CS100H

Introduction to the Internet

Telnet: Connecting to Remote Computers

Telnet allows you to "log on" to a remote computer and access its resources "directly". Be aware that once you are connected you need to use the "local" commands of the system. This is not the "point-and-click" world of hypertext.

Search Tool

Hytelnet (http://www.lights.com/hytelnet/)

Listing by category of many telnet sites, including libraries, bulletin boards, and other databases. Includes simple search capability. Note that this directory is no longer being maintained.

Sample Telnet Sites:

Libraries and Library Stuff

The Ursinus College Library (telnet://lib.ursinus.edu)

Search the catalog. Type library at the "Username:" prompt to log in.

Tripod (telnet://tripod.brynmawr.edu)

Library catalog for the collections of Haverford College, Bryn Mawr College, and Swarthmore College

Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)

LOCIS : the Library of Congress Information System

CARL UnCover (telnet://database.carl.org)

Free searching of the tables of contents of many journals and magazines

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