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		      	       THE INTERNET MALL 
		      Shopping on the Information Highway

	   A monthly list of commercial services available via Internet

	       (C) Copyright 1994 Dave Taylor: see end for details
		  Maintained by Dave Taylor <taylor@netcom.com>

		      [issue #6, release for 15 April, 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.

** Lines prefaced with double asterisks denote services that appear
** to have dropped off the net: let me know if they work for you!!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
++ It's finally happened! We've added a food court and this month we are  ++
++ highlighting Myers' Gourmet Popcorn! Lots of books: science fiction,   ++
++ Windows NT, revolutionary writings, and tech bookstores. CDROMs from   ++
++ the Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification and Mac telecom stuff.  ++
++ Scan-ITT scans and indexes docs across the net and UnCover Reveal can  ++
++ track your prof. journals. Finally, a new tuition hunting service.     ++
++									  ++
++ NOTE ALSO THAT YOU CAN NOW OBTAIN THIS THROUGH EMAIL: See the bottom!  ++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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: moesbooks@delphi.com

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 'nebula@cam.org' with the message subject "catalog".

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,  Extreme Books (catalog also
available via email at 'catalog@mailer.extremebooks.com') and Nebula
Books, an online science fiction bookstore in Canada.

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: ping@technical.powells.portland.or.us

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'

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 samizdat@world.std.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

+ 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 "noring@netcom.com".

+ 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
+ connect with Gopher to "gopher.cwis.uci.edu", in "departments"/"books".

+ 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 selectin 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 'info@wordsworth.com'

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:
softpro@world.std.com

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 'info@bookstore.hmp.com'

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 'Shops of the World'
after using gopher to 'world.std.com', or email 'quanbook@world.std.com'

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: roswell@fox.nstn.ns.ca

If you're in Canada and you're interested in computer books and other
technical books, Roswell Computer Bookstore of Halifax, Nova Scotia has
a catalog of over 7000 books available online. Use 'gopher' and connect
to 'nstn.ns.ca' and choose items 8 and 4 to see what they have.

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
info@clbooks.com to learn more about this service.

Looking for German language technical books and CDROM disks? JF Lehmanns
ffers online CDROM and book catalogues,
You can access them directly with gopher or the Web: use 'gopher 
gopher.germany.eu.net 70' or 'Web to the following:
  http://www.germany.eu.net:80/shop/jfl/jfl_kat.html

+ A well-known computer bookstore with a peculiar name, Cucumber Books of
+ Maryland is now online with its Unix and C books. Contact the firm through
+ electronic mail: 'catalog@cucumber.com' or 'info@cucumber.com'.

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

+ Beaverton, Oregon-based TECHbooks has a wide range of technical and
+ computer titles. To learn more, send email to 'info@techbooks.com'

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 info@enews.com 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 involvment in the commercialization and privatization of the
+ Internet. To learn more, send email to "cook@path.net".

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

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: midiwiz@interaccess.com

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: pink@society.com, and on the
way is the new Rolling Stones tour: stones@society.com for info.

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 'sunglass@clark.net' for a 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.

Handmade Crafts and Craft Supplies

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. Looking the "Shopping Plaza."

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'.

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'.

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
progshop@world.std.com

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: info@seq.com.

SmartPoll is a multimedia, intelligent survey tool for conducting
polls over Internet. Sold as software or bundled with a server, 
SmartPoll can also be purchased through a service bureau. Send email
to info@smartchoice.com for more information.

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 info@cdrom.com'
and order by sending mail to 'orders@cdrom.com'.

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 "info@eti.bio.uva.nl".

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 linux-sales@fintronic.com'
+ 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
info@compumod.com or gopher telerama.lm.com and choose "Shopping Plaza."

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 70 or through 
the 'Web at URL: gopher://owl.nstn.ns.ca:70/11/e-mall
 
+ 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
/speedway.net/pub/celestin/www/Celestin.html. You can also
+ finger or send email to celestin@pt.olympus.net.

Computer Memory

An interesting and unusual service from by CERAM Corporation is its
automated CPU and RAM chip price quotes through email. This service
encompasses Unix and PC add-ons: send mail to Catalog@Ceva.COM for 
more information.
 
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. info@doccenter.com
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

Indexing and Research Services

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 njsmith@bga.com 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 "sales@scanitt.com" 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 "uncover@carl.org"

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 'infotech@fx.net'

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 'sled@drebes.com' with the subject "info".

Small Business Incorporation

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: corp@incorporate.com

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 majordomo@world.std.com with 
the message "info intltrade", or drop a note to usa@world.std.com.

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: jsweeney@uclink.berkeley.edu

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 info@awa.com
**
**  NOTE: If I don't hear from anyone who has used this service with
**  success, I'll remove it in the next listing!

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/.

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 travel@magma.com
 
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 nti@clark.net

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 tabeles@tmn.com 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 <hwylen@access.digex.net>

+ 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 'CllgFunder@aol.com'

TOP FLOOR: The Food Mall

+ Gourmet Popcorn
+
+ 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: "mgp@aol.com"

	   **** 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: taylor@netcom.com.  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, 
ist are Internet service providers 
  themselves and contract technical support from companies.

  This list is available through a variety of mechanisms: type
  'finger taylor@netcom.com' for information on how to obtain the 
+ most up-to-date copy or send a message with 'send mall' as the
+ subject to taylor@netcom.com.

  Finally, this listing and compilation of material is (C) Copyright 
  1994 Dave Taylor. Permission to distribute this list and the info
  within is granted providing the entire list remains intact, including 
  this copyright 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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