Internet Basics

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Internet Basics

• Directories and Specialized Searches

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Invisible Web

• Web pages that may not be indexed by common
  search engines. This is a result of web pages
  that are founded on databases and respond to
  queries. The site hosted by the Library of
  Congress with digitized archival information is
  an example of such a site. There is increasing
  ability to find such pages without the personal
  knowledge of their existence. webserver.stjoe.k12
  .il.us/library/definitions.html

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How To Find The Invisible Web

• Google
• topic database the keyword describing the
  topic you are searching for plus the word
  database
• Search Engines for the Invisible Web
• Librarians Index To The Internet -
  http//lii.org/
• Academic Info - http//www.academicinfo.net/
• Infomine - http//infomine.ucr.edu/
• Invisible-web - http//www.invisible-web.net/
• Direct Search - http//www.freepint.com/gary/direc
  t.htm

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Databases Available At MRRL

• Mobius Local university library online catalogs
• Newsbank Missouri newspapers
• New York Times Archived articles
• Kiplinger Forecasts Weekly newsletter dealing
  with financial topics
• Ebscohost Access to thousands of articles from
  journals and periodicals
• Health Reference Center Articles about health
  issues
• General Business File Articles about business
  topics and businesses

• Heritage Quest Genealogical databases
• Britannica Online Online encyclopedia
• Wall Street Journal Archived articles
• Standard Poors Company and business
  information, stock market information
• OCLC FirstSearch Access to other libraries
  collections
• Learning Express Library Test preparation
  materials and practice exams
• Mitchell Automotive Repair Database Information
  about many different makes and models of
  automobiles

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Example Database - Ebsco
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Web-based Databases

• Looksmart Free article search database -
  http//articles.findarticles.com/
• ERIC Educational information database, both
  free version and fee-based version -
  http//www.eric.ed.gov/searchdb/searchdb.html
• PubMed Medical information database, both free
  and fee-based versions available -
  http//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
• Igenta Article database, pay-per-view access -
  http//www.ingenta.com/
• Newslibrary News articles from various
  newspapers around the world pay-per-view or
  subscription access - http//www.newslibrary.com/n
  lsite/index.html
• X-Refer Aggregated reference sources, free -
  http//www.xrefer.com/

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Example Database - Looksmart
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Books on Searching The Invisible Web

• Available at MRRL
• The invisible Web uncovering information
  sources search engines can't see
• Web search strategies
• Internet research companion
• E-book
• Mining the Internet information gathering
  research on the Net