Now information from the site on backpacking and canoe camping is showing up in REI's flagship store. Now comes the Internet, hailed as the biggest cultural advance since Gutenberg's printing press. We wondered the same thing and set out to answer who has best adopted the Internet as a tool. It doesn't take much to figure out the Internet Age is upon us. Most ads now include the advertiser's URL, or web address.
Librarians turn to the Internet before their card catalogs when doing research.
Buy Birkenstocks on-line from your home computer. Search an on-line store's catalog. Check out the local news website, sponsored by an area bank or hospital. Internet access anytime, from anywhere, means you can shop for shoes or find a doctor at 2 a.m. Some 800 numbers also offer 24-hour service.