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Databases are sometimes called the "deep web" or "invisible web" because their information is usually only accessible through paid subscriptions using passwords and isn't usually found (indexed) by search engines such as Google. Database records are organized using a variety of indexes such as author and subject but are keyword searchable as well. Databases are either subject specific such as World History in Context or content specific such as the newspaper and magazine database through PowerLibrary or the newspaper / magazine tabs on Gale-UXL's Student Resource Center Junior. Databases contain information that has been checked for accuracy, bias, and authority. You can trust the information you find in databases, not like on the web or through Google searches. Sometimes it's accurate, but many times it isn't. |
This probably has more information than you need to know but it visually explains how the deep web works.
