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Subject: Internet Mall: Shopping the Information Highway [01 Jul, 94]
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                       THE INTERNET MALL  (tm)
              Shopping on the Information Highway

         A monthly list of commercial services available via the Internet

           (C) Copyright 1994 Dave Taylor: see end for details
          Maintained by Dave Taylor <[e-mail]>

               [issue #9, release for 1 July, 1994]

Organized by floors: First Floor: Media, Second Floor: Personal Items,
Third Floor: Computer Hardware and Software, Fourth Floor: Services,
Top Floor: Food Court.

+ Any line prefaced with '+' is new or changed in this latest issue.

********************
* It's another busy construction period at the Internet Mall and this
* month we welcome almost 30 new shops, including: Seaside Book & Stamp,
* The Internet Bookstore, Laf! humor magazine, Expert PC, American Savings
* Bank, and College Consulting Services. The expanded mall also includes
* a new travel books annex (featuring Moon Travel Books), juggling
* equipment, a jewelery maker, winery T-shirts, Chinese CD's and CDROMs
* and an acountant to help balance the books.
********************

FIRST FLOOR: MEDIA

Books

Looking for some Shakespeare or Dickens? You'll find the online
version of Book Stacks Unlimited, of Cleveland, Ohio a great addition
to the Internet shopping mall. To connect: telnet books.com

Moe's Books of Berkeley, CA is an excellent used bookstore with over half
a million titles specializing in rare, antiquarian, remainders and
imported books. Available catalogs are photography, art monographs,
fine press/literature and illustrated children's books.  Contact them
through email: [e-mail]

United Techbook Company of Longmont Colorado offers an online book
service that encompasses over a million titles. You can connect, search
for titles, and order books by using the command 'telnet utcbooks.com'
with the account 'utc' (the password is also 'utc').

There are a number of specialty bookstores available through the Whole
Earth 'Lectronic Link: type 'gopher gopher.well.sf.ca.us' and choose
'commercial services' to find FringeWare and Extreme Books (catalog also
available via email at '[e-mail]').

Powell's Technical of Portland, Oregon offers new, used, and
antiquarian titles in fields including architecture, computing,
communications, engineering, math, and physics. You can contact
them through email: [e-mail]

Infinity Link Network Services offers an online catalog of CDs, video
tapes, books, and laserdisks, all by connecting via telnet to
columbia.ilc.com - log in as 'cas' at the prompt.  Alternatively, use
gopher by typing 'gopher columbia.ilc.com'

Publications and related from Statistics Canada, the national
statistical agency of Canada, are now available through its Talon
service through gopher, WAIS, email and anonymous FTP. Use your
favorite connectivity package to connect with talon.statcan.ca

The University of California, Irvine bookstore is now on the Internet
through the WorldWide Web. Browse reviews and Ansel Adams photographs
or search for books with WAIS. Web to http://bookweb.cwis.uci.edu:8042/ or
Gopher to "gopher.cwis.uci.edu", in "The Campus"/"Bookstore".

Pathfinder Press specializes in publishing revolutionary and working-class
leaders in their own words, including Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, Che Guevara,
Fidel Castro, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Use gopher to connect to
"ftp.std.com" in /Book Sellers'.

Wordsworth Books of Cambridge Mass has an enormous selection of general
interest books and a large computer and technical book department. It
also offers many books below list price to online customers. To find
out more, send email to '[e-mail]'

Natural Literacy, based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in books on
nature studies, environmental topics, and outdoor activities, including
plant and animal identification, environmental policy and politics,
backpacking, paddling, park guidebooks, and more.  Learn more by sending
email to '[e-mail]'

Sidney Kramer Books is a retail bookstore and library distributor
specializing in government and business-related titles: politics,
economics, defense, area studies, business management, and computer
sciences. Send mail for more information: [e-mail]

+ Seaside Book & Stamp focuses on two niches: stamps and stamp collecting
+ supplies and science fiction books. The firm stocks over 10,000
+ titles and is accessible with gopher "gopher gopher.nstn.ns.ca" or through
+ electronic mail: [e-mail]

+ Development Press of Victoria, British Columbia, specializes in how to
+ involve the public in planning and decision-making by corporations and
+ government agencies. Send for their catalogue about their quarterly
+ newsletter, Constructive Citizen Participation, their resource book and
+ their instructional video at [e-mail]

Annex: Horror and Science Fiction Bookstores

Future Fantasy, a bookstore of science fiction, fantasy, mystery and
horror, is now on the net. You can browse their catalog and place orders
through the Web. Use the URL:
   http://www.commerce.digital.com/palo-alto/FutureFantasy/home.html

Nebula Sci-Fi Bookstore is an alternative science fiction bookstore that
is accessible through electronic mail. To receive a catalog, send mail
to '[e-mail]' with the message subject "catalog".

Bakka, a science fiction, fantasy and horror book store, now offers
its amusing and informative catalog through the Internet. Get your
own copy by sending mail to "[e-mail]" with the subject
"send bakka catalog"

Annex: Electronic Books

An interesting alternative to modern printed material is electronic
books, which are available for purchase through the aptly named
Online Bookstore.  Connect with gopher or WWW to marketplace.com.

The Please Copy This Disk project offers over 240 different (Mac or
IBM format) disks containing classic books and government documents
as electronic texts. The free monthly Internet-on-a-Disk newsletter
is also available: for information, send email to B&R Samizdat
Express at [e-mail]

Multimedia electronic books for Windows users are available from
OmniMedia through the network, and you can find samplers by using FTP
to check out the directory "/pub/noring/books" on "ftp.netcom.com". For
more information, please send email to "[e-mail]".

+ The Internet Bookstore offers a wide variety of copyright-protected
+ text-only versions of publishers books and periodicals to Internet
+ users, accessible instantly, day or night. Learn more by sending mail:
+ [e-mail]

Annex: Technical and Computer Books

Softpro Books is a small computer bookstore with shops in both Boston
and Denver and an online catalog of over 1000 titles. SoftPro is also
available on the world.std.com gopher server (choose "Shops of the
World").  You can also contact them through email: [e-mail]

O'Reilly & Associates, publishers of a wide variety of high quality
books on Unix and Internet topics offer their books directly through the
Internet.  Point your gopher to 'ora.com' (e.g., 'gopher ora.com') or
telnet to ora.com with the login 'gopher'.

High Mountain Press Direct offers books on Unix, CAD, desktop publishing
and geographic information systems topics. You can request catalogs and
order titles by sending mail to '[e-mail]'

Artech House, a technical book and software publisher, offers hundreds
of different technical titles - and some software and video tapes - via
the Internet. Connect to 'gopher world.std.com' and choose 'Shops of
the World'.

One of the larger technical bookstores accessible online is Quantum
Books, of Cambridge, Massachusetts with 20,000 titles on-hand and a
database of 65,000 titles. The focus is primarily computer science,
math and physics.  Contact them by gopher: look in 'Book Sellers'
after using gopher to 'world.std.com', or email '[e-mail]'

Roswell Electronic Computer Bookstore is an extension of the retail
store located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.  The online database
includes over 5,500 titles and they can special order just about any
book in print. Web to http://www.nstn.ns.ca/cybermall/cybermall.html
gopher to gopher.nstn.ns.ca 70/ CyberMall or email: [e-mail]

Silicon Valley is a logical place to find a great technical and
computer bookstore, but through the Internet, you can also get to
Computer Literacy Bookstore by electronic mail: send a message to
[e-mail] to learn more about this service.

Looking for German language technical books and CDROM disks? JF Lehmanns
Fachbuchhandlung in Berlin now offers online CDROM and book catalogues,
You can access them directly with gopher or the Web: use 'gopher
gopher.germany.eu.net' or 'Web to the following:
  http://www.germany.eu.net:80/shop/jfl/jfl_kat.html

+ Cucumber Books of Maryland is online with its large selection of
+ discount Unix and C books. Request a catalog: [e-mail]
+ or talk to a human by sending mail to: [e-mail].

Washington D.C.-based Reiter's Scientific & Professional Books can now be
reached through the Internet by sending mail to '[e-mail]'. A
good choice for difficult-to-find technical literature.

Annex: Religious Books & Related

1-800-JUDAISM offers a variety of judaica items, including books,
videos, music, and supplies. Connect through gopher: 'gopher judaism.com'
or use the URL 'gopher://judaism.com/'

+ Annex: Travel Books

+ Moon Travel Handbooks offers a wide variety of travel publications and
+ information from its own press and others. The gopher site can be reached
+ by the command 'gopher gopher.moon.com', through email '[e-mail]'
+ or check out the 'Hawaii' travel Web page, produced with the UCI Bookstore:
+ URL http://bookweb.cwis.uci.edu:8042/Books/Moon/moon.html

The Magazine Rack

Samples of many different magazines are available on the Internet,
as shown below:

  "The New Republic" via 'gopher gopher.internet.com'
  "The Global Network News": http://nearnet.gnn.com/news/home/news.html
  "Mother Jones": http://www.mojones.com/motherjones.html
  "WIRED": http://www.wired.com/
  "The Internet Letter" through the Web at:
     http://www.mtv.com/commercial_resources/internet_letter/index.html

All these and more are also available by checking into the Electronic
Newsstand.  Try: gopher internet.com or telnet internet.com, login
as 'enews'.  Email [e-mail] for more information on the service.

Branch Information Services also offer a variety of different magazine
subscriptions. Connect with 'gopher branch.com' or 'http://branch.com:1080'

"The Magazine For Adult Children of Aging Parents" is for anyone facing
the questions, issues, and concerns from having an aging parent. Covers
all aspects of eldercare, including the emotional costs of care. Sample
articles and subscription form are available.  Via the WorldWide Web:
  href="http://www.service.com/answers/cover.html">ANSWERS</

The COOK Report focuses on political and policy issues about the
Government's involvement in the commercialization and privatization of the
Internet. To learn more, send email to "[e-mail]".

3W Magazine, the Global Networking Magazine, focuses on Internet issues
while avoiding the jargon present in other network media; for subscription
information and fees, check URL http://www.3W.com/3W/ or send email
to [e-mail] for more details.

If you're a collector, you'll be interested in learning more about
CollectorsNet, a discussion forum to exchange information about
new releases, limited editions, retired pieces, and more. To learn
more, send electronic mail to '[e-mail]'

+ Tired of the unrelenting seriousness of life? Then you need Laf!, a
+ tabloid featuring zany spoofs of modern life and cartoons. Best new
+ American humorists are featured and you can receive a free paper
+ copy sample -- send your mail address and include "Laf!" in the
+ subject -- mail to: [e-mail]

Music and Video

Infinity Link Network Services offers a catalog of video tapes,
laserdisks, CDs and books accessible by connecting via telnet to
columbia.ilc.com - log in as 'cas' at the prompt.  Alternatively, point
your gopher there with 'gopher columbia.ilc.com'

With an online catalog of over 80,000 titles, the Compact Disc
Connection is perhaps the best of the current bunch if you're looking
for some specific music. To visit this store 'telnet cdconnection.com'

The Virtual Record Store lists over 3500 CD titles, and can be reached
at gopher: gopher.nstn.ns.ca or URL: gopher://owl.nstn.ns.ca:70/11/e-mall

Imart offers audio and video: compact discs, laser discs, VHS music
video cassettes, and CDROM software, all through the Internet. You
can obtain the Imart online catalog list by sending email to
'[e-mail]' with subject 'info' or FTP to 'ftp.netcom.com'
and look in 'pub/imart'.

For the lastest in MIDI software and hardware, including Roland, EMU,
Korg, Tascam and Marshall, Horizons One can provide you a one stop
solution. Inquiries and orders by email: [e-mail]

Buying concert tickets is always a tricky concern, but did you know that
companies like Planet Earth Management can sell you concert packages that
not only include excellent seats but hotel space in town too? They're on
the net: Pink Floyd is the current tour: [e-mail], and on the
way is the new Rolling Stones tour: [e-mail] for info.

Artists, musicians, writers, and other creative folk will want to plug
in to the Kaleidospace independent artist promotion space. You can have
samples of your latest graphics, tracks, poetry, or whatever else available
on the WorldWide Web while retaining full rights.  Send email for more
info - [e-mail] - or check it out: http://kspace.com

SECOND FLOOR: Personal Items

Sunglasses, Shavers and More! catalog available through the Internet,
though users interested in the Braun, Bausch & Lomb, Corning, Forchner and
Victornox products will have to settle electronic mail only at this
point: send a message to '[e-mail]' for a catalog.

Perfume

If you're looking for European perfumes for yourself or as a gift,
you'll want to check the European Perfumes catalog, featuring products
from Ralph Lauren, Oscar de la Renta, Givenchy, and Alfred Sung. Send
mail to "[e-mail]" with the subject "send eperfume catalog"

Games

Looking for boardgames, perhaps older or unusual ones? Then a quick
connection to Harmony Games, run by a veteran game designer, might be
just what the virtual doctor ordered.  Connect with gopher or WWW to
marketplace.com.

If you're looking for games that are fun for the whole family and build
developmental skills too, then you should know about Discovery Toys. Now
you can: Send mail to "[e-mail]" with the subject "send dtoys cat"

Another source for role-playing and wargames is Realms of Imagination,
with a varied product line including all major distributors, all at
a 30% discount. Send mail to [e-mail] for a catalog
or further information.

Electronic mail offers much more than just a way to save on
postage: Gamer's Den focuses on offering the highest quality
multiplayer play-by-electronic-mail games like VGA Planets and
Phoenix, many with attractive graphical PC interfaces. For
more information send mail to [e-mail].

+ Infinite Illusions is now on-line, with juggling equipment,
+ boomerangs, yoyos and other skill toys. Contact the company through
+ email ([e-mail]) FTP (io.com, look in /pub/usr/infinite)
+ or the Web with URL http: http://io.com/usr/infinite/

Crafts and Hobbies

Dolls and santas, handcrafted traditional gifts, natural fibers and
crafter's supplies are available through the Internet by connecting to
McCrerey Farm of Pennsylvania. Use gopher to connect to telerama.lm.com
and look in the "Shopping Plaza."

Natural Stitches, a needlework shop located in Pittsburgh, PA, specializes
in natural fibers for knitting, crochet, and counted cross-stitch.
For information about ordering via the Internet, or other information
about the shop, send email to Martha Underwood at [e-mail].

The Red Eagle features a variety of crafts and gifts offering a taste
of Canadiana ranging from Hudson Bay's blankets, decoys and hats, to
hand-knit sweaters.  Send mail to "[e-mail]" with the subject
"send redeagle catalog"

Authentic fossil replicas and natural history gifts are the main
find at Skullduggery, a unique gift alternative through the
Internet. Send a message to "[e-mail]" with the subject
of "send skull catalog"

+ Jewelery

+ Colorburst Studios handcrafts eye-dazzling colorful niobium jewelry,
+ with 18 years of experience. Niobium must be seen for you to see
+ how colorful a metal it is, and you can do that through the Web by
+ connecting to URL http://www.teleport.com/~paulec/catalog.html
+ Also check "gopher gopher.teleport.com" or email: [e-mail]

Florist

If you're perennially late with flowers and other gifts for your
significant other, you'll be delighted to know that there's now a
florist on the Internet. Grant's Florist and Greenhouse can be reached
through the Web (http://florist.com:1080) or gopher; use 'gopher
florist.com'.

Promotional Goods

Digital Printing Services specializes in printing full-color thermal
transfer or dye-sublimation prints on cotton t-shirts, sweat shirts,
wood-backed metal plaques, license plates, bumper stickers, aprons, mouse
pads, and more. Contact them by sending email to: [e-mail]

Frequent trade show attendees are doubtless familiar with the wide
range of promotional products, but now, with Images International,
you can make your own promotional pens, lighters, shirts, cups,
and more. Learn more by sending mail to "[e-mail]" with the
subject "send IMAGES catalog"

+ One neat feature of laser and inkjet printers is that they can
+ print on pre-printed stock, and now you can order colorful Internet
+ Citizen calling card master sheets (10 cards per sheet) direct
+ through the network: send mail to [e-mail] for info.

+ Appellation Spring is the exclusive Internet source for rare T-shirts from
+ some of California's top wineries. Learn more by connecting to them
+ through the World Wide Web: URL http://www.wilder.com/winery.html
+ or by email: [e-mail]

Adult Toys

Okay, so you can get flowers, music, and books through the Internet,
but what about that really special, unusual item you'd like to give your
significant other?  J.T. Toys offers an electronic sex and adult toystore
accessible via gopher: connect to world.std.com and look in 'Shops of
the World' or send email to: [e-mail]

THIRD FLOOR: Computer Hardware and Software

Software

If you're a scientific type, you've probably already bumped into the
book "Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing", but did you
know that all the source code shown in that book is available to buy
online in both C and FORTRAN? Connect with 'gopher cfata4.harvard.edu'.

The Programmer's Shop is a ten-year-old company offering a wide
selection of programming tools, with a catalog of thousands of
different products.  Also included in the list are applications,
utilities, hardware, and more.  Connect with them by 'gopher
world.std.com' and choosing 'Shops of the World', or through email to
[e-mail]

If you're looking for the BSDI version of Berkeley Unix for your
computer system, you can contact the BSDI company directly via
electronic mail for information and catalogs. Use the Web and
connect to www.bsdi.com or try 'gopher gopher.bsdi.com'

Motif developers won't want to miss the SWiM bundle, a complete runtime
and development environment for developing OSF/Motif 1.2.3 apps. From
Sequoia International, SWiM is available for Coherent, Linux, BSD/386,
FreeBSD and NetBSD. Contact the company for more details: [e-mail].

+ Alphabets designs and sells digital type products for the electronic
+ publishing market, including multiple master and TrueTypeGX formats.
+ They also offer design services including print, interactive and multimedia.
+ Get their catalogue through email: [e-mail]

Annex: CDROMs

Software junkies already know about Walnut Creek CDROM: it publishes
over forty different collections of public domain and shareware
software CDROM disks ranging from X Window sources to Mac and PC
programs. You can see their catalog by using 'finger [e-mail]'
and order by sending mail to '[e-mail]'.

CD Publishing Corp makes available a variety of different CDROM disks
containing archival copies of Usenet, networking software for PC
computers, and more. Gopher to gopher.cdpublishing.com for more
information.

The Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification in Amsterdam, with
funding from UNESCO, is now on the Internet and is making its
Multimedia CDROM-based Mac, Windows and NeXTStep biodiversity disks
available for 'net users.  The latest release is "Birds of Europe". For
more information about ETI and its products, please send electronic
mail to "[e-mail]".

Rocky Mountain Digital Peeks offers a small number of high quality
multimedia CD-ROM disks for Macintosh users, including Calculated Beauty,
a Fractal CD-ROM and the slick Virtual Landscapes "Winter Hiking in Rocky
Mountain National Park." Learn more by sending email to: [e-mail]

DeLorme Mapping publishes a variety of maps and mapping applications
for personal computers, including the popular CD-ROMs Street Atlas USA
and Global Explorer. To find out more about its line of maps, connect
to the company through the Web with URL http://www.delorme.com/

+ New Wave Culture Plaza is offering a large variety of Chinese CD
+ and CDROM titles through the Internet, including titles from
+ Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. For more information, send an email
+ message to '[e-mail]' with "HELP" in the message body.

Hardware

Interested in a new PC that runs a version of UNIX? Then you'll want
to check with Fintronic Linux Systems, a company that offers a wide
range of PC systems with Linux, a free Unix-like operating system,
pre-installed. Obtain their catalog by 'finger [e-mail]'
Now on the Web too: http://www.fintronic.com/linux/catalog.html

Computer Modeling sells thousands of different computer hardware and
software products, and offers computing consulting services too. Email
[e-mail] or gopher telerama.lm.com and choose "Shopping Plaza."

+ Expert PC Systems specializes in offering a variety of quality
+ custom PC configurations and separate products, including modems,
+ sound cards, RAM, monitors, and hard disks.  Send mail to [e-mail]

Browse through thousands of brand name peripherals and software without
leaving your desk: point, click, and email your order from DirectWARE
at the lowest prices around! Gopher: gopher.nstn.ns.ca or through
the 'Web at URL: gopher://owl.nstn.ns.ca:70/11/e-mall

Billing itself as the first Internet SuperStore, the Internet Shopping Network
is now on-line, offering over 10,000 software and hardware products for Mac,
Windows, DOS and Unix machines. Check out the wares through the 'Web by
connecting to http://shop.internet.net or send email to [e-mail].

Mac MicroPhone users will want to know about the Celestin Company, with
high-speed Mac modem cables and an on-disk magazine for users of the
popular MicroPhone communications package. Connect through the 'Web
to URL: file://speedway.net/pub/celestin/www/Celestin.html. You can also
finger or send email to [e-mail].

Computer modem buyers will appreciate the convenience of having WH Networks
available through the Internet: the 2 year old company specializes in data
communication products - incl AT&T, Digicom, Multitech and ZyXEL - and sells
to over 40 countries. FTP to 'ftp.whnet.com' and look in '/pub/wolfgang' or
access the home page: file://ftp.whnet.com/pub/wolfgang/home.html.

+ The Ceram Email Marketplace (tm) offers a convenient system to obtain
+ quotes and place orders on SPARC based systems and peripherals.
+ Ceram specializes in providing equipment to Internet service providers
+ and provide pre and post sales technical support.  Send mail to
+ [e-mail] for a list of current offerings.

FOURTH FLOOR: Services

Contracts, GSA, and other Government Documents

Looking for sales and pricing information on products available through
GSA contracts, indefinite delivery contracts, and open market?  This is
a great place to check: telnet netmark.com and use 'netmark' as a login
name.

Document Center is a hard copy document delivery service specializing in
government and industry specifications and standards. [e-mail]
or gopher doccenter.com, choose "Document Center" or, if you're using
WWW: http://www.service.com/doccenter/home.html

Looking for corporate or business contracts suitable for your small or
medium business? FitzGearld Webber Marketing now offers many of their
products on the Internet. You can see what's available through the
'Web at URL gopher://owl.nstn.ns.ca:70/11/e-mall or gopher.nstn.ns.ca
with gopher

Credit Checks

With all these electronic transactions flying back and forth, it was
only a matter of time before a company came along to offer credit
reporting services through the net too. Infotech Information
Technologies of Charlotte, North Carolina now offer individual and
business credit reports, Dunn & Bradstreet information, a social
security locator service, arrest and conviction records and a whole lot
more. Contact them via email at '[e-mail]'

+ Internet Banking

+ Heart to Heart is a special program from American Savings of Florida
+ aimed at elderly, infirm, and others who cannot regularly make it into
+ a bank for financial transactions. Learn more about how one bank is
+ addressing this problem by sending email to: [e-mail]

Commercial Email Address Tracking Service

If you've ever tried to send mail to someone just to have it bounce,
you might be interested in this professionally maintained, easily
searched commercial database of email users.  To learn more about
this service, send mail to '[e-mail]' with the subject "info".

+ Small Business Services

Running a small business and ready to incorporate? You don't even have
to leave your terminal if you contact The Company Corporation, the
largest on-line incorporation service in the world. Connect to them
with 'gopher incorporate.com', Web to http://incorporate.com/tcc/home.html
or email: [e-mail]

+ Accounting and taxes can be incredibly difficult for firms online, so the
+ addition of Mark Farber, CPA to the Internet Mall is welcome! Mark
+ specializes in taxes, foreign investors with U.S. holdings, 24-hour/day
+ CPA requirements and late return filings. Contact him: [e-mail]

+ S.R. Telecom offers long distance telecommunications without the
+ hassle of carrying lots of change, including prepaid telephone
+ cards for travel. Learn more about their services: [e-mail]

+ Zero in Technologies offers competitive analysis of software products to
+ assist you in picking out the best solution for your corporate needs.
+ Simply specify your requirements for a particular kind of software and
+ receive a report about the best product match. Learn more: [e-mail]

Transcripts

Transcripts of various programs can be ordered directly through the
Internet by connecting with Journal Graphics. To see their catalog, use
'telnet pac.carl.org', account PAC. Choose 'Information Databases'.

International Trade

If your company is involved in international import or export you
might want to check out the International Trade Network, where for
a minimal fee you can receive daily commercial trade leads through
Internet e-mail and more. Send email to [e-mail] with
the message "info intltrade", or drop a note to [e-mail].

Asian Information Service offers a range of services, including news
monitoring, and document translation and delivery.  We have an excellent
database on China offering China-related information in a variety of
formats.  Tell us your needs, and how we might help! Contact AIS
by sending mail to: [e-mail]

Telemarketing

Telecommunications and information marketing is a booming business,
and INFOMARK, a consulting company that can help you design your
own marketing strategies, is online. You can purchase a copy of
their "900" number source guide by connecting either with gopher
or WWW to marketplace.com.

Email-based FAX Service

Need to send a FAX but just don't have a FAX machine or FAX modem
handy? Then AnyWare Associates' FAXiNET might be just the service
for you. Once you're subscribed, you can send email that they auto-
matically FAX to the specified party or parties worldwide. For
more information, send email to [e-mail]

Real Estate

You can do just about anything else, and now National Real Estate
Services of Vancouver, BC, Canada, is publishing their franchise
database of over 20,000 real estate listings. More connectivity
is on the way, but today you can connect through the WorldWide Web
with the URL http://www.gems.com/realestate/.

If you're trying to buy or sell real estate, you'll find the Westcoast
Interchange of potential value. Its real estate listing space offers a
free forum for sellers (you can add photographs for a fee). Check it
out with the URL: http://interchange.idc.uvic.ca/

Travel Agency

Tired of the local surroundings and ready to leave your computer behind
and soak up some sun?  The wholesale tour operator Mexico Resorts & Tours
is now on the Internet, with their focus on unusual tours to Mexico and
Central America. Individuals to large groups, you can find out more about
the services by sending email to [e-mail]

Annex: Research and Information Providers

Working on a deadline but out of time? If you're working on a book or
dissertation, our indexing and editing skills are at your service. We can
also research, abstract, and search online databases following your own
criteria. Finger [e-mail] or send email to the same address for
more information.

SCAN-ITT converts your documents or image files into indexed image files
and/or text. SCAN-ITT can scan and OCR documents of any length, returning
indexed image and/or text files to you via Email, disk, CDROM or MO. You can
also FAX or Email scanned images for processing. Use of indexed documents
may require purchase of software. Send Email to "[e-mail]" for info.

Too busy to track the hundreds of journals that are published in your
field every day? Then UnCover Reveal could be a great win: you select
from its list of journals and the table of contents of the latest issues
are automatically emailed to you when received, without charge. You can
then order articles by reply email for a low fee. For information, send
electronic mail to "[e-mail]"

Need hard-to-find information fast?  Knowledge One is the answer!
Knowledge One is a new information service, designed to provide information
on just about any topic in under an hour.  Come see us on the Web (URL
http://KnowOne_WWW.sonoma.edu/) or send email to [e-mail] for
more information.

INFORMATION RESEARCHERS provides a broad range of custom research,
including: company and industry profiles; literature and database searches;
bibliographies; and more, with convenient document delivery from a wide
variety of sources. For more information, or a free initial consultation
and estimate, contact Information Researchers at: [e-mail]

Annex: Training and Education

Video Training

If you're still puzzled about the possibilities of the Internet, you
can now order a videotape from Baltimore-based New Technologies covering
all the tools and techniques of surfing the so-called information wave.
For more information, drop a note to [e-mail]

+ Allegro Information Services offers 3500 special interest and instructional
+ VHS videos, with a diverse collection covering dog training, computer
+ instruction, Chinese cooking, guitar, and many more. Learn something new
+ the fun way while making better use of your VCR! Contact them via
+ e-mail: [e-mail].

InfoVID Outlet offers a wide variety of educational, instructional and
informative videos from around the world, including over 3500 hard-to-find
titles. Titles range from auto repair and aerobics to boating, crafts, and
computers. Use their URL: http://branch.com:1080/infovid/c100.html

Science Television produces and distributes videotapes for scientists
and science students, covering topics like chaos theories, minimal
surfaces, and a history of perspective drawings. You can connect with
Science TV through the 'web: http://www.service.com/stv/home.html

+ New Videos are available for sale from Franklin Media Distribution
+ through the Internet. Titles include experimental, political, AIDS
+ activist, and feminist works. Email: [e-mail] for more
+ information, or send your postal address for a catalog.

Sagacity Learning Universe

You can do just about everything else through the Internet, so why
not learn at a virtual university? Sagacity Learning Universe is offering
just this service to Internet users, initially focusing on Future Studies,
with more to come. Contact Tom Abeles at [e-mail] or use gopher
to connect to tmn.com to learn more.

Grant Proposals and Financial Aid

Internet Works, Inc. offers Online Interactive Workshops on Grant
Proposal Planning and Writing.  In addition, online consulting services
are available in the grants area and in the use of the Internet.  For
more information contact Herb Wylen <[e-mail]>

Most students are unaware of the many sources of financial aid that
are available, but now you can work with Chinook College Funding Service
of Tucson, Arizona to explore the possibilities. For more information,
send an email message to '[e-mail]'

+ College Consulting Services offers help on writing projects - including
+ college admission essays - responses to research questions and help in
+ finding financial aid. Contact them through email: [e-mail]

Development and Family Learning

Children and teachers love to sing along with the many music cassettes
and fun kits produced by Jordan Music Productions.  Learn more about the
possibilities: Send email to "[e-mail]" with the subject "send
jordan catalog"

Interactive Video Systems can take family pictures and incorporate
them into an educational cartoon that includes a personalized activity
book. Send mail to '[e-mail]" with the subject "send ivideo catalog"

TOP FLOOR: The Food Mall

Popcorn is much more than just something you put in the microwave oven
and to prove it Myers' Gourmet Popcorn of Colorado Springs is now on the
Internet! Receive a catalog of their many products by sending email to
the company: "[e-mail]"

Chocolate-lovers will cheer the addition of Rogers Chocolates to the
Internet Mall. A small company with recipes going back over 100 years,
these chocolates make great gifts, if you can let 'em out of arms reach.
Get your own catalog by sending mail to "[e-mail]" with the
subject "send rogers catalog"

Murchies Tea and Coffee now offers a variety of beverage alternatives to
Internet users, including hand-picked gourmet coffees, teas from exotic
gardens, delectible edibles and imported gourmet spices. Learn more by
sending mail to "[e-mail]" with subject "send murchies catalog"

Gardeners and cooks alike will be pleased to find River View Herbs
on the Internet, with its selection of over 350 herbs, edible flowers
and scented geraniums. Get your own catalog by sending mail to
"[e-mail]" with the subject "send rvherbs catalog"

Brewing your own beer? Canting (or decanting) your own wine? Now
you can get yeast, bottles, filters, barrels and all the other elements
of a home-brewery through Watson's Barrels and Wine Making Supplies.
Send mail to "[e-mail]" with the subject "send WATSON catalog"

       **** Notes on the Internet Shopping Mall ****

  This listing is maintained by Dave Taylor, who is responsible for
  the specific prose in each listing. If you disagree with anything
  stated, have good or bad experiences with any of these services,
  or, most importantly, have additional services to add to this list,
  please send me electronic mail: [e-mail].  Please note
  that I am in no way able to guarantee the legitimacy of any
  service listed herein and am in no way liable for any good or
  bad experiences you might have. Caveat emptor!

  The criteria for being on this list are that the company must be on
  the Internet, must have products that they sell and customers must be
  able to order through the net directly, either by gopher, wais, www,
  or email. Excluded from this list are Internet service providers
  themselves and contract technical support from companies.

  This list is available through a variety of mechanisms: type
  'finger [e-mail]' for information on how to obtain the
  most up-to-date copy or send a message with 'send mall' as the
  subject to [e-mail].

  Finally, this listing and compilation of material is (C) Copyright
  1994 Dave Taylor. The Internet Mall is a trademark of Intuitive
  Systems, and "Shopping on the Information Highway" is a service
  mark of Intuitive Systems. Permission to distribute this list is
  granted providing the entire list remains intact, including this
  notice. If you're going to publish it, let me know!

  All trademarked items are the sole legal property of the registered
  trademark holders and are used with that understanding.

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