PEPSICO EDUCATION SUPPORT

- Access to an enormous amount of information. Currently it is estimated that there are about 800 million pages of information on the Web.

- Access to non-mainstream views. Fringe groups and those without access to the media or a printing press can now make their opinions known on the Internet.

- Access to obscure and arcane information. Because there are so many people with such diverse interests on the Internet, a search can often turn up the most unusual and hard-tolocate nugget of data.

- Access to digitized versions of primary sources. Some libraries are digitizing (making electronic versions) of primary research sources such as personal letters, official government documents, treaties, photographs, etc. and making these available for viewing over the Internet. The same is true for audio and, in some cases, video.

- Access to searchable databases and datasets. There are many sites on the Internet where you can search a collection of statistical data, such as demographic or social science data. While some databases on the Internet are fee-based, others are free.

• - Access to government information. The U.S. federal government is one of the largest publishers in the world and it is utilizing the Internet as its preferred method for disseminating much of its information.
• - Access to international information. Not only can you easily find official data from other countries by connecting to embassies, consulates, and foreign governmental sites, you can also search other countries' newspapers, discuss issues with citizens from around the world on the newsgroups, and locate Web sites established by individuals from other nations.
• Other key benefits that the Internet brings to the researcher include:

- Speed. Doing a search on the Internet can take just seconds.

• - Timeliness. On the Internet you can find information that has just been made available a few minutes earlier.

- Multimedia. The Internet delivers not just text, but graphics, audio, and video.