利用传输网络和数据库技术，把信息的采集、加工、存储、传播和服务融为一体，向社会提供的综合性、多层次和全方位的服务information service

• 不少的出国留学者要依靠出国留学中介机构提供信息服务。

  Many students studying abroad must rely on foreign study agencies to provide information services.

• 政府对学校的管理，开始转向运用立法、信息服务等行政手段进行宏观管理。

  The government's management of schools has begun to shift towards macro-management using administrative methods such as applying legislature and information services.