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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Development and support of Willow is now discontinued. Willow
was removed from production
at UW on June 30, 1999. |
Willow and the Web
In the University
of Washington Home Pages, there are numerous bibliographic
databases that can be launched via a Willow link. If your web browser
is properly configured, and Willow is correctly installed, clicking on
one of those links should cause Willow to be started, and open that
database. If there already is a Willow running, that Willow will be
signaled to open the database you have selected. Following are some
sample Willow links:
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University of Washington
Library Catalog
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The UW Libraries Catalog lists the holdings of the 22 UW Libraries. It
includes books, periodicals, audiovisual items, computer files and
music. The total collections exceed 5 million cataloged volumes and an
equal number of microforms. Updated weekly.
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SilverPlatter MEDLINE
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A subset of the MEDLINE database, courtesy of SilverPlatter. MEDLINE is
the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database covering
biomedicine and contains references to over 3,700 journals. It contains
all the citations published in Index Medicus, International Nursing
Index and Index to Dental Literature.
In order to get these links to work, first make sure Willow is
installed on your system. If it is not, either ask your system
administrator to install it, or you can download
it yourself. Then configure your web browser to recognize Willow
database description files. Exactly how to do that depends on what
platform you are running on:
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Unix
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For most unix web browsers (such as Netscape or Mosaic), you simply
need to add the following line to your mailcap
file.
application/x-willow; willow -cf %s
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Once this is in place (and you restart your browser), you can select
any Willow link, and your browser should automatically launch Willow
for you.
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Microsoft Windows
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There are two ways to configure Netscape for WinWillow. The easiest way
is to click on the Willow database link. Netscape will respond that it
does not know what to do with the WinWillow mime type, and will ask if
you want to use a helper application. You can then browse to WinWillow,
select it, and you are configured.
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Alternatively, go to Options/General/Helper Apps. Add the mime type
Application with a subtype of x-winwillow. Browse for WinWillow and
select it. WinWillow will now start when you select a Willow database
link.
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Internet Explorer is configured in roughly the same way as the first
method for Netscape. A twist is that you must run WinWillow standalone
once before trying to use the Willow database link. This registers
WinWillow with win95/NT, and makes it easy to select from the Explorer
associations dialog.
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