Good web-based list of OPACs on the net?

[Real Rodrigue]

>Apologies if this is a frequently-asked question (although I almost
>hope it is, because then there will probably be a good answer):
>
>Is there a good WWW-based index of online library catalogs accessible
>from the Internet?
>
>Previously we had pointed to the gopher-based Yale collection or its
>mirror at UT Dallas, but it now appears that its maintainers have shut
>it down.
>
>I've looked at the web-based Hytelnet gateways listed at the following
>location:
>
>        http://www.lights.com/hytelnet/#web
>
>..but for my purposes all of them seem to have drawbacks: the EiNet
>Galaxy one mixes in a lot of extraneous material other than links to
>OPACs, the Canadian ones don't permit searching and the others require
>a transatlantic hop.
>
>So for the moment we are linking to the gopher-based Hytelnet site at
>WLU:
>
>        gopher://liberty.uc.wlu.edu:70/11/internet/hytelnet
>
>The WLU site seems pretty good and permits searching, but unlike the
>old Yale collection it doesn't include a state-by-state breakdown,
>something dear to the hearts of Texas library patrons.  Also, it pushes
>the gopherphobic buttons of some of my users (they sure hate that
>fixed-width look in Netscape and Mosaic!). :-)  Finally, I wonder if
>Hytelnet includes Z39.50- and WWW-based OPACs which aren't accessible
>via telnet or tn3270.
>
>So, can anyone recommend a better online list of OPACs?
>
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Yale's gopher collection still exists. It has moved its address a few
months ago. Here is the active address (I just checked it out a few minutes
ago):

gopher://libgopher.cis.yale.edu:70/


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