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Deep Web. Welcome To The Deep Web: The Internet's Dark And Scary Underbelly. SANTIAGO - "The visible web is the tip of the iceberg," says Anand Rajaraman, co-founder of Kosmix, a search engine for the Deep Web (DW).

Welcome To The Deep Web: The Internet's Dark And Scary Underbelly

One of Kosmix’ investors is none other than Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon. The iceberg sounds daunting, but Rajaraman seems to know what he's talking about. How is it possible that everything we know about the Internet is only a tiny portion of it? The Deep Web is the invisible part of the Internet. To put it in simpler terms, it is the part of the web that cannot be indexed by search engines, a place where Google does not go: a "dark" web with limited access. "The DW is made up of large amounts of information that has been posted online and that for technical reasons has not been catalogued or updated by search engines," says Alfonso A. For those who started using the Internet in its early days, before search engines or web portals even existed, navigating the Deep Web is like a blast from the past. A dark abyss. 99 Resources to Research & Mine the Invisible Web.

College researchers often need more than Google and Wikipedia to get the job done.

99 Resources to Research & Mine the Invisible Web

To find what you're looking for, it may be necessary to tap into the invisible web, the sites that don't get indexed by broad search engines. The following resources were designed to help you do just that, offering specialized search engines, directories, and more places to find the complex and obscure. Search Engines Whether you're looking for specific science research or business data, these search engines will point you in the right direction. Turbo10: On Turbo10, you'll be able to search more than 800 deep web search engines at a time. Databases Tap into these databases to access government information, business data, demographics, and beyond. GPOAccess: If you're looking for US government information, tap into this tool that searches multiple databases at a time. Catalogs If you're looking for something specific, but just don't know where to find it, these catalogs will offer some assistance. Directories. Deep web resources. Recommended Gateway Sites for the Deep Web.

Recommended Gateway Sites for the Deep Web And Specialized and Limited-Area Search Engines This portion of the Internet consists of information that requires interaction to display such as dynamically-created pages, real-time information and databases.

Recommended Gateway Sites for the Deep Web

Currently estimated to be over 100 times larger than the surface web, the Deep Web houses billions of documents in databases and other sources, over 95% of which are available to the public. As crawler-based search engines cannot access these documents, specialized sources such as these currently provide our only access. General Gateways | Humanities | Social Sciences Science and Technology | Health Sciences Business and Government | Reference, Popular Culture | Other General Gateways: Invisible Web Directory (highly recommended) An excellent gateway to some of the best research-oriented invisible web resources available.

Resource Discovery Network A well-annotated listing of Deep Web resources. Artifact - Arts and Creative Industries RxList. Invisible web, Deep web. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. Discover over 70,000+ databases and specially search engines. The Deep Web. Newsletter: 64.