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The Washington & Lee Law Library Guest Site (telnet liberty.uc.wlu.edu, login lawlib) John Doyle, the Associate Law Librarian at Washington and Lee University Law Library, maintains what is probably the single most useful resource on the Internet, not only for lawyers and law librarians, but for all users. By accessing this one location, it is possible to access almost any other resource available on the Internet through a simple, menu-driven system. The following section describes some of these resources; after most headings, an alternative telnet location is listed, for the rare occasions when the Washington and Lee site is unavailable. Gateway to library catalogs (also telnet wugate.wustl.edu, login services) Washington and Lee Law Library provides two means of menu access to all Internet-accessible library catalogs. (1) Direct connection: To search U.S.libraries, at the opening menu, type 10 and press <Enter>. Type S to search for the name of the library (or other resource) you wish to use. Type the number for that database. When you are finished, type &&& to disconnect and return to the Washington & Lee system. To search all libraries (U.S. and foreign), type R (for "Restrict set") at the opening menu. Then type 12 for "Libraries." Then type 1 to "REQUIRE that the entries be libraries" (you can also restrict by eliminating libraries from the set of resources to be searched). Type S to search for the name of the library (or other resource) you wish to use. When finished, type &&& to disconnect. (2) Hytelnet connection: Choose 8 from the opening menu; use the <down arrow> and <up arrow> keys to choose which type of resource you wish to search (for instance, all library catalogs or just law libraries). Use the <right arrow> key to choose a branch of the directory; use <left arrow> to return to the previous "level" or menu. (Hytelnet is a hypertext directory of Internet resources; the advantages of Hytelnet over direct connection are that Hytelnet includes some textual information about each database, and that it gives you the login procedures in case you prefer to telnet directly to a particular site.) Archive of Internet documents You may directly access many of the most popular orientation and training documents (for instance, Zen and the Art of the Internet or The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet) from the Washington and Lee system. At the opening menu, choose R to restrict, then choose 26 for Internet/Bitnet/Mail. Page down (by typing N for "next page"), or type S to search, until you find the document you are interested in. Type the number of the document (do not press <Enter>) to view the document. When you are finished viewing the document, type q. The system will ask you if you wish to have the document e-mailed to you; if you type Y, you will be asked for your Internet address. Archives of law-lib, Automatome The archives of the discussion list LAW-LIB and the newsletter AUTOMATOME (the newsletter of the AALL Automation and Scientific Development SIS) are stored on the Washington and Lee server. Choose 9 for "Legal Sources" from the opening menu, or type R and restrict to 27 (Law). Press S to search, then type "law-lib" or "automatome". Type the number of the issue or month you wish to view. As above, the system will give you the option of having the document e-mailed to you.
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