                        University of Groningen

TELNET 129.125.19.10
Username: OPC

At the main menu you can choose between:
Library University of Groningen
Catalogue Netherlands Institute, located Rome
Catalogue of other libraries (e.g. Royal Library in the Hague)

The help status-line shows:
HLP     For Information (Help-mode)
STR     For returning at any time to the main menu (you're now in it)
STP     For quitting use of the OPC (but not quiting the connection)
OVE     For comments to the ICP of Groningen

When choosing option 1 from the main menu you'll first get an
introductory screen saying:

The OPC of the Uni of Groningen contains
- Some books published before 1981
- All books publshed after 1981
- Most of the periodicals
- And all books needed for courses

Below the second line it says:

Hit ENTER when you have selected the right database. If you want a
different database type BES followed by ENTER.

The help status-line down shows a new command:
BES     For switching between the available databases

If you hit RETURN again the next screen will offer you the choice
between the next options:

1.      Word(s) in title
2.      Author
3.      Person's name used as keyword
4.      Etc.

The help status-line shows more commands:

KLE     For making an already made selection (e.g. auteur) smaller by
        using another selection criterion (e.g. only published after
        1990).
GRO     The opposite of the above
IND     For setting the database in INDEX-mode and the opportunity of browsing
        through it.

Your screen will now give you the results of your request and you may
choose from any of these hits by typing the corresponding number of one
of them for full documentation.

When you're looking for an author as selection-criterion just type the
corresponding number and you will be asked to enter a name at the prompt.
The same goes for all the other selection-criteria.

Press ENTER and the cursor will move to the command-line. You have now
two possibilities. First you could start searching at the previously
entered singular selection criterion by just pressing ENTER or secondly
you could add a selection criterion (up to 4) to make your hits larger
or smaller.

The help status-line down shows new commands:
MRK     Marking of a single record
WIS     Unmarking of all marked records

Different commands you can encounter are:
KOR     Means short presentation of the selected record (only display of
        title, author, publisher and date of publication)
LEN     Information on the status of loaning
