Going Beyond Google: The Invisible Web in Learning and Teaching - Softcover

Jane Devine; Francine Egger-Sider

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555706339 ISBN 13: 9781555706333

Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2009

Synopsis

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 Complete Planet, 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 this title

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.

Review:

"This creditable text is a stimulating exploration of ways to teach Invisible Web research and is highly recommended for all professionals." --School Library Journal, February 2010

"...a practical guidebook to assist instructors and librarians in effectively teaching 'invisible Web' searching skills...The writing is succinct, a valuable factor when writing on a quickly evolving topic. The illustrations are useful, and supplemental information is practical...Going Beyond Google is especially recommended for those new to Web-based research instruction and those developing an ACRL or AASL standards-based information curriculum. Others involved in teaching Web-based searching skills will also find new insights and value in the book." --Journal of Web Leadership, Vol.3, No.3, July-Sept. 2009

"Packed with useful facts, figures, and websites, and chapters are well-supported by the literature. It's straightforward, practical and to the point; unfussy and well illustrated... An excellent introduction to the Invisible Web." --CILIP Health Libraries Group Newsletter, 26(2) June 2009

"Overall, this book is worthwhile and valuableâ ¦" --Library Review, 2010

"The book addresses an important problem in the use of currently general purposed on-line search enginesâ ¦offers some good advice and suggestions on how to search information information in education sectorsâ ¦informative, easy to read, and usefulâ ¦" --Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences

"Packed with useful facts, figures, and websites, and chapters are well-supported by the literature. It's straightforward, practical and to the point; unfussy and well illustrated... An excellent introduction to the Invisible Web." --CILIP Health Libraries Group Newsletter, 26(2) June 2009

"This title provides a valuable framework for examing deep versus surface web searching...all libraries could benefit from becoming familiar with the concepts presented in this slim but useful volume." --Public Libraries, March/April 2011

"Packed with useful facts, figures, and websites, and chapters are well-supported by the literature. It's straightforward, practical and to the point; unfussy and well illustrated... An excellent introduction to the Invisible Web." --CILIP Health Libraries Group Newsletter, 26(2) June 2009

About this edition

• Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1555706339
• ISBN 13: 9781555706333
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 156