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Thursday, October 30, 2008 @ 6:45 PM

reflection #6

Today we are introduced to invisible web (database). It is also named deep web as the data in the invisible web are not be found by search engines. Most invisible web requires an account which has to pay to get access to the full context. An example of an invisible web is Temasek Polytechnic research gateway which you can access through TP digital library. 

Basically the data in the invisible web are facts. They are retrieved from articles, journals, books and etc. This are sources that are very specific. Hence comparing with other internet search facilities, I felt that google is still the best after all as the results generated are more all rounded which cover different aspect of a particular subject. Sometimes you simply choose one of the results to view and the web which you go to may have other information of that subject as well. You don't even have to look at other results. Isn't that great? But an invisible web doesn't do so. 

Nevertheless invisible web has its advantage too. It provides detailed information on the author, publication, date, citation and etc. which are easily accessible by the reader. If the reader is interested in reading further, he can always check out the citation to get the link of the references.

Usually when I am doing research for my diploma projects I will go to the library to look out for books. Learning about the invisible web made me realise the advantage of it. I can actually make use of TP ebooks web to view the books through internet instead of having to go down to school library physically. It saves my time on traveling and searching for the book among the sea of shelves. Hence I believe I will be using invisible web for research in my diploma in the future.

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