Appendix B: Electronic Commerce Online Resources

Overview

The best resource for information about any aspect of the Internet is the Internet itself. Sometimes, the Internet is too good a resource, particularly because there is such a wealth of material online with very little quality control. It seems as if there are thousands of organizations and individuals presenting themselves as “Internet experts,” complete with Web pages full of their “articles” and extracts of talks, courses, and seminars. More useful, in general, are the Web sites maintained by mainstream vendors, financial institutions participating in the digital marketplace, and organizations devoted to supporting the Internet and electronic commerce such as the Internet Society and CommerceNet.

Caution

The links in this appendix are subject to change without notice!!

Other Internet resources include e-mail distribution lists and Usenet news groups. Some relevant ones are listed in the last section of this appendix.

Although every effort is made to ensure accuracy and completeness, the state of the Internet is such that rapid change is inevitable. Neither this nor any other printed guide can hope to be up-to-date for any substantial length of time. As a result, although most of these links should be accurate and usable, the reader may prefer to search for more up-to-date links directly on the Internet if one of the cited links does not connect to the expected resource.