books.com

Counterpoint Publishing Based in Cambridge, Mass., this company's main Internet product is indexed versions of federal journals, including the Federal Register (a daily compendium of government contracts, proposed regulations and the like). Internet users can browse through recent copies, but complete access will run several thousand dollars a year. Use gopher to connect to

enews.com

and select "Counterpoint Publishing"

Dialog The national database company can be reached through telnet at

dialog.com

To log on, however, you will have first had to set up a Dialog account.

Dow Jones News A wire service run by the information company Retrieval that owns the Wall Street Journal. Available via telnet at

djnr.dowjones.com

As with Dialog, you need an account to log on.