The Invisible Web, also known as the Deep Web, is a huge repository of underutilized resources that can be richly rewarding to searchers who make the effort to find them. Since Jane Devine and Francine Egger-Sider explored the educational potentials of this realm in Going Beyond The Invisible Web in Learning and Teaching, the information world has grown even more complex, with more participants, more content, more formats, and more means of access. Demonstrating why teaching the Invisible Web should be a requirement for information literacy education in the 21st century, here the authors expand on the teaching foundation provided in the first book and persuasively argue that the Invisible Web is still relevant not only to student research but also to everyday life. Intended for anyone who conducts research on the web, including students, teachers, information professionals, and general users, their bookDefines the characteristics of the Invisible Web, both technologically and cognitivelyProvides a literature review of students information-seeking habits, concentrating on recent researchSurveys the theory and practice of teaching the Invisible WebShows ways to transform students into better researchersHighlights teaching resources such as graphics, videos, and tutorialsOffers an assortment of tools, both public and proprietary, for trawling the Invisible WebLooks at the future of the Invisible Web, with thoughts on how changes in search technology will affect users, particularly students learning to conduct research

Jane Devine, Francine Egger-Sider

Chicago: Neal-Schuman, an imprint of the American Library Association

Neal-Schuman Publishers, Incorporated

United States, United States of America

Illustrated, US, 2013

Chicago, 2014

Chicago, 2013

Oct 04, 2013

Obscured text on front cover.

The Invisible Web, also known as the Deep Web, is a huge repository of underutilized resources that can be richly rewarding to searchers who make the effort to find them. Since Jane Devine and Francine Egger-Sider explored the educational potentials of this realm in Going Beyond Google: The Invisible Web in Learning and Teaching, the information world has grown even more complex, with more participants, more content, more formats, and more means of access. Demonstrating why teaching the Invisible Web should be a requirement for information literacy education in the 21st century, here the authors expand on the teaching foundation provided in the first book and persuasively argue that the Invisible Web is still relevant not only to student research but also to everyday life.-- (Source of description not identified)

xii, 180 pages : 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-171) and index
The invisible Web today -- Studies of information-seeking behavior -- Teaching the invisible Web : a survey of theory and practice -- How to make students better researchers : the invisible Web in teaching -- Teaching resources -- Looking inside the invisible Web : a sampler -- Future of the invisible Web and its implications for teaching

2023-06-28