Wk 6 - Invisible web search

Second EIR lesson after the holidays!

Today Mdm. Faridah introduced us to the "Invisible web" otherwise known as a database that is not visible by the public. You have to be someone that is allowed access into the website to view the contents in it, sadly.
I realised that TP has its own invisible database as well!
But its only visible to the students and staff of the school.

During the lesson today, we got to explore one of it known as 'Ebscohost', available from the library website at spark.tp.edu.sg.


This is the home page for Ebscohost.


Ebscohost provides am advanced search function that is similar to other search engines, but it is much more detailed as seen in the screen shot above.


Of course, I tried to search for information/articles that is related to my research topic (Animation industry and USA).
There were quite a number of search results on animation, however, there was no article that was specific about both factors of my research topic...

In my opinion, the invisible web databases do still benefit us.
The information stored in the database are exclusive, which might be unavailable when the search is done on Google etc.
I would consider Ebscohost for research in my course of study in the Applied Science school as it does provide me with relevant articles and journals for my science subjects such as Mircobiology.
And the source would be more trust-worthy as well as it is compiled by the school.

Thus, I would not reject the idea of researching in the invisible web database again when doing projects for other subjects. I feel that I should not underestimate the effectiveness of the database just because I am 'not in luck' this time for EIR, haha!