Using This Library Instruction Page

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Why use the page?

 This page serves as an introduction to Renne Library's collection in your subject area. It also provides information about services the library makes available that can help you with your research, such as interlibrary loan, electronic reference...

Use this instruction page as a reminder of and locater for selected library resources. For instance, various reference sources in your subject area are often shelved in the same general call number area in the library. Go to a print source listed on this page and browse the surrounding shelf area to locate other pertinant items.

In some cases, you can access library services directly from the page. For instance, you can ask a reference question, request a book purchase, and request an interlibrary loan.

This page is also intended to give you a practical reason to try out the Internet. In addition to introducing you to traditional resources and services, it provides direct links to selected resources on the Internet. Just as it is dangerous to assume that "everything is on the Internet," it is almost as dangerous to ignore the Internet completely. As you become increasingly involved in your subject, you will find that the Internet is a good way to find and communicate with colleagues who share your interests, to locate employment in your field, to keep up with developments in the field, to identify associations, institutes, conferences and further resources...

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Where to access this page

 You can access this Library Instruction page from any computer that has Netscape loaded on it and that is connected to the Internet. On campus, this includes:
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Printing from Netscape

 How to print:
Printing from Netscape requires that your computer be hooked to a printer, either directly or on a network. To print a file from within Netscape, pull down the File menu from the top menu bar and select Print. Click on the OK button. Netscape will print only the file you are in, not the files that are linked to it.

Where you can print:
Netscape-accessible terminals in the Renne Library Reference Area are not hooked to printers. To take files away from these stations, you will need to download them (see below). Terminals in Computing Labs in Reid and Roberts Halls are networked to printers and you can print from Netscape at those locations.

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How to download using Netscape

 What you'll need:
Generally if you are downloading from the Internet using Netscape on any campus computer (in Renne, Roberts, or Reid), you will need a 3.5" disk that has been formated for DOS. You can purchase formatted disks from the bookstore, or from the Circulation desk at Renne for $1. Downloading is particularly important in Renne because there are no printers available for Internet connected computers. The only way to take an Internet document away with you from Renne is to download it on to a 3.5" disk.

How to do it:
Place your DOS formatted, 3.5" disk into the A drive. Pull down the File menu from the top menu bar in Netscape. Select Save as.... Change the drive to A. Click on OK. This saves the file so you can pull it up again in Netscape and print everything, including images.

You may want to download the file as text only, especially if you don't need the images and don't want to have to use Netscape to access the file again. To do this, before you click on OK when downloading, change the file type to Plain Text (*txt). You can then print the file as text from any text editor.

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Where you can learn more

 About the Internet: About Netscape:
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Created by Jan Zauha, Reference Librarian
Renne Library, Montana State University-Bozeman.
Please send comments and questions to the author via e-mail at:
alijz@gemini.oscs.montana.edu.

URL: http://www.lib.montana.edu/~alijz/explain.html
Last modified February 24, 1998