Russians studying English

[Kati Dana]

        Although I do not teach a Slavic language, nor am I currently
studying one, I like to be on the SEELANGS list, because I often find
myself teaching Russian, Polish and Czech students English at
our university.
        Subscribers to the list who are computer whizzes may have some
ideas on a problem a student of mine has.  Here on an exchange, Sergei
studies English in Russia, and he is getting ready to write his thesis
(in Russia) on American regional dialects.  He has found a wealth of
material here, which is simply not available back home when he needs to
write the thesis.  He is looking for ways to download to disk the full
text articles that our library gets through Infotrac or that we can access
through a commercial database.  There is no problem downloading Internet
material; the problem comes when we try to work within our dated computer
system at Norwich with local information.  Of course, he would rather have
the information on disc rather than on paper, because of both the size and
cost of paper copies.
        If anyone has good ideas on how to solve the immediate problem or
of how to access this type of material, I would appreciate your help.

Kati Dana (KDANA at NORWICH.BITNET)
Norwich University
Northfield, VT 05663