Here is a brief outline of what I will be covering in this lecture, which is by no means exhaustive.

More and more Web sites are added to the Internet on a daily basis. Actually, the Internet has become a warehouse of sorts, for ever conceivable endeavor.

Not only does the Internet provide us with data, it has also become a research method with which to collect data as well. All this has given rise to new scientific disciplines that are slowly evolving to address the Internet phenomenon, which include such issues as Web credibility to health literacy.