Writing & Composition

This Guide will show you where to look for useful English language & writing information, including:

•    Reference Books & Encyclopedias: Overviews and background information.
•    Books (print & e-books): Additional, more detailed background information on a topic.
•    Databases & Articles: Find useful articles and other materials by using powerful searching in library databases. Many of these items are invisible to Google.
•    Citing: Why & How: Where did you find the information you used for your research paper, and why should you bother to list it?

Note: Image: Keogh, John. English Dictionaries. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jvk/19894053  17 Jun 2005  CC:A-NC

NO, Google does not index the entire Internet!

Take a look at the Internet Live Site to see how big the Internet is, updated live.

What is the Deep Web is a visual representation of the following:

   In 2001 the Invisible Web was estimated "at about 500 times the size of the web as we know it." In 2016, a researcher estimated  that 2.5 million people use the Invisible Web.

Note: The "Invisible Web" = information that you cannot get through Google and other general web search tools, including journal articles in the Library's databases.