Library OPACS on the Web: finding and describing directories
Abstract
Several articles in the journal Campus‐Wide Information Systems have been devoted to describing the different directories which link to library catalogs on the Internet and the World Wide Web. Some of the directories reviewed in this ongoing series on OPACs were Hytelnet and Libgopher for telnet based catalogs as well as WebCats, Libweb, LC Z39.50 Gateway and the WWW Library Directory‐Framed Edition for the web‐based OPACs. Gives current descriptions of some of the major directories; namely, LibWeb and WWW Library Directory which list and link to library homepages as well as Hytelnet and WebCats which are devoted to listing and linking to the library OPACs. In addition, summarizes the techniques used in finding new directories.
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Citation
Henry, M. (1997), "Library OPACS on the Web: finding and describing directories", Internet Research, Vol. 7 No. 4, pp. 337-341. https://doi.org/10.1108/10662249710187358
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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