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This review is intended for several audiences. For those not yet using the World Wide Web (WWW), it provides an intro-duction and a roadmap to some important electronic data-bases and analytical programs. For more familiar users, it de-scribes some Web sites in detail. The multi-faceted focus reflects the diverse resources of the Internet and a subset of particular use to microbiologists. Of equal importance, this ar-ticle hopes to convey that these sites and others like them are research projects in themselves. Thus, they not only provide easy access to information but also test new ways of organiz-ing and using it. Finally, for those who are leading the way into cyberspace, this article might provoke thought and pro-vide some amusement. The way that scientists find information is changing rapidly. Visits to the library and calls or letters to colleagues are bein