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Writers - Can't Find What You Want With Google?
Try The Deep Web
You've got a brilliant idea for an article, but
your research is pulling up only scant information.
What do you do? Dive into the Deep Web!
The Deep Web, or Silent Web as it's sometimes called,
is a hidden resource that every writer should know about.
Whether you want information for an article, for an
historical novel or even for a play or film script,
the Deep Web may find it for you when Google can't.
There is considered to be between 350 and 500 million
web pages that can be indexed by the likes of Google,
MSN, Yahoo and others. The Deep Web is actually not
included in these and is reckoned to be many times greater
in size!
The visible web is indexed by 'spiders', small robot
programs that wander about from site to site gathering
details on links and pages to send back to base from
which the search engine's index is compiled.
But some web sites can't be accessed by spiders. The
spider can call at the door, index the address, but
can't get in to record the contents. The reasons for
this are varied, and include the fact that website owners
can deliberately ban spiders from entering their sites
if they wish. Another is that if the site comprises
of databases, these are anathema to spiders which can't
do anything with them. And it is sites like these, made
up of databases full of fascinating information on an
bewildering variety of subjects, that mainly comprise
the Deep Web.
There are thousands, maybe even millions, of such
databases out there on the web, but you need to know
where they are and what their address is in order to
get into them.
The quality of information on the Deep Web is reckoned
to be very high compared to the rest of the web, partly
because so many universities and other technical and
scientific facilities contribute.
Some databases, such as SJLibrary.org (a collaboration
between San Jose State University and San Jose Public
Libraries) restrict access to part or all of their content
to their students and faculties, but there are plenty
of others that do not.
So, it's time to dip your toes into this vast ocean
and see what you can find. To start you off here are
some sites to try:
Direct Search is a good one (http://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htm)
Intute - I found this an excellent site http://www.intute.ac.uk/
Complete Planet http://aip.completeplanet.com/
InfoMine http://infomine.ucr.edu/
FindArticles is a database of - you guessed it - articles
http://findarticles.com/
For more information on the subject of Deep Web go
to deepweb.com http://www.deepweb.com/
Author: Mervyn Love
Mervyn Love writes on several topics including creative
writing. His website http://www.WritersReign.co.uk has
a mind-boggling array of resources, articles and links
to keep any writer happy for hours. Subscribe to the
WritersReign Article Writing course here: http://www.writersreign.co.uk/WRac.html
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