Introduction to Odyssey

Odyssey is a database of research opportunities available through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center.

How To Search Odyssey

Odyssey is a FOLIO account which can be accessed from any computer on campus connected to the main computer system. Simply log on to FOLIO by using your Stanford I.D. number and select the Odyssey file. Once you are in Odyssey you can use a number of criteria to conduct your search.

To begin a search, type FIND. You will see the following list of search types available:

Subject (S) Location (Loc) Monetary Compensation (Comp)

Organization Name (Org) Class Level (CL) Summer Positions (Sum)

You can search for research opportunities using the search criteria listed above plus:

Department (Dept)

Faculty Name (Name)

The most common way to search Odyssey is using the criteria: Subject, Location, and Compensation.

Searching By Subject

The following is a list of the major subject categories:

Aging* Animal Welfare* Arts/Cultural Services* Astronomy Biology Business/Management* Chemistry Communications/Media* Community Development* Computers Disabilities* Education* Employment* Engineering*

Environment* Family* Fundraising/Foundations General Science Geology Government* Health* Horticulture Human Services* Humanities Intl. Relations* Laboratory Science Language & Literature* Law/Legal Service

Library Science Math/Statistics Medical Research Medicine* Mental Health* Minorities* One Year Internships Physics Public Admin.* Public Policy* Public Service Social Science* Sports/Recreation Stanford Research*

Subjects with an asterisk have been broken down into subcategories. To see the subcategory titles, type HELP followed by the subject, (eg: Help Communication). You can then search by a more specific subject, (eg: Find S Journalism).

Searching By Location

The following are samples of location searchs:

• Find Loc CA (use the state mail code or spell out the state name if you prefer)
• Find Loc New Orleans
• Find Loc Palo Alto or Mountain View (use the conjunction OR to include more cities)
• Find Loc Local (for the Bay Area)
• Find Loc Northern CA or Southern CA
• Find Loc DC or VA or MD (make sure to search the surrounding area)
• Find Loc International

--Example

Suppose you were interested in a paid internship in marketing in the Bay Area:

• To begin your search, type find.
• Choose the search criteria you want to use. You might start by typing S (for subject).
• You will be prompted to choose from the list of subject categories. For marketing you would choose Business Marketing. The database responds by indicating a search result of over 115 records.
• You can narrow your search by typing and loc and then entering the city or state you prefer, or simply the word local or the words Bay Area.
• Then type and comp to find only those internships which pay.
• You now have a numbered list of internships in brief. To view the full report of a particular internship, type DF or Display Full followed by the number of the internship listing. Each internship has four or five screens devoted to it, so remember to hit return until you come to the end of the record.
• To begin a new search, type find.

Printing Your Odyssey Search Results

You can use electronic mail to send FOLIO, and therefore Odyssey, search results to your Email account. Type help mail at command line if you get stuck.

Mail <which records>	<in what format>	To <email address>
numbers from search res or all	full or brief	SUNet, Bitnet, or Internet address use @ to separate user ID from computer name
Examples: Mail all Mail 5/10*	brief (default) full	to xyz@forsythe to abcxd@forsythe

*5/10 will print records 5 6 7 8 9 10

For More Information

Public and Community Service listings: Private Sector listings and longer term internships: Campus-based Research listings: Computer equipment or connection procedures:

Haas Center for Public Service Career Development Center Undergraduate Research Opportunities ITSS Computer Resource Center

725-2860 723-2738 723-3828 725-8181