Webinar Materials: Invisible/Deep Web

Archived recording of the event available here Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 (3-4 pm CST) Please fill out the 1 minute Feedback Form. This webinar addresses key questions like: What do you do when Google can’t google it? You will play our new Flash-based Database Challenge that tackles this question.We’ll also define the deep (invisible) web and look at core concepts for helping searchers reach beyond the first search engine result to the superior content of the deep web.

Search Engines to Find Deep Web Resources
Beaucoup (over 2,500 databases organized by topic)
GeniusFind (hundreds of databases organized by topic)
IncyWincy (includes metasearch tool)
Complete Planet (over 75,000 searchable databases)
The Educator's Reference Desk (resource guides, lesson plans, search tools)
Librarian's Index to the Internet (librarian-selected Internet resources)
Library of Congress (over 10 million primary sources for educators)

About the Deep Web
Barker, Joe. Finding Information on the Internet http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.html Bright Planet.com: Largest Deep-Web™ Sites http://www.brightplanet.com/infocenter/largest_deepweb_sites.asp http://completeplanet.com (Deep Web Directory) Cohen, Laura. The Deep Web in Internet Tutorials http://internettutorials.net/deepweb.html Divine, Jane & E. Francine. Beyond Google:The Invisible Web http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/library/invisibleweb/graphics.htm
O'Connor, Dennis-21CIF Team.. Invisible Web: How You Can Search It http://21cif.imsa.edu/tutorials/micro/mm/invisible/

Teach the Deep Web
For practical resources to teach about the Deep Web explore our database of lesson plans, the MicroModules and our Wizard Tools.

Webinar Archives
Webinar Series - Spring 2006 Digital Information Fluency at Your Fingertips Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA)
August 25, 2005 Power Searching: A Learning-by-doing Experience Illinois Online Network (ION)
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