David, I hope this is not overkill. It depends what you really wanted! Anne How to Search LoC Catalog (not the Z39 interface, but useful for guidance on field searches, etc) catalog.loc.gov/ LoC Catalog (Basic, Guided) catalog.loc.gov/help/contents.htm (Searching LoC catalog) Z39.50 LoC Z39.50 Gateway Information www.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html#about About z39.50 lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/lcserver.html Server Configuration Guidelines Z39.50 LoC Z39.50 Catalog Access lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/ lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html#lc Bristol -- Institute for Learning and Research Technology www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Background on Z39.50 (Good selection) www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/discovery/z3950/resources/#search Search Z39.50 (scroll down to search section) (Not really a "how-to") NISO Z39.50 www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z3950_Resources.html#search Z39.50: The Basics by Fay Turner ifla.inist.fr/ifla/IV/ifla63/63turf1.pdf Nice example of a Z39.50 search page INIST services.inist.fr/public/eng/conslt.htm E. Anne Zarinnia, Associate Professor zarinnie@uww.edu Dept. Educational Foundations 262 472-1463 Univ. Wisconsin-Whitewater 262 472-1380 (secretary) "You see I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that has been the main reason for our employing wild animals as librarians." Monty Python On Tuesday, December 2, 2003, at 04:41 AM, David Bucknell wrote:
Dear Koha developers and users,
Could someone please direct me to a starting point for learning how to use these two tools: z39.50 and the Library of Congress search tool?
Thank you,
David -- http://iteachnet.org/~david
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