Forwarded by Jeremy Butler... ______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________ Subject: American Archives of Factual Film Author: Cal <[log in to unmask]> at SMTP-LINK Date: 3/7/95 9:41 PM REMOTE ACCESS TO THE AMERICAN ARCHIVES OF THE FACTUAL FILM CATALOG (February 1995) The catalog of the American Archives of the Factual Film (AAFF) is now available as a separate database in the Iowa State University Library's online system, SCHOLAR. Films in the AAFF database are cataloged using the MARC format, an international standard for research materials in libraries. Approximately 800 of the 12,000 records are fully catalogued, with film summaries and full credits. The others are shorter records containing information about the films. If you have questions about the AAFF or its online catalog, e-mail Glenn McMullen <[log in to unmask]> INTERNET ACCESS VIA TELNET To get into the AAFF database on the Internet: 1) At your system prompt for Telnet, type the following command telnet scholar.iastate.edu [press <enter>] 2) From the menu of choices, type local [press <enter>] 3) From the next menu, type aaff [press <enter>] 4) To get more information on search strategies, press <enter>. To get more information on the AAFF catalog, type news [press <enter>]. 5) To get out of the catalog at any time type stop at the command prompt [press <enter>]. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> SCREENsite -- A Film/TV-studies site on the World Wide Web URL:http://www.sa.ua.edu/TCF/welcome.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------