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Deep Web Research Guide

Scope

The Invisible or Deep Web is a term to describe all the information on the World Wide Web that cannot be found by using general purpose search engines such as Google. The Invisible Web represents the largest sector of online information resources on the Internet. Educators, when conducting and assigning research should be aware of these “hidden” resources and how to find them. This guide is a start to using the Invisible (Deep) Web.

 

Books, e-books and Audiovisual Resources

Use MPTC Catalog to locate books, e-books, and audiovisual materials on the Invisible Web. Suggested keyword searches for MPTC Catalog
  Deep Web
  Invisible Web
  Hidden Web
  Web Spiders
  Robots
  Web Crawlers
  Search Engines

 

 

Periodical (Journal/Newspaper) Articles

Use the following databases to find articles from journals and newspapers related to The Deep Web. You may use similar keywords/subject terms as suggested for searching the MPTC Catalog.
EBSCO
WilsonWeb
NewsBank

 

Websites

Use these sites to “mine” the deep web
Librarian’s Internet Index
http://www.lii.org

Infomine

http://infomine.ucr.edu

About.com
http://www.about.com

Google Directory
http://directory.google.com

Yahoo Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com

The Open Project Directory
http://www.dmoz.org

BUBL Information Service
http://bubl.ac.uk

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org

WWW Virtual Library
http://vlib.org

OAIster (Digital Resources)

http://www.oaister.org/

Invisible Web Search Engines (specialized vertical deep web searching as compared to horizontal surface searching)
CompletePlanet
http://completeplanet.com

IncyWincy
http://www.incywincy.com/

Turbo10
http://turbo10.com

Vertical Search Engines (concentrate on a specific subject area)
Scirus - for science information
http://scirus.com


Science.gov : USA.gov for Science - Government Science Portal

http://www.science.gov


ScienceResearch.com - The World's Science, All in One Place

http://www.scienceresearch.com/scienceresearch/

Niche Search Engines (more specialized in subject areas than vertical engines)

GuideStar
http://www2.guidestar.org/

Technorati (blogs/social media)
http://technorati.com

Semantic Search Engines (recognize context for which a user is creating a search and recognizes ideas rather than just key words)
Hakia
http://www.hakia.com/

For related information, access this library guide:
http://www.morainepark.edu/PDFFiles/library/Guide%20to%20finding%20it%20on%20the%20net.pdf

 

Updated 10/2009