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Invisible Web: What it is, Why it exists, How to find it, and Its inherent ambiguity
UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops

Behind the Net: Improved Search Skills for Students Using Hidden Databases
Presentation by: Frances D. Aley at the American Association of School Librarians
October 8, 2005

Subject Directories and Searchable Databases

BUBL Information Service
Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas
Organized by Dewey, Subject, Country, Types (Internet Resources by Type), UK and Archive

Direct Search
Direct Search iis a growing compilation of links to the search interfaces of resources that contain data not easily or entirely searchable/accessible from general search tools like Alta Vista, Google, or Hotbot.

Librarian's Internet Index
Over 16,000 of the highest quality sites only. Great, reliable annotations. Search and browse this website for the best of the Web. There are tens of thousands of entries, maintained by librarians, and organized into 14 main topics and nearly 300 related topics.

Infomine
Scolarly Internet Resource Collections: Over 120,000 Great, reliable annotations.
Cooperatively compiled by university & college-level, academic librarians of the UC campuses.
INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information.

Academic Info
Educational Subject Directory - Online Degree Programs - Test Preparation Resources
Rich selection of about 25,000 pages, selected as "college and research level Internet resources" aimed at "at the undergraduate level or above." Brief annotations.

About.com
Over 2 million generally good annotations done by "Guides" with various levels of expertise.

Google Directory
The web organized by topic into categories.
About 4 million web pages, selected by the Open Directory Project and enhanced by Google searching and ranking.
Often useful to find "better" results, especially on broad or widely covered topics.

Yahoo Directory
About 2 million scarce descriptions and annotations. Often useful, especially for popular and commercial topics.

Hidden Web Links & Gateways

Boothbay Region High School Library Media Center: The Invisible Web

Blue Web'n
A library of evaluated sites for use in all subject areas

Find Articles
Look Smart: 10,000,000 articles

MagPortal.com
MagPortal.com® is a search engine and directory for finding online magazine articles. It also provides feeds for use on other websites.

Find Law
FindLaw is the highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals, businesses, students and individuals. These resources include Web search utilities, cases and codes, legal news, an online career center, and community-oriented tools, such as a secure document management utility, mailing lists, message boards and free e-mail.

GEM: Gateway to 21st Century Skills
The Gateway to Educational MaterialsSM is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.

National Science Digital Laboratory
The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) was created by the National Science Foundation to provide organized access to high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.

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Updated: May 22, 2007