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REVIEW: THE INTERNET YELLOW PAGES Hahn & Stout Osborne McGraw-Hill 1995
This mammoth effort contains over 5,000 listings of what's on the Net and
where to find it. The authors of THE INTERNET COMPLETE REFERENCE have
given us another excellent Net reference book, THE INTERNET YELLOW
PAGES. The second edition, twice the size of the first, is jam packed
with interesting stuff that's just sitting there, free for the taking.
I bought the INTERNET YELLOW PAGES first edition on the spot last year and
was absolutely amazed with the amount of material it contained. The 1995
edition absolutely bowled me over with its sheer size - it's literally
a phone-book sized directory filled with on-line goodies, and all of them
are total freebies available to anyone who knows where they are and how to
get them. There are no paid ads (except the ones Harley wrote "for fun".)
The humorous and entertaining style make the book a pleasure to browse
through and shop for neat stuff to get.
The INTERNET YELLOW PAGES does not claim to teach you how to use the
Internet. It does, however, cross-reference various resources to the
appropriate chapter in THE INTERNET COMPLETE REFERENCE, an excellent
tutorial and handbook for mastering everything you need to know to enjoy
the various goodies contained in the INTERNET YELLOW PAGES.
I recall seeing another Internet "yellow pages" published by another company
last year, but upon examining it in a local book shop it was apparent that
it was nowhere near the same caliber of the Hahn & Stout title. If memory
serves me, it was full of expensive on-line information service providers
that are very useful to those who can afford them and justify the expense
for business or research purposes. I understand that this directory is
still around with a name change, so the only INTERNET YELLOW PAGES you
should see is this one from Osborne McGraw-Hill.
Included are tons of FTP sites, mailing lists, newsgroups, TELNET addresses,
and World Wide Web URLs! Its an Internaut's delight - a feast of finds! The
listings are categorized and arranged alphabetically and are easy to find
quickly. Of course, THE INTERNET YELLOW PAGES doesn't contain "everything"
available on the Net (and, obviously, never will) but it is, in my
opinion, the most comprehensive directory of the Net's treasures currently
available in printed form.
My recommendation: Get this book and budget for a new one every so often
because its absolutely essential to have a current copy right by your
keyboard if exploring the Net is one of your interests. You should also
suggest that your local public library get a copy for the reference section.
If you only purchase one Net book this year, it should be THE INTERNET
YELLOW PAGES.
%T The Internet Yellow Pages
%A Harley Hahn and Rick Stout
%I Osborne McGraw-Hill
%C Berkeley California
%D 1995
%O $29.95
%G ISBN:0-07-882098-7
%P 812 pp
%K Internet, computer networks
(C) 1995
Michael Crestohl
Nahant Massachusetts USA
mc@shore.net
DISCLAIMER: I have no interest, financial or otherwise, in the success or
failure of the book or materials reviewed herewith, nor have I received any
compensation (other than a review copy requested by me) from anyone who has.
All opinions expressed are strictly my own.
Other Internet and Aviation book/software reviews by me can be obtained
by anonymous FTP from: x2ftp.oulu.fi in the /pub/books/crestohl directory.