Library Sites

LINKcat is now accessible through the Internet .

The Catalog of the University of Wisconsin - Madison is available both with a text, command driven interface and a graphical interface. The graphical interface is much easier to use.

• The command Interface for MADCAT is also available via Gateways on your Dynix terminals. Click here for instructions.

• Graphical Interface (To use this, you need a browser such as Netscape, plus a program called WisLIR. This program can be downloaded from the Wisconsin Library Information Retriever Page. You will find instructions on this page for getting and using this free software.

• Text Interface
  • Many library catalogs all over the world are accessible through telnet connections.

  • This Hytelnet site lists library catalogs geographically, or by vendor type. It provides the telnet address and login instructions, plus a hot link to connect on the spot.

• Graphical Interface

  Many libraries now have sites on the World Wide Web. Here are two lists:

  • U.S. PL's on the W3 - Annotated List

  • Another List of PL's on the W3 from the St. Joseph County PL.

• The Internet Public Library is a project of the University of Michigan Library School. An interesting approach to adapting the traditional PL to cyberspace.

• Virtual Libraries on the Web This site offers links to collections organized by subject mattrer.

• The World Wide Web Virtual Library offers a distributed subject catalog of Web resource.