INTERNET DATABASES
Short Listing
Access via TELNET, FTP, or EMAIL
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CARL (Online database, book reviews, fax service):
telnet pac.carl.org or 192.54.81.128
CHAT (Interactive Discussion on Aids -- Login as 'Chat'):
telnet debra.dgbt.doc.ca or telnet 142.92.36.15
Chess Server (Play or watch chess):
telnet valkyries.andrew.cmu.edu 5000 or 128.2.232.4 5000
Dante Project (Divine Comedy -- Login, 'Connect dante'):
telnet library.dartmouth.edu or 129.170.16.11
Diplomacy (Play SSI Diplomacy via email)
mail judge@milton.u.washington.edu
DUATS (Weather reports, flight planning, etc. -- Login, 'your surname'):
telnet duat.gtefsd.com or telnet 131.131.7.105
telnet duats.gtefsd.com or telnet 131.131.7.106
Earthquake Information (Location and time of recent earthquakes):
finger quake@geophys.washington.edu or 128.95.16.50
E-Math (American Mathematics Society BBS -- Login and password, 'e-math'):
telnet e-math.ams.com or 130.44.1.100
FaxGate (Fax service):
mail FaxGate@elvis.sovusa.com
FDA BBS (Consumer and AIDS information -- Login, 'bbs'):
telnet fdabbs.fda.gov or telnet 150.148.8.48
Freenet (Online Modern History Review, USA Today, etc.-- Login, 'guest'):
telnet freenet.victoria.bc.ca
telnet freenet.carleton.ca
telnet freenet-in-[a,b,c].cwru.edu or 129.22.8.47
telnet yfn.ysu.edu or 192.55.234.27
FTP Sites/Archives (GIF Database, software, Bible, Declaration of
Independence, etc.):
ftp ocf.berkeley.edu or ftp 128.32.184.254
ftp wuarchive.wustl.edu or rainbow.cse.nau.edu or
ftp ftp.uu.net
ftp archive.umich.edu
ftp oak.oakland.edu
ftp ftp.sura.net
Genetics Bank (general genetics database):
mail gene-server@bchs.uh.edu
mail retrieve@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
mail blast@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Geographic Server (City, latitude/longitude, etc.):
telnet martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000 or 141.212.99.9 3000
Georgetown Medical Library (Login, 'medlib', Password, 'dahlgren', Last
name, 'netguest'):
telnet mars.georgetown.edu or telnet 141.161.40.4
Global Land Information System (Land use and geological info.- Login,
'guest'):
telnet glis.cr.usgs.gov or telnet 152.61.192.54
Gopher (Access other services -- Login, 'gopher'):
telnet consultant.micro.umn.edu or telnet 134.84.132.4
telnet panda.uiowa.edu or telnet 128.255.40.201
telnet gdunix.gd.chalmers.se or 129.16.221.40 (SWEDISH)
telnet gopher.uiuc.edu or telnet 128.174.33.160
telnet tolten.puc.cl or telnet 146.155.1.16 (CHILE)
telnet wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (Login: wsuinfo)
telnet gopher.ora.com or telnet 140.186.65.25
telnet gopher.th-darmstadt.de or telnet 130.83.55.75
telnet nstn.ns.ca or 137.186.128.11 (login: fred)
Guitar Chords/TAB (Guitar chords):
ftp nevada.edu or ftp 131.216.1.11
Gutenberg Project (Library of books, short stories, historical document --
Login. 'anonymous'):
ftp mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
Ham Radio Callbooks (National ham radio callbook):
telnet callsign.cs.buffalo.edu 2000 or 128.205.32.2 2000
telnet ham.njit.edu 2000 or telnet 128.235.1.10 2000
Handicap/Medical Site (Software and medical information-- Login,
'anonymous'):
ftp handicap.shel.isc-br.com or ftp 129.189.4.184
Hpcwire (Information Searches -- Login, 'hpcwire'):
telnet hpcwire.ans.net or telnet 147.225.1.51
Hytelnet Server (Library and university catalogues -- Login, 'hytelnet'):
telnet access.usask.ca or telnet 128.233.3.1
Information and Software Server (Login, 'infoserv' or 'softserv'):
telnet rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de or 129.69.1.12
Iowa Political Stock Market (Market for Political Candidates):
telnet ipsm.biz.uiowa.edu or 128.255.44.2
IRC Telnet Client (Internet Relay Chat Access):
telnet bradenville.andrew.cmu.edu or telnet 128.2.54.2
ISAAC (System for Advanced Academic Computing):
telnet isaac.engr.washington.edu or 128.95.32.61
Law Library (Law Library and legal research -- Login, 'Lawlib'):
telnet liberty.uc.wlu.edu or telnet 137.113.10.35
LawNet (Judicial Information -- Login, 'lawnet'):
telnet sparc-1.law.columbia.edu or telnet 128.59.176.78
Library Catalogs On Internet:
ftp dla.ucop.edu (pub/internet/libcat-guide)
ftp ftp.unt.edu (library/libraries.txt)
ftp ariel.unm.edu (library/internet.library)
Library of Congress Catalogue:
telnet dra.com or 192.65.218.43
List of Lists:
ftp ftp.nisc.sri.com or ftp 192.33.33.22
mail mlol-request@wariat.org (music list of lists)
Lunar/Planetary Institute: (Login, 'lpi'):
telnet lpi.jsc.nasa.gov or telnet 192.101.147.11
Lyric and Music Server:
ftp ftp.uwp.edu
ftp ftp.iastate.edu (/pub/lyrics)
Macintosh Computer Software Archive:
ftp sumex-aim.stanford.edu
MELVYL: (Access to California, Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard etc. University
Libraries):
telnet melvyl.ucop.edu
MicroMUSE (Educational Multi-user simulation -- Login, 'guest'):
telnet michael.ai.mit.edu or telnet 18.43.0.177
NASA Headline News:
finger nasanews@space.mit.edu
NASA SpaceLink (NASA news):
telnet spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov or 192.149.89.61
National Education BBS (Login, 'guest'):
telnet nebbs.nersc.gov or telnet 128.55.160.162
NED (NASA Extragalactic Database -- Login, 'ned'):
telnet ned.ipac.caltech.edu or telnet 134.4.10.118
NICOL (Access to Electronic Publishing Service -- Login, 'nicol'):
telnet nisc.jvnc.net or telnet 128.121.50.7
NICOLAS (Internet network information -- Login, 'dftnic'):
telnet dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov or telnet 128.183.10.3
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration Database -- Login,
'NOAADIR'):
telnet nodc.nodc.noaa.gov or telnet 140.90.235.10
NODIS (National Space Science Data Center -- Login, 'nodis'):
telnet nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov or telnet 128.183.36.25
telnet nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov or telnet 128.183.36.23
Nuclear Data Center (Database -- Login, 'nndc'):
telnet bnlnd2.dne.bnl.gov or telnet 130.199.112.132
OSS-IS (Library and lists, government documents):
ftp soaf1.ssa.gov
mail info@soaf1.ssa.gov with "send index" as your msg.
PaperGate (Electronic Mail-- regular post):
mail PaperGate@elvis.sovusa.com
Public-Access Unix (Login, 'new'):
telnet nyx.cs.du.edu or 130.253.192.68
Public-Access Unix ((Which host: 'um-m-net' Enter 'g' for guest. login:
newuser):
telnet hermes.merit.edu or telnet 35.1.48.150
telnet m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us or telnet 35.208.17.4
Queer Resource Directory (Aids and Gay Rights Information):
ftp nifty.andrew.cmu.edu
SDDAS (SW Research Data Display & Analysis Center):
telnet espsun.space.swri.edu 540 or 129.162.150.99 540
SERVICES (Access to listed services -- Login, 'services'):
telnet wugate.wustl.edu or 128.252.120.1
Sid's Music Server (List of rare live recordings):
mail mwilkenf@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
SPAN (Space Physics Analysis Network -- Login, 'SPAN_NIC'):
telnet nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov or telnet 128.183.36.23
StatLib Server (Statistics Programs and databases):
mail statlib@lib.stat.cmu.edu
STIS (Science & Technology Information System --Login, 'public'):
telnet stis.nsf.gov or 128.150.195.40
Supreme Court Rulings (U.S. Supreme Court):
ftp ftp.cwru.edu
UMD Information Database (Supreme Court Proceedings, etc.-- Login, 'info'):
telnet info.umd.edu or telnet 128.8.10.29
UNC BBS (Access Library of Congress and other U.S. libraries -- Login,
'launchpad'):
telnet launchpad.unc.edu or telnet 152.2.22.80
Weather Maps (Surface analysis & current infrared weather maps GIFs):
ftp vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
Webster (Dictionary)
telnet cs.indiana.edu 2627 or 129.79.254.191 2627
World-Wide Web (Documents and lists -- Login, 'www'):
telnet info.cern.ch or telnet 128.141.201.74 (SWISS)
telnet eies2.njit.edu or telnet 128.235.1.43 (USA [NJ])
telnet vms.huji.ac.il or telnet 128.139.4.3 (ISRAEL)
telnet info.funet.fi or telnet 128.214.6.100 (FINLAND)
ZIB Electronic Library (Software and links to libraries -- Login, 'elib'):
telnet elib.zib-berlin.de or telnet 130.73.108.11
GLOSSARY
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email -- electronic mail
finger -- issued to determine the identity of other users. For example:
finger joedoe@freenet.victoria.bc.ca
ftp -- file transfer protocol; used to transfer files across Internet
IP Address - unique address of a computer on Internet. The IP Address of
the computer used by the Dartmouth Library is:
129.170.16.11
login -- user identifier prompt
ping -- command used to determine if a host site is operating. For
example: ping freenet.victoria.bc.ca
talk -- command which permits interactive conversations; used when
email is inconvenient or difficult to use. Example:
talk joedoe@unixg.ubc.ca
telnet -- Internet dial out protocol; used to call other computer sites.
For example: (dialing site 'elib.zib-berlin.de',).
telnet elib.zib-berlin.de or
telnet 130.73.108.11