Most people do not know how to search the web effectively. The easiest advice to improve your search results is to use the "advanced search" feature for any web service. Your results will quickly become much more targeted. If you are willing to spend a little more time learning how to perfect your search queries, here are some good resources:
- Beyond Googling (from the University of California at Berkeley Library)
- Searching the Invisible Web (from Lifehacker)
Perhaps the best piece of advice when searching the invisible web, just add the word "database" to your keyword searches. You will be amazed at the the databases that the search spiders can not crawl, but they can find the entry point web pages. Happy searches!
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