The Invisible Web in Learning and Teaching - Softcover

Devine, Jane; Egger-Sider, Francine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555706339 ISBN 13: 9781555706333

Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Going Beyond Google Google isn't up to the task when it comes to serious research, and though your patrons and students have heard of the "invisible," or "deep" Web, they have no idea how to tap into it. You need practical tools and strategies for teaching them about the Web sources and specialized databases they will never find using everyday search engines. This book will show you in simple, nontechnical terms how ... Full description

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Synopsis:

Teach your users to go above and beyond Google - or miss out on all the expensive content your library subscribes to!Google isn't up to the task when it comes to serious research, and though your patrons and students have heard of the "invisible," or "deep" Web, they have no idea how to tap into it. You need practical tools and strategies for teaching them about the Web sources and specialized databases they will never find using everyday search engines.This book will show you in simple, nontechnical terms how to integrate the invisible Web into teaching opportunities wherever they occur - in a one-on-one "teaching moment" at the reference desk, or in a formal course. Estimated at 500 times the size of the visible Web, the invisible Web and the search skills needed to plumb its depths should be a part of every information literacy and research skills course. With this book you get expert teaching tips and scripts for informal instruction, plus model activities and assignments for the classroom. Statistics and summaries of relevant research will help you combat myths like "Searching is Easy," or "Everything Important is Free."

Read this book too, to find out how the best deep Web search tools, including CompletePlanet, Closer Look, and the Librarian's Internet Index, are evolving and what it all means for your library's future electronic collection development plans.

About the Author:

Francine Egger-Sider has been the Coordinator of Technical Services at LaGuardia Community College, part of City University of New York, since 1989.

About this edition

• Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1555706339
• ISBN 13: 9781555706333
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200