Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 15:03:23 -0800 (PST) From: Hannu Salmi <hansalmi@utu.fi> To: h-verkko@sara.cc.utu.fi Subject: American Archives of Factual Film (fwd)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 07:01:10 -0600 From: Steven Mintz, U. Houston <SMintz@UH.EDU> To: Multiple recipients of list H-FILM <H-FILM@MSU.EDU> Subject: American Archives of Factual Film
From: IN%"PRYLUCK@VM.TEMPLE.EDU" "Cal" 7-MAR-1995 20:42:54.13
REMOTE ACCESS TO THE AMERICAN ARCHIVES OF THE FACTUAL FILM CATALOG (February 1995)
The catalog of the American Archives of the Factual Film (AAFF) is now available as a separate database in the Iowa State University Library's online system, SCHOLAR. Films in the AAFF database are cataloged using the MARC format, an international standard for research materials in libraries. Approximately 800 of the 12,000 records are fully catalogued, with film summaries and full credits. The others are shorter records containing information about the films.
If you have questions about the AAFF or its online catalog, e-mail Glenn McMullen <lb.glm@isumvs.iastate.edu>
INTERNET ACCESS VIA TELNET
To get into the AAFF database on the Internet:
1) At your system prompt for Telnet, type the following command
telnet scholar.iastate.edu [press <enter>]
2) From the menu of choices, type local [press <enter>]
3) From the next menu, type aaff [press <enter>]
4) To get more information on search strategies, press <enter>. To get more information on the AAFF catalog, type news [press <enter>].
5) To get out of the catalog at any time type stop at the command prompt [press <enter>].
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