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I received the following message (stripped of its header and stuff) yesterday.
I have already followed its instructions ... and found some nifty stuff!
Matthew Edney
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The Library of Congress catalog is now on line, free.
to get there use your TELNET command
TELNET LOCIS.LOC.GOV
(no login or password needed)
L O C I S : LIBRARY OF CONGRESS INFORMATION SYSTEM
To make a choice: type a number, then press ENTER
1 Library of Congress Catalog 4 Braille and Audio
2 Federal Legislation 5 Organizations
3 Copyright Information 6 Foreign Law
7 Searching Hours and Basics
8 Documentation and Classes
9 Library of Congress General Information
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12 Comments and Logoff
1. option 1 brings up this menu:
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG
CHOICE
1 BOOKS: English language books 1968-, French 1973-,
German, Portuguese, Spanish 1975-, other European
languages 1976-77, non-European languages 1978-79.
Some microforms 1984-.
2 BOOKS earlier than the dates above. Some serials,
maps, music, audiovisual items.
3 Combination of files 1 and 2 above (LOCI and PREM).
4 SERIALS cataloged at LC & some other libraries since
1973.
5 MAPS and other cartographic items cataloged at LAbe2Bj $H
and some other research libraries 1985-. Atlases
(which are books) are in LOCI and PREM
6 SUBJECT TERMS and cross references from LC Subject
Headings.
12 Return to LOCIS MENU screen.
2. LOCIS is available for on-site researchers during all hours
LC is open. For researchers using LOCIS over the Internet,
the following hours apply: (all times US
eastern; closed national holidays) Mon-Fri: 6:30am-9:30pm
Sat: 8:00am-5:00pm Sun: 1:00pm-5:00pm
The Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS) consists
of two systems.
1 SCORPIO provides browsable indexes, set creation, boolean
combinations, advanced limiting features, and individual
word searching in some files.
2 MUMS provides searching for individual words, searching
on some numbers, left-match "compression key" searching,
boolean combinations, and several advanced techniques.
You can combine the searching features of both systems.
HELP screens exist for most files and commands.
3. The Term Index, updated on 05/02/93, contains 8,847,765
terms.
CONTENTS: Books, some microforms:
TO START EXAMPLES:
SEARCH: subject --> browse solar energy
author --> browse faulkner, william
title 1 --> browse megatrends
call # (partial)-----> browse call QA76.9
individual words-----> find internet
LC card number ------> loci 80-14332
FOR HELP: Type the word HELP, and press the ENTER key.
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