A study on the web usage rate (with an approach to the invisible web) based on Max Weber's ideal type model

The main purpose of present study is to figure out the web usage rate among members of Science Faculty of Kerman Bahonar University with an emphasis on the invisible web.
Present study is a survey kind in fact and full-time faculty members of the Faculty of Science of Bahonar University consists the statistical population. For collecting the data, we used a researcher-made questionnaire including 48 questions which its reliability and validity have been evaluated; and from 40 distributed questionnaires, 37 ones were completed and returned back to us. The data were analyzed using SPSS software and the desirable descriptive tests.
Findings: The main goal of information research by the faculty members are research and educational purposes and also upgrading their knowledge based on their expertise area. The most usage of them in visible web based on search engines and most usage in invisible web linked to the databases available. The Google search engine and sharing databases especially ScienceDirect were the most widely used tool to meet the information needs of our statistical population. Their search method on the internet is advanced search and they insist on using the operators while searching.
The members are using both sectors of the web to achieve the scientific information they need. 62.2% of them use visible web regularly but only 8% of the statistic population have a regular usage of invisible web and this came from the incompetence with invisible web and also lack of necessary training required.