215) 898-9755
VT100 emulation is supported and logoff instructions are provided.
UPenn's medical school provides access to a version of its MEDINFO bulletin
board via PREPnet.
Provider: U. of Pittsburgh
Service: NIH Guide
Availability: now
IP-address: nic.cis.pitt.edu
Requirements: VT100
Assistance: (412) 624-7417
Volunteer surveyors reported the instructions not sufficient to log onto
this service.
The NIH (National Institutes of Health) Guide contains information on
scientific initiatives and administration regarding extramural programs. The
guide is being provided to Pitt on-line as a pilot project. Files are available
by anonymous FTP in the "nihguide" subdirectory. The guide is published
weekly, and information from the last 4 weeks will be online.
RHODE ISLAND
Brown University
BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island 02906
OPAC: Western Library Network (WLN) software Running under MVS/XA and Com-Plete
Contact: Howard Pasternack
BITNET: BLIPS15@BROWNVM
Internet: BLIPS15@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU
Phonenet: (401) 863-3346
TN3270 emulation is required and logoff instructions are provided.
Logon Instructions:
1. Telnet BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU
2. At the BROWN logon screen: TAB to "COMMAND" and type DIAL JOSIAH <cr> or:
type DIAL JOSIAH <cr> on the VM logon screen
3. The passthru menu should display. TAB to any of the Josiah choices on the
screen and <cr>
4. Follow the instructions on the screens which follow
Searching Josiah:
The Josiah Search Menu supports searches by author, title, subject, and
author/title combinations. Help is available at any point by pressing the PF1
key. PF key alternatives are also supported by typing PF1 (or PF3, PF5, etc.)
after any ">>" prompt.
The direct command language is a modified form of the language developed by
the Western Library Network (WLN). Use of this Josiah option requires
familiarity with the WLN command language. The direct command supports
bibliographic file searches by author, title, subject, series, isbn/issn,
and year of publication; authority file searches by author, subject, and
series; and call number browse. Boolean and keyword are also available.
The menu searches are programmed to execute the command language behind the
scenes. Each menu search uses the text typed on the menu screen as the search