also known as: The Deep Web or the Dark Web

What is the Invisible Web?

Just like the library, the web contains information of different types that are stored and retrieved in different ways.

The invisible web includes many types of online resources that are not normally found using regular search engines such as Google, Bing or Yahoo. These resources are not found because because these tools are things like directories, searchable sites, free or paid web databases, and other many specialized search engines.

Maybe your first inclination when you can't easily find what you are looking for is to give up. But if you are searching for information you need for a research project or maybe you have a critical thinking question you need to answer and then justify our answer, your research has to go deeper. This is the purpose of the invisible web. It has deeper, richer content. So the next time you want to throw up your hands because the answer doesn't instantly present itself, persist until you find the answer or seek a little help from your librarian. Remember, "Google can give you millions of answers, but your librarian can help you find the right answer!" (Neil Gaiman)

Beyond Google: 56 Authoritative Untapped ResourcesWriting a research paper? Google has a lot of information indexed, but it's nothing compared to what else is out there.

Read this article if you want to learn more!

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LAUSD Digital Library

Directions:

Go to Tafthighlibrary.org
Click Search the Library
Click Digital Library

When on campus you do not need to login for remote access. If you are trying to complete your research from home you must sign in for remote access using your Single Sign On. If you need your email or password for your Sign On, please let me know. I can reset your password or get you your email today.

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Things to remember about

Google and Wikipedia

Google Disclaimer

Wikipedia Disclaimer

Tricks of the trade

If you aren't sure if you are on a website that is in the invisible web, take a look at the URL. Delete the last half up to and including the ?. Now that you have done that, click enter. Does the link still work? If not, you are searching the invisible web.

Today's Lesson:

You can use your current lesson provided by your teacher, but please do not forget to fill out the exit ticket at the bottom of the page.

Pick a topic in your group. Each of you must use one invisible web or digital library search tool.
Use Boolean operators to help you find more specific information.
Compare what you find with the rest of your group
Fill out the Google Form for credit for today's lesson.

Boolean Operators:

Explore the link below to learn more from EBSCO

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Determining Credibility of Websites

Using CRAAP

Use the following document as a resource to help you determine the credibility of your website. We will not be looking at this today, but you may find it helpful in the future.

Currency: The timeliness of the web page.

Relevance/Coverage: The uniqueness of the content and its importance for your needs.

Authority: The source of the web page.

Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the informational content.

Purpose/Objectivity: The presence of bias or prejudice/The reason the web site exists.

CRAAP Worksheet

DO NOT WRITE ON THIS DOCUMENT!

If you want to save this form, make a copy and save it to your drive.

Remember: Not all websites are created equal.

Author

Who is providing the information?
What do you know about the author and their credentials?
Are they an expert?
Can you find out more and contact them?
Search for author or publisher in search engine. Has the author written several publications on the topic?
Have other credible people referenced this source?

Publisher

Is there a sponsor or affiliation?
Who is linking to the page?
Do they take responsibility for the content?
Websites: Are credible sites linking to this page?

Bias

Is the language free of emotion?
Does the organization or author suggest there may be bias? Does bias make sense in relations to your argument?
Is the purpose of the website to inform or to persuade towards a certain agenda?
Are there ads? Are they trying to make money?
Why did they write the article?
Websites: Is the site a content farm? A content farm is a site whose content has been generated by teams of freelancers who write large amounts of low-quality text to raise the site’s search engine rankings.

Citations

Copy and paste a sentence into Google to see if the text can be found elsewhere.
(Website) Are there links to related sites? Are they organized?
Are there citations or a bibliography provided? Do they cite their sources?

Accuracy

Is the data verifiable and accurate?
Is the source comprehensive?

Currency

When was the source last updated?
Does the source have a date?

Design

Does the source appear professional?
Does it seem like current design?

Reproduced

Was it reproduced? If so, from where? Type a sentence in Google to verify.
If it was reproduced, was it done so with permission? Copyright/disclaimer included?