Google and other search engines (e.g., Bing, DuckDuckgo, Yahoo, etc.) are amazing tools leading you to millions of pages of information, including images, text, video, audio, etc. But the Internet is NOT monitored or edited by ANYONE so the information is not always reliable or true. YOU are the evaluator of anything you use from the Internet.
REMEMBER:
There are NO FILTERS
EXCELLENT RESOURCES share Internet space with the WORST RESOURCES
Understanding how the web is structured will help you get to the information you need. Notice that only 4% of the web is free, and 90% is behind security walls. We pay for the Library databases so they are behind a security wall where you need to log in to access them.
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Surface Web The information found on the Surface Web is freely accessible and searchable with most web browsers.
Deep Web Information located in the Deep Web is sometimes searchable via web browsers, but the full content is usually hidden behind a pay wall or is password protected to restrict use to certain people or organizations.
Dark Web Dark Web information is typically encrypted and not intended to be easily accessible. Sometimes the information is encrypted for legitimate reasons, and sometimes it's encrypted to hide illegal information or sales. Part, but not all, of the Dark Web is searchable via Dark Web browsers.
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INFORMATION LITERACY is a set of skills which allow a person to:
| “Recognize when information is needed and to have the ability to locate, evaluate, and effectively use the needed information.” |
American Library Association. Presidential Committee on Information Literacy. Final Report. (1989). Chicago: American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/whitepapers/presidential.cfm
The information literate student should…