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       Welcome to the University of Maryland Information Service
                                
        The Information Revolution is here!  There is a great deal of
electronic information out there on nearly every topic under the sun
that, until now, was inaccessible to the general public.  From medical
breakthroughs to the current weather conditions, forecasts, and weather
satellite pictures to USA Today articles, the resources are nearly
infinite. Now they are easily accessible to anyone with a PC, Macintosh,
Unix, or NeXT machine and access to the Internet network via WAIS,
Gopher, Archie, Hytelnet and World Wide Web.

    As you explore this service, you will be experiencing first-hand the
beginning phases of the "information revolution".  The UofM Information
Service is your connection to computing sites around the country and
indeed around the world.

    This system provides "gateways" via Gopher to such information
retrieval services as WAIS, INFO, Hytelnet, Archie, and WWW as well as a
number of other information services.  Each of these systems operate
quite differently so please view the "About..." items listed in this
directory, for further information on Gopher, WAIS, Hytelnet, Archie,
and WWW.

    Clearly, the UofM bears no responsibility for the quality of data at
other sites. The interfaces to the data are also, for the most part,
beyond our direct control. Help may be available by entering a "?".
Usually, the arrow keys will function, and generally, using "q", "Q",
or"quit" will let you leave the outside service.  Again, we urge you to
review the information in the "About..." files which describe in more
detail the peculiarities of the various services.

    We hope that you find this service useful.  At any time, if there is
some information which you wish to make available on this system, please
contact the Consulting Lab and make the suggestion.

Comments, Questions, and Suggestions: 
   Should be directed to the Consulting Lab at the
   Computer Science Center, (301) 405-1500 or consult@umail.umd.edu.