Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Another Site

I just found a wonderful resources called invisibleweb.net

Friday, September 16, 2005

Free, Fast and Factual

Courtesy of the Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII), these Bookmarks for Free, Fast and Factual are the best places to go for specialized web sites. A reference librarian's dream!

Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources

Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes a wide variety of ebooks, image resources and other types of digital material to poke through.

Monday, September 12, 2005

Those Dark Hiding Places

My latest find is:

Sunday, September 11, 2005

Where to find subject specific articles

How to Find the Invisible Web

Simply think "databases" and keep your eyes open. You can find searchable databases and other invisible web stuff in the course of routine searching in most general web directories.

Some of the best places to find information about the Invisible Web are:

The Invisible Web Directory

Directory of Open Access Journals
Examples: HighWire Press, Medical journal articles, PlosBiology

Finding Information on the Internet

Of particular value in academic research are:
Librarians Index ot the Internet
AcademicInfo
Infomine
SearchEngine.com (Info on left side)

A tip for finding information on a specific topic:
Search 'Database + Topic' Try it!

The Invisible Web

The "invisible web" is what you cannot retrieve ("see") in the search results and other links when you use typical search engines. Most of the invisible web is made up of the contents of thousands of specialized searchable databases that you can search via the Web. The search results from many of these databases are delivered to you in web pages that are generated just in answer to your search. Such pages very often are not stored anywhere in particular.

How to Find the Invisible Web

Simply think "databases" and keep your eyes open. You can find searchable databases and other invisible web stuff in the course of routine searching in most general web directories.