Deep Web

We're familiar with the web, but what is the deep web? Click the image below to visit the CNN Money web page titled "What is the Deep Web?" Links to an external site. On that page, we can hover over the yellow dots to learn more about each part of the web. (The web page will load in a new browser window so we can easily return to this page after we've reviewed it.)

Image showing Google and Bing on the water over the deep web

Pagliery, J., & Yellin, T. (n.d.). What is the deep web? Retrieved from https://money.cnn.com/infographic/technology/what-is-the-deep-web/ Links to an external site.

 

As we can see from the interactive deep web explanation, library databases and academic (scholarly) journals are part of the deep web because they either require passwords to access or they provide specific results only after we do a search using our unique search terms.

This short video (2 minutes and 25 seconds) will help make this even clearer, so check it out.

"What's the Deep Web? And Why the Library?" Links to an external site. by PfauLibrary Links to an external site., California State University, San Bernardino Links to an external site. is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Links to an external site.