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Guide to Network Resource Tools
EARN Association
April 26, 1993
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: EXPLORING THE NETWORK
GOPHER
What is Gopher
Who can use Gopher
How to get to Gopher
Using Gopher
VERONICA
Simple Boolean search method
Partial Boolean search method
Learning more about Gopher
WORLD-WIDE WEB
What is World-Wide Web
Who can use World-Wide Web
How to get to World-Wide Web
Using World-Wide Web
Learning more about World-Wide Web
Part 2: SEARCHING DATABASES
WAIS
What is WAIS
Who can use WAIS
How to get to WAIS
Learning more about WAIS
ASTRA
What is ASTRA
Who can use ASTRA
How to get to ASTRA
Using ASTRA
General Commands
Batch Query Language Commands
Examples
Learning more about ASTRA
Part 3: FINDING NETWORK RESOURCES
ARCHIE
What is ARCHIE
Who can use ARCHIE
How to get to ARCHIE
Using ARCHIE
Using a local client
Using Telnet
Using Electronic mail
Examples
Learning more about ARCHIE
WHOIS
What is WHOIS
Who can use WHOIS
How to get to WHOIS
Using WHOIS
Examples
Learning more about WHOIS
NETSERV
What is NETSERV
Who can use NETSERV
How to get to NETSERV
Using NETSERV
Commands For General Users
Examples
Learning more about NETSERV
Part 4: GETTING FILES
TRICKLE
What is TRICKLE
Who can use TRICKLE
How to get to TRICKLE
Using TRICKLE
Important Commands
Examples
Learning more about TRICKLE
BITFTP
What is BITFTP
Who can use BITFTP
How to get to BITFTP
Using BITFTP
Command description
Learning more about BITFTP
Part 5: NETWORKED INTEREST GROUPS
NETNEWS (USENET)
What is NETNEWS
Who can use NETNEWS
How to get to NETNEWS
Using NETNEWS
Unix
X-window
VMS
VM/CMS
MVS
Macintosh
MSDOS
Learning more about NETNEWS
LISTSERV
What is LISTSERV
Who can use LISTSERV
How to get to LISTSERV
Using LISTSERV
List subscription commands
Informational commands
File and filelist commands
Parameter description
LISTSERV Database Facilities
Examples
Learning more about LISTSERV
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Permission to copy all or part of this document without fee is granted
provided the copies are not used for commercial advantage and that the
EARN Association is cited as the source of the document.
We would like to express our gratitude to the authors and developers of
these tools for making their work available to the networking community.
We have consulted their documentation, and the documentation of others,
in preparing this guide, and for this we are also grateful. We have used
their descriptions and explanations when suitable, but any errors or
inaccuracies are the sole responsibility of the EARN staff. Consult the
sources listed at the end of each section for specific queries and
original detailed information.
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