VI. RESEARCH AND INFORMATION SEEKING

It is one of the ideal applications laid down from ICT and the World Wide Web is for research and education.

THERE ARE FIVE(5) INFORMATION SOURCES OVER THE INTERNET:

1.Web Search Engines
>These are programs designed to search or mine the World Wide Web based on keywords provided by the users.
>It is a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web.
2.Research Indexing Sites
>It is a websites that collects, parses, and stores data to facilitate fast and accurate information retrieval.
>It also dedicated to compile and index researches done by academic researchers,engineers,social scientist and so on.
3.Massive Online Open Course(MOOC) sites or tutorial sites
>MOOCs are a recent and widely researched development in distance education in which were firstly introduce in 2008 and emerged as a popular mode of learning in 2012.These are Web sites  dedicated to teach and inform the users focused on different areas.
4.Electronic-commerce
>This is a technology that uses electronic means to trade products and currencies.
>The trading or facilitation of trading in products or services using computer networks such as internet or online social networks.
5.Employment Web Sites
>These web sites enable companies to post job vacancies and also accommodate job seekers by providing a resume-submission facility.
>Websites that deals specifically with employment or careers.