| Using a Gopher |
| This is an easy way to find sites on the Internet. Gopher is a menu system--meaning that you have a list of choices to select, connecting you each time to research facilities appropriate to the subject you specify. The name is a tribute both to the mascot at the University of Minnesota where the system was developed, and to the speed of its fast retrieval("go-for"). Type gopher://gopher.tc.umn.edu to start your search, then click on the libraries you are interested in.
Type in the general subject and get a list of related sites--most of which are university libraries. You then click on the one you want and go directly to it. Note that the gopher is a simple, non-graphic searcher. That means that it often can get results faster than the search engines because it bypasses complex graphics, but that also means it will miss many sites on the Web. It is, however, a faster way to find research libraries, and a favorite among people using a slow modem. |
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