Porter, 'How to Access the UnCover Current Awareness Database', NCSU Libraries Newsletter v19n07 (May 1992)
 
_The NCSU Libraries Newsletter_
Volume 19 no. 7
May 1992
Porter, George
"How to Access the UnCover Current Awareness Database"


In April the NCSU Libraries, in cooperation with the other 
members of the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN), 
secured access for the campus community to the UnCover 
table-of-contents database and document delivery service.  
UnCover is a multidisciplinary database that provides access 
to more than two-million feature article citations from over 
10,500 journals published since 1988.  The database is updated 
nightly, Monday through Friday, with approximately 3,000 new 
records from current journals being added at a time.  This 
updating pattern ensures that UnCover remains more up-to-
date than most other databases or printed indexes.

The service is now available via the campus dataswitch as 
well as via Telnet (note new address below).

UnCover Commands

//N       Name search       authors' names

//T       Title search       journal titles

//W      Word search       title words from articles or journals

//EXIT   Exit                   disconnect from database

Dataswitch Instructions (no Internet Access Required)

If you are accessing the dataswitch using a modem:

       Set the communications parameters in your terminal or 
communications software to full duplex.  Even or odd parity 
will work.  Word length may be 7 or 8 bits.

       Dial 515-3980 (all baud rates).

       You should now be connected to the dataswitch.  See 
additional directions below.

If you are using a terminal which is directly connected to the 
dataswitch:

       Press [Return] until you receive "ENTER DEST"

       Type TEL* then press [Return]

       You will see "Connected to xx-xx" (x's will be numbers)

       Press [Return] again (perhaps more than once) to get the 
next prompt

       You will see "NCSU Xyplex Terminal Server Enter user 
name>"

       Type whatever you want at the user name prompt, then 
press [Return]

       You will see "Xyplex 3>"

       You are now ready to use Telnet

       After exiting UnCover, you will again see "Xyplex 3>"; 
enter QUIT then press [Return].

Telnet Instructions (For Those With Internet Connectivity)

       Telnet to UNCOVER.LIB.NCSU.EDU or 152.1.24.92

       At user name prompt, type UNCOVER, then press [Return]

       "Are you affiliated with one of the TRLN institutions?": 
type YES, then press [Return]

       When prompted for your name, enter your last name, then 
your first name separated by a comma

       When prompted for your ID number, enter your NCSU ID 
number

       Choose number which corresponds to your type of terminal

       Press [Return] to enter Public Access Catalog

       Press [Return] to start program

       Type 1 for UnCover/UnCover2--Article Access and 
Delivery

       Begin searching

       To disconnect, type //EXIT, then press [Return]

If You Need Help . . .

Connecting via Telnet or the Campus Dataswitch:

You may contact the Computing Center consultants by sending 
e-mail to CONSULT@NCSU.EDU, by phoning ext. 5-3035, or by 
visiting the Information Center, Room 208, Hillsborough 
Building, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.

Searching the UnCover Database:

You may contact the NCSU Libraries' Reference Department by 
sending e-mail inquiries to LIBREF@NCSU.EDU, by phoning ext.  
5-2935, or by visiting the Reference Desk in the D. H. Hill 
Library building during normal operating hours (Monday through 
Thursday 8:00 a.m. through 9 p.m.; Friday, 8:00 a.m. through 
5:00 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 p.m. through 5:00 p.m. 
during the regular academic year.  Summer term: Monday 
through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m.; Friday, 8:00 a.m. 
through 5:00 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 p.m. through 
5:00 p.m.).

The next issue of the _NCSU Libraries Newsletter_ will 
contain more detailed information on how to search UnCover.