MODULE 3 TOPIC 1: RESEARCH AND INFORMATION SEEKING Flashcards
One of the ideal applications of the ICT and the WWW is for ______
for research and education
Main object of the internet sites
to share and disseminate information
Information 5 sources over that internet
- Web search engines
- Research indexing sites
- Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) sites for tutorial sites
- Employment web sites
- Electronic commerce
designed to search or mine the world wide web based in the keywords provided by the user
web search engines
they return search results such as web sites files, photos, or other media
web search engines
Examples of Web search engines
Bing
Duckduckgo
Google
Yahoo
dedicated to compile and index research
Research indexing sites
Examples of Research indexing sites:
IEEE Xplore
Google Scholar
ResearchGate
dedicated to teach and inform users focused in different areas
MOOC sites / Tutorial sites
The delivery set up of information is similar to a classroom lecture set up, wherein lectures and assignments are delivered and submitted, respectively online
MOOC sites/ tutorial sites
Various universities around the world offer this service
MOOC sites/ Tutorial sites
Examples of MOOC sites/ Tutorial sites:
Coursera
edX
Udemy
enables companies to post job vacancies and also accommodate job seekers by providing a resume submission facility
Employment web sites
one important feature of these websites is the ability ti match the qualification of the applicant and the required qualification in a certain job vacany
Employment web sutes
Examples of Employment Web sites
JobStreet
JobsDs
Bestjobs
uses electronic means to trade products and currencies
Electronic commerce (e-commerce)
introduces ease in business management and customer convenience
Electronic commerce (e-commerce)
Examples of electronic commerce
airline booking
- Philippine Airlines
- Cebu Pacific
online enrollment
online shopping
- Lazada
- Zalora
- Shopee
Types of Search Engines
- Crawlers
- Directories
- Hybrids
- Metadata
use a “spider” or a “crawler” to search the internet
crawlers
digs through individual web pages, pulls out keywords and then adds the pages to the search engine’s database
crawlers
examples of crawler search engines
Google
Yahoo
Advantages of crawlers
- They contain a huge amount of pages
- Ease of use
- Familiarity
Disadvantages of crawlers
- Sometimes, it’s just too much information
- It is easy to trick the crawler
- Page rank can be manipulated
