Using the deep web: a how-to guide for its professionals

The deep Web contains 99% of the information content of the Web; however, most of this information is contained in databases and is not indexed by search engines. A complete approach to conducting research on the Web incorporates using surface search engines and deep web databases. Most users of the Internet are skilled in at least elementary use of search engines; however, skill in accessing the deep Web is limited to a much smaller population. A video made by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information describes one particular deep Web search engine developed for accessing multiple government databases; there are many others...

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