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Sampler of Tools for Teaching the Invisible Web

I. Graphics

Some examples of graphics used to picture the Invisible Web
<http://library.laguardia.edu/invisibleweb/graphics>

II. Books

Devine, Jane, and Francine Egger-Sider. Going Beyond Google: The Invisible Web in Learning and Teaching. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2009. Print.
Henninger, Maureen. The Hidden Web: Quality Information on the Net. Sydney, Australia: UNSW P, Second edition, 2007. Print.
Pedley, Paul. The Invisible Web: Searching the Hidden Parts of the Internet. London: Aslib-IMI, 2001. Print.
Sherman, Chris, and Gary Price. The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can't See. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2001. Print.

III. Videos

The Deep Web. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information. YouTube. June 2009. Web. 9 June 2009 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8X5uMUPQYU>.
Malik, M. “Visible vs. Invisible Web.” Xtranormal. 4 Apr. 2011. Web. 30 May 2013. <http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11812231/visible-vs-invisible-web-final-version>.
Pedley, Paul. "Finding the Hidden Treasure." The Future Just Happened: Black Holes in Cyberspace: The Invisible Web. Annabel Colley and Matthew McDonnell. BBC News. 2001. Web. 26 Jan. 2009. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/future/invisible_web.stm>.
Prabhkar, K., and P. Subha. "Deep-Hidden-Invisible Web." Slideshare. Web. 11 June 2010. <http://www.slideshare.net/kprabhakar975/deephiddeninvisible-web>.
Price, Gary, and Chris Sherman. "Web Research: What's New in 2004." Luminary Lectures @ your library. Lib. of Congress. 29 Jan. 2004. Web. 20 Jan. 2009. <http://www.loc.gov/ rr/program/lectures/gpcs.html>.
Searching the Deep Web. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Jan. 2004. Web. 20 Jan. 2009 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPUgxQDd88w>.

IV. Tutorials

Boswell, Wendy. "The Invisible Web: How to Find and Search the Invisible Web." About.com. 2009. Web. 21 Jan. 2009. <http://websearch.about.com/od/invisibleweb/a/invisible_web.htm>.
Cohen, Laura. "The Deep Web." Internet Tutorials. 5 July 2007. Web. 9 Jan. 2009. <http://internettutorials.net/deepweb.asp>.
"The New Invisible Web: on Searching Wikis and Tweets and Blogs and More." School Library Journal. 4 May 2009. Web. 17 June 2010. <http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/2009/05/04/the-new-invisible-web-on-searching-wikis-and-tweets-and-blogs-and-more>
"Ultimate Guide to the Invisible Web." Online Education Database. OEDb, 18 Dec. 2006. Web. 20 Jan. 2009. <http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/invisible-web>.
University of California Berkeley Library. Invisible Web or Deep Web: What It Is, How to Find It, and Its Inherent Ambiguity. 2008. Regents of the University of California. Web. 9 Jan. 2009. <http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.html>.
What is the Invisible Web? How Can You Search It? Why Would You Want To? 21st Century Information Fluency. 2005 Web. <http://21cif.com/tutorials/micro/mm/invisible/>.

V. Podcasts

Cohen, Laura. "21st Century Information Fluency" <http://21cif.com/rkitp/features/podcast_cohen_DeepWeb>

VI. Workshops and PowerPoint Presentations

McDonald, Shirley, and Hilda Donaldson. Sometimes Google Isn't Enough: Finding Information on the Invisible Web. Louisiana Assn. of School Libraries. 7 June 2005. Web. 21 Jan. 2009. <http://www.llaonline.org/sig/lasl/presentation2005_1.ppt>.
Sellors, Wendy. "Dig into the Deep Web: Going on a Treasure Hunt." Slideshare. March 2008. Web. 21 Jan. 2009. <http://www.slideshare.net/resourceress/digging-into-the-deep-web>.

VII. Blogs

Mansourian, Yazdan. The Invisible Web Weblog: A Weblog about the Invisible Web and Information Availability on the Web. 2009. Web. 21 Jan. 2009. <http://invisibleweblog.blogspot.com/>.

VIII. Other Resources

"Largest Deep-Web Sites" CompletePlanet. 2004. Web. 21 Jan. 2009. <http://aip.completeplanet.com/aip-engines/help/largest_engines.jsp>.
Flynn-Burhoe, Maureen. "Timeline of Events Related to the Deep Web." oceanflynn @ Digg. Wordpress. 7 October 2008. Web. 17 June 2010. <http://papergirls.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/timeline-deep-web/>.
Lyman, Peter, and Hal R. Varian. How Much Information 2003? School of Information Management and Systems, University of California at Berkeley. 27 Oct. 2003. Web. 14 Jan. 2009 <http://www2.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info-2003/printable_report.pdf>.

IX. Examples of Classroom Activities/Assignments

A. Comparisons of results found in Google and in library subscription databases or Invisible Web tool

B. Results mapping:
<http://library.laguardia.edu/files/images/invisibleweb/googlemap.jpg>

C. Vocabulary games. Use crossword puzzle or find-a-word puzzle generator to encourage expansion of research vocabulary to include Invisible Web related terms.

D. Create scavenger hunts
Example:
Boswell, Wendy. "September Scavenger Hunt." About.com. 2009. Web. 22 Jan. 2009.
<http://websearch.about.com/library/septemberscavengerhunt/blseptemberscavengerhunt.htm>.

Updated September 2012