ARMENIAN Resources at the Library of Congress

From Levon Avdoyan, Armenian and Georgian Area Specialist

        If you have the facility to telnet, you may wish to get into LC's
	database. The best way to do this is through LC's gopher, MARVEL.

        Telnet to marvel.loc.gov
        Logon: Marvel
        Select menu item 6
        select menu item 4 (I believe--it's connect to LC database without a password)
        Choose item 1
        Choose item 3

        Type: find s armenian translations english

                for newer works

        Type: find s armenian translations english;f=prem

                for older works
        If you do not care what language the translations are in, omit
	english, or substitute another, e.g. russian

        To change the page, type: page np

        You can do any number of similar searches, e.g. kurdish
	literature, armenian poetry, short stories armenian, armenian literature,
	etc.

        We do not have everything, but certainly it would give you an
	idea of some of the types of materials available.

        There are two ways to get into LOCIS, the Library of Congress
Information System.

1.      You may telnet directly into LOCIS by using the address: locis.loc.gov.

2.      You may telnet into our gopher (MARVEL) by using the address
marvel.loc.gov and the login marvel (or through a local gopher client,
pointing to marvel.loc.gov, port 70). This way will allow you access to
LOCIS AND all the other (many and varied) items which we have loaded,
from information on Congress, LC to links to library catalogs around the
world.

        Note that LOCIS is available only during our hours of service
(which will be posted as you enter). Roughly: Monday, Wednesday and
Thursday, 6AM-9:30 P.M. EST; Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, 6AM-5:00P.M.

        There are help screens to guide you through your search, but you
may need to play around with it for a while. And I am always here to help
if you need it. I always liken LOCIS to the New York subway: it's old,
it's bulkly and hard to use; but it gets you to more places than anywhere
else. Last estimate is that we have somewhere around 20,000,000 books,
and over 100,000,000 items. Unfortunately not all of them are online, but
enough to satisfy most of us, I hope.

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+ Levon Avdoyan                         Phone: (202) 707-5680   +
+ Armenian and Georgian Area Specialist FAX:   (202) 707-1724   +
+ Near East Section/AMED                Email: Lavd@loc.gov     +
+ The Library of Congress                                       +
+ Washington, DC  20015-4723                                    +
+                                                               +
+    The views expressed are my own and not necessarily those   +
+    of the Library of Congress.                                +
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