Searching 2.0

Book excerpt: This book will show one in simple, non-technical terms how to integrate the invisible Web into teaching opportunities wherever they occur - in a one-on-one "teaching moment" at the reference desk, or in a formal course. Estimated at 500 times the size of the visible Web, the invisible Web and the search skills needed to plumb its depths should be a part of every information literacy and research skills course. With this book one get expert teaching tips and scripts for informal instruction, plus model activities and assignments for the classroom. Statistics and summaries of relevant research will help one combat myths like "Searching Is Easy," or "Everything Important Is Free." Read this book, too, to find out how how the best deep Web search tools, including CompletePlanet, Closer Look, and the Librarians' Internet Index, are evolving and what it all means for one's library's future electronic collection development plans.