ERIC Number: ED381173
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: 151
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Plug in to the Utah Library Network, Reach Out to the World. Utah Library Network and Internet Training Handbook [for DOS]. Information Forum Publication #7.
Reinwand, Louis; And Others
This manual is designed to assist public libraries in Utah in their use of the Internet. Many of the examples used were created specifically to explain the use of products that the Utah Library Network provides for public libraries in Utah. The introduction provides background history and general information about the Internet and general instruction on the use of the manual. In the main body of the manual, instructions for accessing, directions for use, and examples are given for the following resources and services: OPACS (Online Public Access Catalogs), LIBS (Internet Access Software), CARL (Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries), Library of Congress, and FirstSearch WorldCat; E-mail and Interlibrary Loan; Indexes: FirstSearch, CARL Uncover, Wilsonline, and Vista; Listservs; Gopher Sites; Veronica; WAIS (Wide Area Information Server); Deseret News; Archie; Anonymous FTP (File Transfer Protocol); and WWW (World Wide Web). Reproductions of computer screens within each resource are provided for illustration. Four appendices include a 13-item bibliography, public catalog internet addresses, Archie telnet site addresses, and the Library Bill of Rights.(MAS)
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Media Staff; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Utah State Library Div., Salt Lake City. Dept. of Community and Economic Development.
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