Topic 1 Introduction to Internet Resources
Categories Subjects Purpose Search Facilities Search Strategy
Internet
- The Internet links millions of computers together around
the world sending information from one computer to another,
often described as a network of networks because
all the smaller networks of organizations are linked together
into a big network.
- The Internet is useful to people because of the amount
of materials that are available. We should aim to get
the required information in the most efficient manner
by using the tools available in the Internet effectively.
The Internet contains resources ranging from the personal
type to that of an institution. The type of information
available differs from research and academic in nature
to that of business. Some of these information are free
while others, theres a need for access.
- Internet Resources include Newsgroups, mailing/discussion
lists and others, Full-text documents, Databases, Electronic
journals and magazines, Image-based and multimedia sources,
Current Awareness and Alerting Services, FTP archives
and Other WWW sites
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