Most search engines on the web are designed as web sites that enable people to find information by using special software and an indexing system. Currently, the best and biggest search engines index only from one third to one half of the publicly available documents on the Internet, Turner said. For an expanded search, Turner says the newer Metasearch engine that has a capacity to search up to 45 other search engines is available. It is estimated that 100,000 searchable databases are in the Deep Web. The Deep Web has lots of relevant information and it is publicly accessible with no fees or subscriptions.
Information is found in topic specific databases.
Sixty of the largest Deep Web sites contain one trillion bytes of information or 40 times more information than the surface web. Media specialists work on a daily basis with information requests, said Turner. Turner has taught for 15 years in the area of computer technology. She joined the BHSU faculty in 1997 and holds a bachelor s degree in information management and a master s degree in business education from the University of North Dakota. The library was approved for the funding through the BHSU Chiesman Endowment for 2001.