Document (#12106)

Author

Rioux, M.
Landesman, B.

Title

Tunneling through cyberspace in search of adventure : an introduction to gopher

Source

Serials librarian. 25(1995) nos.3/4, S.17-20

Year

1995

Abstract

A gopher is a virtual furry critter which tunnels through the Internet maze, finding information and bringing it back to your own computer. How does it work and what makes it so special? Some of the gopher resources useful to serialists, and gopher tools like Veronica and Jughead are discussed

Theme

Internet

Object

Gopher
Veronica
Jughead

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