Library Catalogues and Databases

USING TELNET CONNECTIONS: For most library telnet connections, you will be prompted for a public-access login name by the library's computer. Enter the login name supplied below for each library. Each system, alas, has a different way to exit; note the instructions for exiting the system you have selected.

Libraries on the Web: General Information

• Library of Congress, WWW Home Page
• Directory of Libraries on the World Wide Web
• Libraries with Web Interfaces (Forms and Searchable Indices)
• Hytelnet: Master Index of Connections to On-Line Library Catalogues

Direct Connections to Some Major Research Libraries

• Library of Congress (telnet)

Type 1 (menu item 1) for catalogue. To exit the catalogue, type exit; to exit the system, type 12 (menu item 12, for logoff).
• University of California Melvyl Library System

When prompted for terminal, type in vt100. To exit, type end.
• Cambridge University

At -->, login as ul. Press CR/ENTER when asked about terminal type if you are using VT100 emulation. To exit the database, type end.
• Columbia University

Select 3 for library catalogues; type x to exit a menu level, q to quit.
• Harvard University

Press CR/ENTER at first screen if terminal info is correct for you. Type hollis on the Harvard Univ./Office for Information Technology screen.
To exit HOLLIS, hit ESCAPE xx (escape key followed by xx).
• Oxford University

Enter terminal type as VT100. Follow on-screen instructions, then choose library. Type e to end or choose menu item to logoff.
• Princeton University

ENTER TERMINAL TYPE: vt100 (plus two CR/ENTERs); to exit (quit) type "stop".
• University of Chicago

Web catalog.
• University of London, Consortium of Libraries

Enter username library. Choose menu iten 1 for VT100 terminal emulation. To exit, type quit or exit.
• University of Michigan

At the HOST? prompt, enter MIRLYN; At the terminal type prompt, type VT100 (or CR/ENTER if system tells you are a VT100 terminal). On the UofM screen, press CR/ENTER. To exit, type stop.
• Washington University's World Window server

A public access server to libraries worldwide.
Type CR/ENTER to connect to public access server; type q to quit at any screen.
• Yale University

At TERMINAL TYPE enter VT100. For database selection, type in OPAC. To exit, type in stop.

All the Libraries in the World: Hytelnet

• Main Hytelnet Directory, University of Saskatechewan (CA)
• Hytelnet Directory, University of Cambridge (UK)
• Searchable Hytelnet Directory, EINET (US)

Help Files for Using Hytelnet and Telnet Connections

• Help files for using library catalogues
• Telnet tips