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Pandora, the Library Sun Workstation (1Jun93)
(from KPNO, NOAO Newsletter No. 34, 1 June 1993)

The library Sun workstation, Pandora, is now available to visitors and staff
as a resource for many library, network, and database services. Pandora
currently provides access to several Internet databases including NED, Simbad,
XWAIS, ADS, an Oxford dictionary/thesaurus, the University of Arizona library
online catalog, and other library catalogs around the world; a variety of
CD-ROM databases; the IAU circulars; several different newsletters; weather
information and maps; and more. The user interface is simple and easy to use--
in most cases the user simply needs to select a menu item with the mouse.
Online help is available, and printed documents and manuals are nearby. Anyone
can log into Pandora using the login "library"--no password is needed. We will
continue to add functionality to Pandora's menu. Over the next few months we
plan to add online versions of the NOAO Newsletter and GONG Newsletter, access
to the STScI image database, catalogs of our sky survey plate collection,
Mermilliod's star cluster database (BDA), PC/DOS capabilities, and much more.
We would especially like to encourage our visitors to come and use Pandora and
to offer their comments and suggestions. If there is a particular service that
you think would be useful, please let any of us know, or you can send an e-mail
message to "library@noao.edu".

Cathy Van Atta, Jeannette Barnes, Caty Pilachowski

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