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Bridges, Karl – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1993
Describes Gopher, a microcomputer-based software program that helps users navigate through the Internet using a hierarchical menu system to locate information. The idea of client servers is discussed; benefits for libraries are described; and the use of Gopher as the basis for a campuswide information system is explained. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Information Networks