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OLD: Bibliographic database retrieval

Here you can find OLD information about bibliographic database retrival in mathematics at the University of Bayreuth.
Note that more general information concerning database retrieval could be found at the Central Library of the University of Bayreuth.
An updated version could be find following this link.
All information offered here were maintained by Robert Baier, Bernhard Daubner and Jens Kufer, who were working in the DMV-project "Verbesserung des benutzerorientierten Zugriffs auf fachspezifische Online-Datenbanken und CD-ROM" (= Improving the user-orientated access to online-databases and CD-ROM).

We want to point out that we provide the information here mainly for students and members of the University of Bayreuth. And as we do not think that many people from abroad are interested in these quite specific topics, most items are in German language.

FORM

To get an account for using the online-database Math (together with databases for Computer Science, Physics, ...), you have to have an account at the computing center for the UNIX cluster and you have to give a signed form to Prof. Lempio who is responsible for information about database retrieval at the Department of Mathematics. This form has to be signed by you (student, assistant, professor, ...) and the professor at the chair you belong to.
You will get this form at the secretary of Prof. Lempio (Mrs. Dulleck, room number 531, NWII, only from 8:00 till 12:00). You could get it also in a new version as a DVI-file or a PostScript file.

NEWS/PROBLEMS

In the case the program UNIrech produces the following error statement
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   TicketOrder: : RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused
   Fehler in uniconn!
    Sitzung wird abgebrochen!
   Fehler #1020: Server nicht ansprechbar
       
```
during the connection phase, the daemon process is not running on the machine btr0x2.hrz, because the machine was rebooted. To correct this automatically, a check program runs each half an hour to check the existence (and restart this process, if necessary). After this time period, the problem should be solved.
In urgent cases, contact
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	  www-mathematik@uni-bayreuth.de
       
```
by e-mail.

The Library of the University offers a bundle of databases for retrieval including CompactMath (Zentralblatt 1931-1995, Volumes 1-812, four databases) and MathDI (Didactics).
Finally (and with a delay of almost two years), the two archive CDs arrived from Springer, so that they form a complete set of Zentralblatt from 1931 till 1995.
The new CD-ROM-Database-Server is reachable for PCs on the network with the command

n:login bib3/cdpublic

Select the database list with the name MATH to get a list of the four databases of CompactMath together with MathDI. The following table shows the connection between the name of the databases and the corresponding volumes of the Zentralblatt.

Name of the Database Volumes of the Zentralblatt Year of Publication

compactmath01 Vol. 701 - 812 1989 - 1995

compactmathA1 Vol. 555 - 699 1985 - 1988

compactmathA2 Vol. 201 - 549 1970 - 1984

compactmathA3 Vol. 001 - 199 1931 - 1969

Especially the retrieval within CompactMath must be considered as an experimental retrieval tool until now, because there are problems in viewing and sorting search results in the menu mode. It is recommended to use the command retrieval mode (with the help of the Messenger Retrieval Language) or to use the old CD-ROM-server mathe1/mathe with a working menu mode (but with the restricted time period 1985-1994).

Free access to the MATH database of STS in Karlsruhe is offered from March, 25 until April, 10. After that period, a restricted use is offered for maximal three answers for unregistered users.
Each result of a search query could be viewed either as a WWW page, a DVI-file or a PostScript file, if the corresponding publication year is newer than 1984.
Because of some exchange process for the computer btr0x2.hrz, the program UNIrech is currently running on the machine btr0x1.hrz. There will be a change back to the default machine btr0x2.hrz, if the new machine is running properly again. Meanwhile, you have to connect with telnet btr0x1.hrz to the machine and start there the program UNIrech as usual.

Name of the Database	Volumes of the Zentralblatt	Year of Publication
compactmath01	Vol. 701 - 812	1989 - 1995
compactmathA1	Vol. 555 - 699	1985 - 1988
compactmathA2	Vol. 201 - 549	1970 - 1984
compactmathA3	Vol. 001 - 199	1931 - 1969

First steps in bibliographic database retrieval

For a short introduction in bibliographic database retrieval you should read the text Literaturrecherche - Eine Einführung. This text also gives you an overview about the search possibilities in Bayreuth.

More detailed information you can find in the manual Einführung in die Benutzung der Datenbanken Math und CompactMath by Prof. Dr. F. Lempio, which is available as DVI-File or as Postscript-file.

At the Department of Mathematics at the University of Bayreuth several lectures have been hold about Bibliographic Database Retrieval. The script to the last lecture is now available:
HTML-File, DVI-File or Postscript-file

Electronical search possibilities for literature at the University of Bayreuth

UNIrech: The program UNIrech is used to connect oneself with the bibliographic database Math in Karlsruhe and to search there for literature. The database is maintained by the Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe and provided by STN-International.
CompactMath: The use of the database Math in Karlsruhe is not cheap. So if you do not really need the newest information about publications to certain topics you also can use the so called inhouse-database CompactMath, which is available on CD-ROM.
CompactMath freeWAIS Retrieval: The FIZ Karlsruhe and the Springer-Verlag provide an experimental gateway to the CompactMATH CD-ROM (Period 1990-1995). Of course this access has got some restrictions. For example you will only get a maximum of three answers for a query.
STN-Mentor: STN-Mentor is also a small bibliographic database. It is not used to search for literature, but to learn the retrieval language MESSENGER, which is used for the search in databases.
OPAC: The Online Public Access Catalogue OPAC allows you to search in the database of library of the Bayreuth University.

You also can find further information about the following topics:

The database retrieval language MESSENGER
Hints and tricks for literature search
Circular letters to the members of the Department of Mathematics
Discussion about networks, internet and so on
- Die Zukunft wissenschaftlicher Kommunikation aus Sicht der Mathematik
  von M. Grötschel und J. Lügger (Spektrum der Wissenschaften 3/95)
Classification Codes (MSC 1991 and Computing Reviews (ACM))
Our plans for 1994
Information about the archive directory

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