Special Libraries, July 1980

Volume 71, Issue 7https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1980/1005/thumbnail.jp

Special Libraries, January 1956

Volume 47, Issue 1https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1956/1000/thumbnail.jp

Special Libraries, Winter 1986

Volume 77, Issue 1https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1986/1000/thumbnail.jp

Exploring the academic invisible web

Purpose: To provide a critical review of Bergman's 2001 study on the Deep Web. In addition, we bring a new concept into the discussion, the Academic Invisible Web (AIW). We define the Academic Invisible Web as consisting of all databases and collections relevant to academia but not searchable by the general-purpose internet search engines. Indexing this part of the Invisible Web is central to scientific search engines. We provide an overview of approaches followed thus far. Design/methodology/approach: Discussion of measures and calculations, estimation based on informetric laws. Literature review on approaches for uncovering information from the Invisible Web. Findings: Bergman's size estimate of the Invisible Web is highly questionable. We demonstrate some major errors in the conceptual design of the Bergman paper. A new (raw) size estimate is given. Research limitations/implications: The precision of our estimate is limited due to a small sample size and lack of reliable data. Practical implications: We can show that no single library alone will be able to index the Academic Invisible Web. We suggest collaboration to accomplish this task. Originality/value: Provides library managers and those interested in developing academic search engines with data on the size and attributes of the Academic Invisible Web.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figure

Special Libraries, December 1959

Volume 50, Issue 10https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1959/1009/thumbnail.jp

Special Libraries, December 1964

Volume 55, Issue 10https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1964/1009/thumbnail.jp

Special Libraries, December 1964

Volume 55, Issue 10https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1964/1009/thumbnail.jp

Special Libraries, July-August 1959

Volume 50, Issue 6https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1959/1005/thumbnail.jp

Special Libraries, December 1954

Volume 45, Issue 10https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1954/1009/thumbnail.jp