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For the geographer in you, visit the map site at:
Delorme Mapping
For the bookworm in you, try:
Want a few societies to join?! Try starting with:
The Internet Society
Interested in finding out what's going on in the cyberspace
Marketplace?
If you're a history buff, there are
If you're hungry, you can access various recipe archives
Of course, you can even find love on the Internet Send Form
Sports fans can get
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Following is a whimsical tour guide of the Internet that we have prepared for you; just another way of enticing you to discover the riches that await those willing to make the effort to explore the Internet.
You can start your online day with
Then, you can
If you're feeling scholarly, you can check out
Science and Math types can use
If you are about to embark on a trip to Japan, here's our listing for a Turbo Resource that looks as if it were designed just for the purpose:
TWICS Computer Conferencing system in Japan
Keywords: Community, Networking, Social
Sponsor: TWICS Co., Ltd.,
Audience: Japanese, Internationalists, All Professions,
Parents, Journalists, Policy Makers
Profile: Persons interested: anyone living in Japan, or
interested in hanging out with English speaking people
in Japan. People looking for an online community out
side the USA. TWICS is a computer conferencing system
that has a reputation for being a thriving electronic
community. They recently obtained a full Internet
connection and are currently one of the very few places
in Japan accessible via the Internet. Unlike a database
or a gopher server, TWICS is place to go for interaction
with actual people.
Contact: Tim Buress twics@twics.co.jp,
User Info.: telnet to tanuki.twics.co.jp or use their IP
address and telnet to 192.135.222.3 and login as
guest
Notes: TWICS Co., Ltd. (NET-TWICS-IEC)
IEC/Nichibei
Kaiwa Gakuin 1-21
Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 160 Japan
Netname: TWICS Netnumber: 192.135.222.0
Coordinator: Burress, Tim (TB1904) burress@twics.co.jp
+81-3-3351-5977
Domain System inverse mapping provided by: TANUKI.TWICS.CO.JP
192.135.222.3 NIC.INTER.NET 149.52.1.107
tanuki.twics.co.jp
For the publisher in you, here are some favorite starting points
For the geographer in you, you can visit the
University Presses (and more) collected by University of Saskatchewan Library
To peruse periodicals and magazines, try
Legal information? Try
For great discussions and access to informed people on a variety of
subjects, you might want to join up in one of the forums sponsored by
the Whole Earth. Following is an excerpt from the directory listing for
this Turbo Resource.
The WELL
Computer Conferencing system, virtual community, electronic coffee shop
Keywords: Community, Networking, Social
Sponsor: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Audience: All Professions, Parents, Journalists, Policy
Makers, Writers, Educators, Health professionals,
librarians, deadheads, libertarians, Artists,
programmers, communicators.
Profile: Persons interested: People who think for
themselves and enjoy interaction with others. The
WELL is a classic example (although not the only
example) of an online community, using what is
called "conferencing" to bring a myriad of people
together for intense interactions, without them
having to be connected at the same time. The main
thing that distinguishes The WELL are the people
who use it. There are a lot of really interesting
people on The WELL and a really strong desire for
real contact between people. The WELL has
customers all over the US and about 10% are
outside the USA (percentage is increasing with the
spread of Internet access). Discussions on The
WELL range from the whimsical and flighty to the
fractious and extreme seriousness. The Electronic
Frontier Foundation got its start on The WELL, and
there is a large contingent of Deadheads here too.
It is a place rich in diverse "neighborhoods".
WELLbeings have been actively involved in shaping
the system since its inception.
Contact: The WELL Support Staff
info@well.sf.ca.us
User Info: VIA INTERNET:telnet to well.sf.ca.us and login as
guest. If you don't have Internet access, you can
direct dial to +1-415-332-4335 (voice) and ask
about access through direct dial - The WELL is
connected to an X.25 network with local phone
numbers all over the USA and in many other
countries as well.
Notes: The WELL 1750
Bridgeway Suite A200
Sausalito CA 94965 USA
+1 415-332-4335 (voice)
+1 415-332-6106 (modem)
well.sf.ca.us
For health and clinical information, there's
If you're visually inclined, you can get
Home shoppers can access catalogs and place orders for CDs, books,
software, and video tapes
If you're a music lover, you can get
If it's food from the Gods that you're looking for, try accessing
Mythology and Folklore in the EINet galaxy catalog.
This resource includes pointers to The Gateway of Darkness, books about mythology online, etc.
Location isn't very important on the Internet. You can be in Prague or in Mendocino, and through the networks, it will be the same as if you were right where your resource is. However, if you want to have the spirit of New York, it is said the discussion
s on the following list approximate the energy and vitality typical of the Big Apple.
ECHO
Computer Conferencing system.
Keywords: Community, Networking, Social, Women
Sponsor: East Coast Hang Out
Audience: Activists, Policy Makers, Community Leaders,
Government, Citizens, Parents, Children, Students,
All Professions, Women, Writers, Educators, Health
Professionals, Artists, Communicators
Profile: Persons interested: People looking for an online
home with a real New York City Flavor, especially
women. ECHO was started by Stacy Horn, an avid NYC
WELL user. The WELL was all the way on the other
side of the US, and Stacy kept asking when an East
Coast WELL would form. Eventually she went and did
it herself. ECHO is a wonderful example of how a
person's passions and interests can be translated
into the online world. Stacy has made a real
commitment to making ECHO hostpitible to women and
has one of the highest percentages of women in an
online community. Until very recently ECHO was
only accesible via direct-dial calls, and now,
with Internet access, a new phase is beginning in
this electronic village.
Contact: Stacy Horn horn@echonyc.com
User Info.: telnet to echonyc.com dial +1 (212) 989-8411
Voice: +1 (212) 255-3839
Notes: ECHO COMMUNICATIONS
(ECHONYC-DOM)
97 Perry St., Suite 13
New York, NY 10014
Domain Name: ECHONYC.COM
Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Abene, Mark (MA17)
PHIBER@ECHONYC.COM (212) 255-3839 Record last
updated on 27-Jul-93. Domain servers in listed
order: ECHONYC.COM 198.67.15.2 ICM1.ICP.NET
192.94.207.66, echonyc.com
If you want to play games with partners around the world, your choices
include
For access to US Government information, there's the FedWorld Gateway, providing access to scores of government databases
And there's much, much more!