VI. Research and Information Seeking

=Information seeking is the process or activity of attempting to obtain information in both human and technological contexts. This sites are to share and to spread more information.

Five Information sources over the Internet

Web search engines            
       A web search engine is a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. The search results are generally presented in a line of results often referred to as search engine results pages (SERPs). The information may be a mix of web pages, images, and other types of files.

Research indexing site 
             search engine indexing collects, parses, and stores data to facilitate fast and accurate information retrieval. Index design incorporates interdisciplinary concepts from linguistics, cognitive psychology, mathematics, informatics, and computer science.

Massive Online Open Course site
          A massive open online course (MOOC) is a free Web-based distance learning program that is designed for the participation of large numbers of geographically dispersed students. A MOOC may be patterned on a college or university course or may be less structured.

Employment Web site
         An employment website is a website that deals specifically with employment or careers. Many employment websites are designed to allow employers to post jobrequirements for a position to be filled and are commonly known as job boards.

Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce)
        E-commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the buying and selling of goods and services, or the transmitting of funds or data, over an electronic network, primarily the internet. These business transactions occur either as business-to-business, business-to-consumer, consumer-to-consumer or consumer-to-business.