A Guide to Internet/Bitnet Resources in Agriculture
and
Related Sciences
Written and compiled by Wilfred Drew.
June 23, 1992
The purpose of this guide to direct the user to resources in
agriculture that are available on the INTERNET or BITNET.
In several places this guide is uses examples specific to the VAX
VMS environment. This is because Morrisville College uses the
VAX. It would be impossible to cover all possible variations on
system specific commands or unusual implementations.
Please feel free to copy this guide in any format as long as
credit is given to me. I worked hard on this guide and expect to
get credit for it. The guide is copyright free.
Please contact me if there are any questions.
Wilfred Drew
Serials/Reference Librarian
State University of New York
Morrisville College of Agriculture and Technology
Morrisville, New York 13408
BITNET: drewwe@snymorva.bitnet
Voice: 315-684-6055
FAX: 315-684-6115
Table of Contents
INTERNET/BITNET TOOLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 1
GOLD-MAIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 1
MAIL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 1
FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 1
Sample FTP session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 2
TELNET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 2
LIBRARIES WITH EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS IN AGRICULTURE. . . Page 4
INTERNET ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARDS. . . . . . . . . . . Page 11
Advanced Technology Information Network . . . . . . Page 11
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURAL NETWORK Page
15
PENpages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 19
CENET - Cornell Cooperative Extension NETwork . . . Page 26
MAIL BASED SERVICES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 30
Almanac Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 31
LISTSERVER Discussion groups related to agriculture Page 33
OTHER IMPORTANT SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 41
Miscellaneous services of interest . . . . . . . . . . . Page 41
Wide Area Information Server at THINK.COM . . . . . Page 41
Geographic Name Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 43
FEDIX: On-line Information System for Colleges, Universities
and
other Research Organizations . . . . . . . . . Page 45
Weather Underground (University of Michigan). . . . Page 47
WORKS CITED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 48