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- Subject: Sci-Ref-Tier2 Handout: NEtworking (9 pages)
- From: JCONSTANT@umassd.edu
- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 1994 09:27:11 -0500
SCIENCE REFERENCE INSTITUTE
Electronic and Optical Science Reference Sources-Tier Two
NETWORKING
prepared by
Candy Schwartz, March 1994
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The Internet
ARPANET . . CREN (Bitnet + CSNet)
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..NSFNET . . .REST of the World
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MCI, CompuServe, L, Delphi, &c NEARNet, NYSERNet
(Individuals, Corporations) Other Networks
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WHY:
Electronic mail
Electronic journals
Electronic conferencing systems
Remote file transfer
Remote interaction (OPACs and other sources)
ELECTRONIC MAIL:
No more telephone tag, no more long-distance charges
Internet addresses consists of username plus address
name@hostcomputer.institution.domain, e.g.
cschwartz@vmsvax.simmons.edu
Domains say what type of institution or what country
Namess that look look like name@institution are Bitnet
addresses
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS:
Some are free, some are by subscription
Issues:
How is journal provided/distributed to patron
Who archives: library or provider
Who prints: library or patron
ELECTRONIC CONFERENCING SYSTEMS:
Two main types: listserv lists, and bulletin boards
LISTSERV list features
Subscribing, unsubscribing, suspending temporarily
Archives (old messages, files), Lists of members
E-mail search, F and gopher access to archives
Commands TO THE LISTSERV,
e.g., listserv@kentvm kent.edu
Messages TO THE LIST once subscribed,
e.g., dorothyl@kentvm.kent.edu
Bulletin boards (e.g., Usenet, local BBS's)
REMOTE FILE TRANSFER (FTP)
Copying files from the directories of other computers
Many systems allow for "anonymous 1'
Text files, binary files (software, images, sound)
Essentials
Only use FTP before 8 AM and after 5 PM
Login anonymous, give full e-mail address if asked
Issue dir command, mo into desired directory
If there is a readme file, type it and read it Identify
desired file, including size and type
Issue get command to transfer files
(can be slow for a big file)
FTP directories express file size in blocks,
1 block is approximately 500 bytes
Must know about handling different file formats
REMOTE INTERACTION (TELNET)
Remote interaction: the telnet command
Issue telnet plus address of the remote system
FINDING OUT WHO AND WHAT'S OUT THERE:
E-mail addresses (first, ask the individual)
Print: Membership directories, journal article "about
the author" information
Online: List members, Campus Wide Information
Systems,
White pages services
Lists and ejournals on a subject
Print: Texts, directories
Online: Directories, archives
Documents on the Internet
FAQ = frequently asked questions
RFC = request for comments
FYI = for your information
Often available from the archive of a listserv
list
Available via 1 from many sites; available on
gophers
To find out about getting RFCs and FYIs
Send this message to rfc-
INFO@ISI.EDU
help:ways to get rfcs'
SOME EXAMPLES FROM OUR FIELD:
EJOURNALS IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE"
ACQNET (The Acquisitions Librarian 's Electronic Network),ALA Washington
Office
Newsline (ALAWON), ALCTS NETWORKNEWS (Assn forLibrary Collections and
Technical
Services), Biomedical Library Acquisitions Bulletin, Citations for Serial
Literature, Current Cites, EDUPAGE, Electronic Journal on r Culture, Hot Off
the Tree (HOTT), Information Networking News, Intemet Business Journal, Issues
in Science and Technology Librarianship, Journal of Academic Media
Librarianship, LC Cataloging Newsline, LIBRES: Library and Information Science
Research Electronic
Journal, Mecklournal, Network News, Newsleffer on Serials Pricing Issues,
Public-Access Computer Systems News, The Public-Access Computer Systems Review
LISTS IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (a few of many)
ADAPT-L@AUVf Library Adaptive Technology
AXSLIB-L@BITNIC Project EASI: library Access for Persons with Disabilities
BI-L@BINGVMB Bibliographic Instruction
CDROM-L@UCCVMA CD-ROMs
COSNDISC@BITNIC Consortium for School Networking
GEONET-L@IUBVM Geoscience Librarians and Information Specialists
LM NET@SUVM School Library Media & Network Communications
PUBLIB@NYSERNET.ORG Public Libraries
PUBYAC@LIS.PITT.EDU Library Services to Children and Young Adults in Public
Libraries
K-12 LIST ARCHIVES AVAILABLE ON GOPHERS SUCH AS ASKERIC, ETC:(a few of many)
AACE-L Association for Advancement of Computing in Education
ABILITY For study of academically, artistically, athletically able
BIOPI-L For high-school and college biology teachers
CHEMED-L For high-school and college chemistry educators
CSAC-L Computing Strategies Across the Curriculum
DRUGABUS For drug abuse education and research
EUITLIST For educational uses of information technology
GLOBALED The "global classroom"
IECC Intercultural Email Classroom Connections lists
KIDCAFE Interactive chat for kids
KIDSPHERE-List
LM NET
SUPERK12-List
GOOD LISTS FOR STAYING UP TO DATE:
NET-HAPPENINGS and NET-RESOURCES, both @IS.INTERNIC.NET
PACS-L@UHUPVMI
HOW DO YOU JOIN THE INTERNET?:
Already networked institution
Already networked consortium
Internet service provider: NELINET (libraries), Delphi
(individuals),
etc.
Information service provider: Prodigy, America Online, Compuserve,
etc.
Freenets (free service in a given municipality)
Issues
Functions (e-mail, telnet, FTP, Usenet)
Ease of use, availability during busy times
Charges (flat-fee, connect time; monthly, annual)
NAVIGATION AIDS:
Tools to help you
Find FTP'able resources (archie)
Find telnet sites and addresses (LIBS, HytelNet) and connect
Find personal and corporate e-mail addresses (InterNIC)
Find information collections (Gopher, veronica, jughead)
Search the contents of collections (WAIS)
Some available on site, most by telnet
Most access each other
ARCHIE
A method of searching through the titles of l'ed files,
available on most gophers
Difficult to use effectively
LIBS and HYTELNET
Online directory of library catalogues and other resources
WWW (WORLD WIDE WEB)
The "universe of network-accessible information, an embodiment
of human knowledge."
Uses hypertext and multimedia techniques
INTERNIC
Joint venture of AT&T and other companies
Provides Directory of Directories and other services
Eventually for a fee
telnet ds.internic.net, login: guest
WAIS
Uses "automatic retrieval" based on word occurrences
Sends queries to files available through WAIS servers
Can be difficult without fancy client soft vare
GOPHER
Menu driven access to local and remote gopher "servers"
Servers maintain onsite fIles and deliver them in response to
queries
In theory all gophers speak to all other gophers
Gophers are used for many CWIS's (campus wide information
systems)
Best to start at a local gopher
nysernet.org (in New York state),
login as nysernet
weeds.mgh.harvard.edu (at Harvard),
login as gopher
marvel.loc.gov (at ibrary of Congress),
login as marvel
Gopher Help:
= view next menu page, < = view previous menu page
u = go back one level, q = quit
m when looking at a menu = go back to main menu
m when looking at a file = mail it
Searching through gopherspace: veronica, jughead
Search through words and phrases in menus
SOME EXAMPLES FROM OUR FIELD:
Some U.S. High School Gophers:
<US445> Glen Grove School Learning Center (4-6)
<US446> Henking School Learning Center (K-3)
<US447> Hoffman School Learning Center (4-6)
<US448> Lyon School Learning Center (K-3)
<US449 > Pleasant Ridge School Learning Center (4-6)
<US450> Springman Jr. High School Learning Center (7-8)
<US451> Westbrook School Learning Center (K-3)
AskERlC Gopher:
Internet-based question-nswering service for teachers, library media
specialists, and administrators. Anyone involved with K-12 education can send
an e-mail message to
AskERIC. Drawing on the extensive resources of the ERIC system, AskERIC staff
will respond with an answer within 48 working hours. For more information,
contact AskERIC at: askeric@ericir.syr.edu.
BUBL GOPHER
A resource specifically for librarians, containing a wide variety of
resources, including full text newsletters, directories, links to LIS
gophers and catalogues, a jobline, and tables of contents of many
LIS
journals. Telnet niss.ac.uk to get started, or go through WWW.
Main Menu
1. B - Information Networking/
2. C - New publications in Library and Information Science/
3. D - Directories/
4. E - Current Contents of Computing and LIS Journals/
5. F - Electronic Mail Discussion Lists/
6. H - LIS: Services, Educ., Surveys, News,Organisations.../
7. J - LIS Glossaries, Acronyms and Definitions/
8. K - LIS Education, Including Network Use Exercises/
9. S - Electronic Journals & Texts/
10. V - Library Systems & Software/
11. Z - CTILIS/
CICNET K-12 GOPHERS
CICNet, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, provides Internet connectivity and services to
education and research, non-profit and commercial organizations. The Gopher
server includes both descriptions of and on-line links to select Internet
resources of interest to K-12 educators. Descriptions, many written by
teachers, include summaries of the writer's experience with each resource,
Internet addresses, login and logout procedures, and often a sample session.
Links provide a direct connection to many of the resources described in the
Gopher. To help educators incorporate Internet resources into their lesson
plans, the server also includes summaries of several "Internet in the
classroom" projects. For more information, contact Kimberly Shaffer:
shaffer@cic.net. Gopher to gopher.cic.net, select the "CICNet Projects and
Gopher Servers" menu.
Using the Internet in the Classroom
1. About Classroom Ideas
2. Academy One Project List (September 1993)
3. Aid to Foreign Language Acquisition
4. Archaeology Units
5. Ask Dr. Science
6. Ask Prof Maths
7. At-Risk Students
8. Beginning Examples
9. Building a Better Tomorrow
10. Chemistry Searches
11. Classroom Programming Projects
12. Cleveland FreeNet and Your School
13. Current Freeware and Shareware
14. Current Issues Project
15. Earth Day Treasure Hunt
16. History of Math
17. Internet and Astronomy
18. Introduction to Computer Science for the 21st Century
19. Legos on Mars
20. Mail Art Club
21. Telecomputing Activities
22. WhaleNet
23. What's a Sniglet Project
24. What's the Same and What's Different Project
25. Young Kids and nguage Arts
CLASSROOM EARTH BBS:
Classroom Earth is a free online information resource for educators and
students (K-Adult) interested in global environmental change education. You
are
able to share
lesson plans and resource materials. Also carries electronic-mail message
conferences on environmental and educational issues from Internet Newsgroups,
K12Net, and other and provides "group labs". Telnet classroom earth.ciesin.org
2010.
CLASSROOM PRODIGY (Commercial service)
The classroom service includes links with National Geographic Magazine, the
Nova science series, and the Sesame Street and Reading Magic shows, along with
complete teacher support materials. The Classroom Prodigy service does not
include on-line commercials. Among the early uses of the new service are a
series of "on-line field trips."Classroom Prodigy will be priced on a per-
class, per year basis, vith a 12-month flat fee subscription including any of
three service membership plans: a 10-hour per month Test Pack; a 25-hour per
month Class Pack; and a 100 hour per month Library/Media Lab Pack.
CLEARINGHOUSE FOR SUBJECT-ORIENTED INTERNET GUIDES (UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)
This archive contains Internet resource subject guides prepared by students in
the University of Michigan library and information science prograrn, and other
guides gathered from various experts.Covers subject from A-Z. Available via
gopher.
CLEVELAND FREENET:
telnet freenet-in-a.Cwru.Edu or freenet-in-b.Cwru.Edu or freenet-in-c.C
vru.Edu
Select 2 for visitor login
Main Menu
1.The Adrninistration Building
2 The Post Office
3 Public Square
4 The Courthouse & Government Center
5 The Arts Building
6 Science and Technology Center
7 The Medical Arts Building
8 The Schoolhouse (Academy One)
9 The Community Center & Recreation Area
10 The Business and Industrial Park
11 The Library
12 University Circle
13 The Teleport
14 The Communications Center
15 NPTN/USA TODAY HEADLINE NEWS
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION:
Blake Gumprecht (Documents Librarian) keeps an updated list of Internet
sources
of government information. The most recent issue (February 26, 1994) printed
out at over 40 pages. It is accessible from the Clearinghouse (see below), or
you can send a message to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu as follows:send
usenet/news.answers/us-govt-net-pointers/partl.
KIDSPHERE "TEACHER CONTACT FILES"
Introductions from teachers, administrators, educators and parents interested
in telecommunication activities in the kindergarten-grade 12 classroom. The
files are available from an e-mail message or through anonymous FTP. For more
information, contact: Sally Laughon:
BITNET:laughon@vtvm
INTERNET: laughon@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu
LIBRARY OF CONGRES MARVEL GOPHER
Features local LC information (induding the catalog, and good government
resources), plus well-designed subject menus providing links to other
networked
resources.
Telnet marvel.loc.gov, login: marvel
Main Menu
1. About LC MARVEL (Please Read First)/
2. Library of Congress: Facilities, Activities,and Services/
3. Research and Reference/
4. Library of Congress Online Systems/
5. The U.S. Congress/
6. Federal Government Information/
7. Services to Libraries and Publishers/
8. Copyright/
9. Employee Information/
10. The Global Electronic Library (by Subject)/
11. Internet Resources/
12. What's New on LC MARVEL/
13. Search LC MARVEL Menus/
LIBSOFT
The University of Western Ontario School of Library and Inforrnation Science
allows anonyrnous FTP to a large collection of library related files and
software. Examples
include indexing and cataloging software, instructional aids for learning
online searching,lists of Internet tools and resources. Sample interaction:
ftp hydra.uwo.ca To get to Univ of Western Ontario
FTP>>login anonyrnous To login
FTP> dir To see list of files and directories
FTP> cd libsoft To change directory to LIBSOF
FTP> dir To get a list (note file type and size)
FTP> get artbase.txt To transfer a file called artbase.txt
FTP> quit To disconnect
NYSERNET K-12 GOPHER
Special Collections: k-12
1. AskERIC - (Educational Resources Information Center)/
2. CNN newsroom classroom guide/
3. Classroom Earth BBS <TEL>
4. CoSN.bylaws.draft
5. CoSN.charter.draft
6. Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)/
7. Daily Report Card News Service/
8. Distance Learning Resources
9. EMPIRE INTERNET SCHOOLHOUSE/
10. ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation/
11. K12 keypals list
12. Keypals wanted/
13. Keypals wanted - readme
14. Math & Science Education Guide; T.C. O'Haver; v1.2;
10/29/93
15. More Education Gophers (Rice)/
16. Newton Educational BBS < TEL>
17. Telnet to K-12 Libraries/
18. US Dept. of Education and OERI Gopher/
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