With the development of science and culture, online literature has a large amount of information, rapid growth, wide distribution and complex forms, showing diversified characteristics, including:
1. Network literature is rich in content and covers a large amount of information. With the rapid development of computer network, the amount of network literature information has increased dramatically. According to the first national Internet statistics of China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), as of June 1997+00, there were 330,000 Internet hosts with 670,000 netizens, with an international bandwidth of 26M, and there were 1500 sites under CN with 4066 domain names. By the end of June 38+February, 2000, China had 8.92 million Internet hosts, 22.5 million Internet users, 2799M international bandwidth, 265,405 websites and 122099 CN domain names. By the end of June, 2003, there were 20.83 million Internet hosts and 5,965,438+Internet users in China, with an international bandwidth of 9380M, about 5438+ 10/600 sites under CN and a domain name of 179544. There are abundant literature information resources on the Internet, which realizes the sharing and exchange of global literature information resources. These documents cover almost all fields such as politics, economy, science and technology, culture, education and entertainment.
2. Network literature has various forms and complicated language. There are many forms of network documents, such as text, audio and video, images and so on. Either way, it is directly stored in the hard disk or optical disk tower of the network server in the form of magnetic media. These new network documents have the advantages of saving space, lifelike images, convenient downloading and carrying, fast service and so on, and people pay more and more attention to them. There are thousands of languages in the world, and more than one million people use more than 200 languages. The common language of network documents is English, and some famous websites have made search platforms in different languages according to different countries and regions.
3. The network documents are widely distributed and the retrieval methods are diverse. Network documents are distributed on computers all over the world and exist in various possible forms, such as files, databases, bulletin boards, directory documents and hypertext documents. The same online literature can be obtained through different websites and different retrieval channels.
(B), the type of network literature
Comprehensive literature information resources on the Internet can be divided into the following types:
1. Electronic Newspapers With the popularization and development of Internet applications, more and more electronic newspapers appear on the Internet, which is also the development trend of newspaper industry in the world today. There are two kinds of electronic newspapers and periodicals: first, newspapers and periodicals specially founded by some units or individuals on the Internet. For example, the website FM365 e-magazine of Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd. was founded, which is divided into several sections, such as news, life, stock market and FM365 forum, and each section is divided into several columns. For example, the news page is divided into domestic news, science and education IT news, sports news and other columns. Users can choose column subscription after entering the website. At present, there are more and more electronic newspapers and periodicals on the Internet. The second is the electronic version of the original printed newspapers and periodicals distributed on the Internet. Famous printed newspapers and periodicals at home and abroad have issued electronic editions. For example, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek in the United States, China Electronic News, China Computer News, Xinhua Daily, People's Daily, Xinmin Evening News, Economic Daily, Guangming Daily and Yangzi Evening News in China. These electronic newspapers and periodicals are the same as genuine newspapers and periodicals in content, but they are published several hours earlier than paper newspapers and periodicals. Electronic newspapers and periodicals on the Internet are welcomed by people because of their quick and convenient search.
2. Books and books on the Internet mainly come from the following aspects: First, some authors publish their own works or other works without copyright online. Some of these works are printed, and some may only be online. Second, some publishers will publish the electronic version of printed books online, or both printed and online versions. Third, units or individuals set up online libraries on the Internet for the convenience of readers. Fourth, some websites engaged in online publishing publish online books. . 3. Large Databases There are a large number of large databases on the Internet for readers to use, which is convenient for readers to find relevant information.
4. Other information In addition to the above-mentioned electronic newspapers, books and large databases, there are a lot of other literature information on the Internet for users to use. For example, publishing websites set up by some units regularly publish publishing news, which helps readers to understand the publishing trends.