Searching Internet Archive Sites with Archie: Why, What, Where, and How.

Simmonds, Curtis

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Publication Date: 1993

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Searching Internet Archive Sites with Archie: Why, What, Where, and How.

Simmonds, Curtis

Online, v17 n2 p50,52-55 Mar 1993

Describes Archie, an online catalog of electronic holdings of anonymous FTP (File Transfer Protocol) archive sites on the Internet. Accessing Archie through e-mail and using it in a telnet session are discussed. The Internet Gopher and Whatis, which can be used with Archie, are also explained, and search examples are included. (four references) (KRN)

Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Electronic Text, File Transfer Protocol, Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Internet, Online Catalogs, Online Searching, Telecommunications

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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