METHOD FOR SUPPLYING INFORMATION BY ON-LINE DATA BASE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing method by an on-line data base for selecting and storing a retrieval result keyword-retrieved on the Internet by a user without imposing much labor to select valid information, and for transmitting information associated with a plurality of fields just like an encyclopedia in an easily viewable format and the latest information by on-line to a specific large number of preliminarily registered users. SOLUTION: This system where an information supplying method by an on-line data base is operating as shown in a figure 1 is provided with a user (second user terminal) 2 connected to a network such as the Internet 1, users (user terminals) 3 and 4, a user (first user terminal) 5, a retrieval engine (WEB retrieving means) 6, and an electronic encyclopedia (WEB data base) 7 to be referred to by a user in which the information of the retrieval engine 5 is formed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO