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> I have been using the Internet for roughly six months.  I'm a novice, but
> I have not found many resources to assist my research.  Yes, the
> bibliographies are available in the vast libraries but there is now way
> of accessing these documents.  I would like to know more about searching
> on the "net" just because it would be more convenient.  I also suffer
> from habit.  I know where the indexes are in the library and I'm
> commfortable with that search process.
>
> If you have any favorite information locations, Darius, share them.

One of the best that we have is a tool called "HYTELNET". Our version
is supplied on the central VAX mainframe, but versions are available for
Unix and DOS machines according to the login blurb.

It is basically a hierarchical menu system which guides the user down through
various options relating to Internet use ... e.g. accessing remote sites;
searching remote library catalogues, finding out the site names or even
(I think...I have not used this one) the user-ids of individual users at
a given site, and also ftp, gopher, WAIS (Wide Area Information Searching)
adnd WWW (World Wide Web) which provide their own search-and-retrieve
facilities to take (some of) the pain out of anonymous ftp. Within Telnet
we can call up a list of all ftp sites in a database (and it seems pretty
extensive, with literally hundreds of sites) which you can scroll up and
down thorugh until you find the site you want. Then you just hit ENTER and
it makes the connection for you....

I will dig out more information about HYTELNET tomorrow if you want.

I am sure that there are all sorts of tools and user-friendly front-ends
and menu systems and so on out there. Perhaps others could share their
own favourites with us and we can build up a pool of knowledge?

Cheers,
Darius

(PS... I am white-ish and male. Does this matter? :-)