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From: hollasch@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Steve Hollasch)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Online Computer Library Center
Keywords: bibliographic reference research online library
Message-ID: <1990@enuxha.eas.asu.edu>
Date: 7 Jan 91 21:14:24 GMT
Organization: Arizona State University
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    Recently I responded to a request for an article in Byte magazine
concerning relaxation techniques.  I mentioned in passing that I'd used a
service called CARL to obtain the reference, and have received some e-mail
inquiries for this service.

    CARL is offered from Arizona State University as a service provided by
the campus libraries.  According to the library personel, this service is
provided to the public (and is free), so you can access it by dialing into
the local number here.  Here's the info for dialing in:

    You can use 300, 1200 or 2400 baud, full duplex, even parity.
The phone numbers are 602-965-700x, where x is [1-5].  When you get
connect, press the carriage return several times (at least eight times
when you use 300 baud, less for higher baud rates).  At the prompt for
destination, enter "library".  You'll receive instructions after that.

    However, this would mean long-distance calls for most of you, so I did
some digging around for more information.  Here's what I found:

    ASU uses a database that is known as the Online Computer Library
Center, which is based in Ohio.  It has 22 million records and is used in
10,000 libraries in 38 countries.  The OCLC is available as a service
to any institution and charges subscription, connect and service rates.
However, after speaking to one of the people there, many libraries that
use this service provide public access to this information.  If you're
interested in this sort of service, give them a call at 1-800-848-5878.
According to the person I spoke to, they should be able to point you to a
library in your area that uses their service.

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Steve Hollasch               |       Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)
hollasch@enuxha.eas.asu.edu  |  uunet!mimsy!oddjob!noao!asuvax!enuxha!hollasch