25 July 1994

Hi,

The Arabic Linguistics Society Electronic Bibliography of
references to Arabic Linguistics since Bakalla (1983),including 
references from about 1979 on, is ready to be downloaded
and used. Many, but not all, of the references include keywords
which will help in electronic searches.  The files are in Endnote
Plus format, both for the Mac and for the PC.  They are extremely
useful, but only if you have access to Endnote Plus, which can be
obtained from any of the mail order software catalogues.  (I highly
recommend you obtain this program; I believe it is well worth the
cost.)

The ASCII text file (arablingbib.txt) is of the references only, and
could be used with grep, or the FIND feature of an editor or word 
processor to find words from titles, or it could simply be printed 
out or looked through.

The Mac file (arablingbib.sit.hqx) is "Stuffed" and "BinHexed", and
must be de-archived. The program "de-archiver" may be downloaded 
from the "linguistics" directory in the Michigan archives for this 
purpose. 

The PC file (arablingbib.zip) is "Zipped" and must be unzipped. 
It is a binary file,unlike the others; use the ftp "binary" command
before the "get" command.  The program "zip.exe" may be downloaded
(also in binary mode) from the "linguistics" directory in the
Michigan archives for this purpose. 

Contact your local computer guru for further details.

Note that these file names are not legal under DOS, so if you are
downloading these files to a DOS computer, choose a name (usually
shorter) that is legal.

The current version includes only English language articles,
excludes reviews, articles about Arabising computers, and about
Arabic language pedagogy.  These may be added later.

The bibliography will be updated, hopefully about once a year, or
as users send in corrections and additions.

Please send all communications about these files to:

Dilworth B. Parkinson
parkinsonD@yvax.byu.edu

Note that this readme file will be changed each time the file is
updated.