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``` [I received the enclosed note by sending a message to mcs-e@elsevier.com with Subject: HELP It's an example of a publisher using the Internet in a simple way to maintain closer relationships with subscribers.]

========================================================================== This message was forwarded through the Red Rock Eater News Service (RRE). Replies should go to the original author, listed in the From: field below. You are welcome to send the message along to others, but please do not use the "redirect" command. For information on RRE, including instructions for (un)subscribing, send an empty message to rre-help@weber.ucsd.edu ==========================================================================

Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 01:12:24 +0100 (MET) From: mcs-e@elsevier.nl To: pagre@weber.ucsd.edu Subject: Re: HELP

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MCS-Alert (Mathematics and Computer Science - Alert) is a free alerting, archiving and access service for the following journals:

Artificial Intelligence (jrnl code: artint) Discrete Mathematics (jrnl code: disc) Discrete Applied Mathematics (jrnl code: dam) Theoretical Computer Science (jrnl code: tcs)

providing rapid access to

tables of contents of forthcoming and published issues abstracts of forthcoming and published papers full-text search index search

This service may be accessed in two ways:

1 gopher to gopher.elsevier.NL and select "Mathematics and Computer Science" (for details see the "About..." files) 2 by email to mcs-e@elsevier.NL (for details see below)

-------------------- ACCESS INSTRUCTIONS -------------------

For instructions to retrieve Tables of Contents, please refer to the COMMON commands.

For instructions to retrieve Abstracts, please refer to the ADVANCED commands.

-------------------- ACCESS RESTRICTIONS -------------------

Please note that the ADVANCED commands are ONLY for individuals affiliated to institutes with a full subscription to the paper journal.

-------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION -------------------

All requests should be sent to

mcs-e@elsevier.NL

with the command in the Subject line of the message

Please note that the text should be substituted by the appropriate journal code (either artint, disc, dam, or tcs)

Questions and comments should be sent

To: mcs-e@elsevier.NL Subject: MESSAGE

-------------------- COMMON COMMANDS -----------------------

HELP send this file

HELP -c send the file with COMMON commands for journal

MESSAGE forward the body of my message to the list owner (for questions and comments)

SUBSCRIBE -c add my email address to the distribution list for the tables of contents of

UNSUBSCRIBE -c remove my email address from the dis- tribution list

GET -c/xxx/y[-z] send tables of contents of , with volume number xxx, issue[s] i [to z] (Example: get artint-c/70/1-2)

GET macros/tex/elsart send LaTeX document styles for Elsevier journals

FIND -c search indexes of with search parameters . The indexes contain authors, titles and publication details. Multiple keywords and optional quali- fiers are allowed; keys and qualifiers (separated by spaces) can appear in any order.

word1 word2 select papers containing both word1 and word2 not word3 exclude papers containing word3

Optional qualifiers are

forthcoming forthcoming issues only year 199x year 199x only before 199x before year 199x only since 199x since year 199x only all all years

-------------------- ADVANCED COMMANDS ---------------------

These ADVANCED commands are only available for individuals affiliated to institutes with a full subscription to the paper journal

PERMIT request access permission to both ADVANCED commands and Subscriber Section of the MCS-Alert gopher server. Please state in the body of your message:

organization or university city country email address* journal

Notification will be sent as soon as possible. If you do not require access to the Subscriber Section of the gopher server, simply use the SUBSCRIBE command (see below)

HELP -a send the file with ADVANCED commands for journal

MESSAGE forward the body of my message to the list owner (for questions and comments)

SUBSCRIBE -a add my email address to the distribution list for the abstracts of

UNSUBSCRIBE -a remove my email address from the dis- tribution list

GET -a/xxx/y[-z] send abstracts of , with volume number xxx, issue[s] i [to z] (Example: get artint-a/70/1-2)

GET macros/tex/elsart send LaTeX document styles for Elsevier journals

SEARCH -a full-text search of the abstracts of with search parameters . Multiple keywords and optional quali- fiers are allowed; keys and qualifiers (separated by spaces) can appear in any order.

word1 word2 word1 OR word2: first, abstracts will be listed that contain both word1 and word2; next, abstracts will be listed that contain word1 only and then the abstracts with word2 only

not word3 exclude abstracts containing word3

Optional qualifiers are:

forthcoming forthcoming issues only year 199x year 199x only before 199x before year 199x only since 199x since year 199x only all all years

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