Good web-based list of OPACs on the net?
Prentiss Riddle
riddle at is.rice.edu
Fri Oct 27 16:20:46 EDT 1995
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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