The Invisible Web : uncovering information sources search engines can't see / Chris Sherman and Gary Price.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherman, Chris, 1958-

Contributor:

Price, Gary, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Online databases--Directories.

Online databases.

Database searching.

Internet searching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (479 p.)

Place of Publication:

Medford, N.J. : CyberAge Books, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Enormous expanses of the Internet are unreachable with standard web search engines. This book provides the key to finding these hidden resources by identifying how to uncover and use invisible web resources. Mapping the invisible Web, when and how to use it, assessing the validity of the information, and the future of Web searching are topics covered in detail. Only 16 percent of Net-based information can be located using a general search engine. The other 84 percent is what is referred to as the invisible Web?made up of information stored in databases. Unlike pages on the visible Web, in

Contents:

CONTENTS; Figures and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; About www.invisible-web.net; Chapter 1 - The Internet and the Visible Web; Chapter 2 - Information Seeking on the Visible Web; Chapter 3 - Specialized and Hybrid Search Tools; Chapter 4 - The Invisible Web; Chapter 5 - Visible or Invisible?; Chapter 6 - Using the Invisible Web; Chapter 7 - Case Studies; Chapter 8 - The Future: Revealing the Invisible Web; Chapter 9 - The Best of the Invisible Web; Chapter 10 - Art and Architecture; Chapter 11 - Bibliographies and Library Catalogs; Chapter 12 - Business and Investing

Chapter 13 - Computers and InternetChapter 14 - Education; Chapter 15 - Entertainment; Chapter 16 - Government Information and Data; Chapter 17 - Health and Medical Information; Chapter 18 - U.S. and World History; Chapter 19 - Legal and Criminal Resources; Chapter 20 - News and Current Events; Chapter 21 - Searching for People; Chapter 22 - Public Records; Chapter 23 - Real-Time Information; Chapter 24 - Reference; Chapter 25 - Science; Chapter 26 - Social Sciences; Chapter 27 - Transportation; Glossary; References; About the Authors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-399) and index.

ISBN:

1-937290-98-0

1-57387-978-9

OCLC:

749264212