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How to Access the Library's CD ROM Network

The Library's CD ROM Network has six CD ROMs. To access them, click on the link below and follow the installation instructions.

• CommSearch - unlimited simultaneous users
• Perseus (4 disks) - limited to 25 simultaneous users
• State Personal Income - unlimited simultaneous users
• Charitable Trust Directory 2005-2006 - unlimited simultaneous users
• Biblical Archaeology Society - unlimited simultaneous users

Windows Users: To access State Personal Income on CD ROM, complete the following steps. You only have to do this once.

1. Click on the following link: \\cdserver.pugetsound.edu
2. Right click on SPI_1969_2002.
3. Select Map Network Drive
4. Take the default drive letter.
5. Check "reconnect at logon" option. Click FINISH.
6. Double Click on the blue SETUP.EXE icon with a blue computer next to it.  
7. Accept any other defaults that appear.
8. You can now access State Personal Income from your computer.  Click the START button in the lower left corner of your desktop.  Select Programs.  State Personal Income will be listed there.  Select to load.

Windows Users: To access Perseus on CD ROM, complete the following steps. You only have to do this once.

1. Click on the following link: \\cdserver.pugetsound.edu
2. Right click on Perseus-1 and select Map Network Drive
3. Take the default drive letter
4. Check "reconnect at logon" option.  Click FINISH.
5. Repeat steps 1-3 for Perseus-2, Perseus-3, Perseus-4.
6. Open My Computer and Double Click on Persues-1 icon on your mapped drive to view its contents.
7. Locate and open the folder named WinInstall. It will have two items in it: Perseus and Fonts.
8. Double-click the item named Perseus. 
9. Click OK. Choose the name and location of the folder you'd like to place Perseus, or accept the default location.
10. Click UnZip. 
11. When the archive has been unzipped successfully, you will be prompted accordingly. Click OK. Then click Close.
12. Return to the WinInstall folder. 
13. Double click on Fonts.
14. You will be prompted concerning the name and location of the folder into which you wish to install the fonts. Click UnZip. 
15. When the archive has been unzipped successfully, you will be prompted accordingly. Click OK. Click close.
16. You have now installed the software and fonts required to run Perseus on your computer.
    
    To Use Perseus: 
    
    1.  Locate Perseus on your computer.
                a.  Open My Computer
                b.  Double Click on the C drive
    2.  Double Click on the item named Perseus. 
    3.  Double Click on the Perseus.bat file
    4.  Momentarily, the Perseus gateway will appear. 
    
    Perseus is now ready to use!

Macintosh Users: 

• Open the Perseus Disk 1 icon on your desktop.
• Open the folder named MacInstall. 
• Drag the folder named Perseus folder from the MacInstall folder to your hard drive.
• In the MacInstall folder, open the folder named Put fonts in System folder. 
• Please read the README file on the Greek font. 
• Simply drag the suitcases named Athenian fonts and NancyBlue onto your System
  Folder. The computer will ask if you wish to store these fonts in the font folder. Click OK. 
• You have now installed the software and fonts required to run Perseus.
  
  Startup: 
  
  1.Go to the Perseus folder on your hard drive. 
  2.Double click on the item named Perseus. 
  3.A startup screen will appear telling you that Perseus is loading. 
  4.Momentarily, the Perseus gateway will appear. 
  
  Perseus is now ready to use!

Windows Users: To access Charitable Trust Directory 2005-2006 on CD ROM, complete the following steps. 

1. Click on the following link: \\cdserver.pugetsound.edu
2. Double Click on Charitable_Trust_Directory_2005-2006.
3. Double Click the pdf file

Windows Users: To access the Biblical Archaeology Society CD ROMs, complete the following steps. You only have to do this once.

1. Click on the following link: \\cdserver.pugetsound.edu
2. Right click on needed Biblical Archaeology Society CD ROM.
3. Select Map Network Drive
4. Take the default drive letter.
5. Check "reconnect at logon" option. Click FINISH.
6. The Biblical Archaeology Society CD ROM will automatically open. 
7. To open the CD ROM at a later date, open My Computer and Double Click on BAS_