1. Topic – Internet

2. Tool used: Gale Virtual Reference Library

3. Key words and ideas:

                Electronic form of communication; worldwide source of information; instant communication; new arena for advertisements and e-commerce; online services; profit from Internet; Bill Gates; Amazon.com; careerpath.com;  communication, connecting people; global market place; chart rooms; posting boards; auction.

Main idea: Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the Internet provides a non-stop forum for buyers and sellers to interact. The opportunities for profit, loss, problems, and rewards may be staggering and unpredictable, but E-commerce is clearly paving the way to a new economic road. Buy. Sell. Complain. Compliment. Do it all at your convenience on the Internet.

4. Source citation:

"Internet and the Economy (Issue)." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Ed. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1999. 488-489. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 10 July 2012.