Some of the most impressive online research tools are available in what is often called Invisible Web - pages that aren't easily retrievable by public servers. The Invisible Web includes intranets kept behind corporate firewalls, but it also includes newspaper archives, fee-based databases, and other gold-mines of information. You can access much of the invisible web through the library's collection of full text resources. One of the best "invisible" resources available is called Lexis Nexis. It is a web-based archive of full text newspaper articles, magazine pieces, legal documents, and other materials.

Note: Gary Price of George Washington University maintains an impressive collection of invisible web resources at Direct Search.

Discussion Opportunity: Do contemporary students need to possess a different kind of "information competence" in the so-called internet age? With a colleague or two, construct a list of standards for "information competence" that seem appropriate for SJSU university students.