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Databases are part of the Invisible Web, which is the term used to describe the huge amount of Web content that is difficult or impossible to find using traditional search tools.

View this PowerPoint presentation, Uncovering the Invisible Web, about databases and the Invisible Web.

Search one of these directories to access the Invisible Web:

http://www.incywincy.com/

http://geniusfind.com/

http://completeplanet.com

http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html

Find 3 databases on http://mel.org/screens/databasesubjects.html and evaluate the database with the Database Worksheet. DO NOT use the same three databases as your neighbor. Submit your completed worksheets in one document to Blackboard Dropbox.