SWIFT

Networked Electronic Resources Web Access To CD-ROM LAN Databases

Databases Available For Testing On SWIFT

• Test Page For Web Access To CD-ROM LAN Databases

In order to test your database(s) thoroughly when launched via the Web, please try everything you can think of, especially printing and other functionality that goes beyond simple search and retrieval. If you find an anomaly, please make sure to compare the database's behavior on a CD-ROM LAN workstation to help determine where the problem lies. If you do discover problems or issues that seem to relate to Web access, please send email to cdroms@libraries.cul.columbia.edu.

Once you get a clean bill of health on a database, please send email to cul-ner@columbia.edu; the New CD-ROM LAN Database Checklist for the Library Systems Office will then be followed, including enabling the "Connect via WWW" button on the RTI Connect Screen.

Databases In Full Production On LibraryWeb

• Bibliografía General Española siglo XV-2000
• Catalogo Colectivo de Fondo Antiguo
• CD-DEXS: USAID's Development Experience System
• Compact Disclosure
• Historical Statistics of the U.S.
• India: A Reference Annual
• Merck Index
• Minerals and Materials Information
• NSTC: Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue
• Portuguese Bibliography 15th century to 1999
• U.S. Foreign Affairs

What Does "Full Production" Mean?

In this context, "full production" means these databases can be accessed via the "Connect via WWW" button on the LibraryWeb Reference Tools & Indexes (RTI) Connect Screen when connected to the Web on Library Netstations.

These databases cannot be accessed via the "Connect via WWW" button on the LibraryWeb Reference Tools & Indexes (RTI) Connect Screen when connected to the Web on a Mosis, TSW, or RWS workstation unless the workstation has been specially authorized for this type of access. Also, these databases cannot be accessed from a CNet terminal or any other machine that is not connected to our own Novell LAN.

Here is a summary of workstation access to CD-ROM LAN databases via the Web:

TEST DATABASES ON MOSIS, TSW, RWS, LIBRARY NETSTATIONS

Access is available by connecting to the Test Page For Web Access to CD-ROM LAN Databases or from the Networked Electronic Resources Test Services page.

PRODUCTION DATABASES ON LIBRARY NETSTATIONS

After a database is put into full production it can be accessed the same way in which test databases are accessed. In addition, it can be accessed via the "Connect via WWW" button on the LibraryWeb Reference Tools & Indexes (RTI) Connect Screen.

PRODUCTION DATABASES ON MOSIS, TSW, RWS

After a database is put into full production it can be accessed the same way in which test databases are accessed. A database in full production cannot be accessed via the "Connect via WWW" button on a Mosis, TSW, or RWS workstation unless the workstation has been specially authorized for this type of access.   Default Explain Screen

OTHER PLATFORMS

None of these databases can be accessed from a CNet terminal or any other machine that is not connected to our own Novell LAN.   Default Explain Screen

Databases Not Yet Tested or Approved

• Dictionary of American Biography (E.McIlvaine)
• Dictionary of National Biography (E.McIlvaine)
• Encyclopedia of Islam (F.Unlandherm)
• Index to the House of Commons Parlimentary Papers (E.McIlvaine)
• Landmark Documents in American History (J.Stuveras)