EIR Practical 6 Activity 4: Rflections on Using Invisible Web Database

I have already learnt about the different such as meta search, and subject directory.  Now i am introduce to invisible web database. Since being in TP i did not know that the school has such databases. 
I decided to try out the different Search databases.
I tried out EbscoHost

I like their Search Interface it enables me to make accurate searches by using and, not, or functions to make my Search more refine.
I can also choose from different database to get better results.

Based on my search This is what i got.

I like How it indicates the relevancy of the topic to my Search query. This enables me to choose the most relevant topic from the list. The preview magnifying glass allows me to preview the page before clicking on the link. This saves me time from going to the page and finding out that the page is not to my liking. I can also get the results return in HTML format or PDF. This is essential for when i need to save the page in a particular format.


Based on my experience using the invisible web database. Yes the Invisible web database are effective than the other Search sources. In some ways Invisible web databases are similar to subject directories but invisible database has their different Web database for different Search Sources. Invisible database has Search engines for news articles like factiva, news link for local spore news,Global issues in context for world issues like business, economy etc.

If i need to Search for topics based on my diploma i know where to search. I will use TP invisible database. The database will help return me better search sources as compared to the other Search engines. I believe I can also trust the Sources in TP invisible web database as it is maintained by them. Though i will need time to utilize TP invisible database as  there are many functions available for me to use that i have not explored yet.


Recently Visited one of my Classmates Blog post
I visited Linda Blog The site feed is on the left.
I Find her blog very Clean so its an easy read.
Read her post on Google Or Google Scholar and find her opinions Differ than mine. 
This is interesting as it allows me to learn about different people opinion as my opinion may not be always right.