URLs at DU
How we added thousands of URLs in a few days
Not Desirable: Microform Only
Desirable: Web Access
URL Explosion at DU
Records Affected 1
Records Affected 2
Links to Legislative Histories
Deriving the URL
Access Database Derives Bill Number
Access Derives URLs
Result: Legislative History Links!
Maps via Terraserver
Topos: CSV file
Topos: Deriving URLs
Topos: Deriving URLs in Access
Topos: 3 URLs
Topos: MARCSource
Topos: Terraserver topo
Topos: Terraserver Relief
Topos: Terraserver Image
CIA Maps
URLs Derived from Patterns
• Report numbers (ICASE, ERIC Digests, GAO, NASA Tech. Reports, Congress, etc.)
• Congress / Bill numbers (Legislative histories via Thomas)
• Latitude / Longitude (Maps via Terraserver)
Review of Steps Involved
GAO Reports
ICASE Reports
NASA Technical Memoranda
ERIC Digests
CIA Maps
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