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Subject:research using the internet From:"Victoria Sharpe" <vmsharpe -at- prodigy -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 7 Dec 2000 23:07:33 -0600
On the contrary, I disagree. I search university and public libraries
nationwide when I am looking for information and my own university's search
engine is online and is used that way even if you are inside the library.
Technology is such an advantage because I have access to almost all
university libraries nationwide and then I order the book through
interlibrary loan from my local branch or university even if it is located
1000 miles away.
I do agree that searching mere websites is usually not enough. There are
still books being published and they are in print form and not digital.
Victoria Sharpe
Lydia Wong wrote:
>
> Amen. As a former librarian, I cringe when folks say they did extensive
> research on the internet, but didn't go to a library. Maybe I'm just old,
> but a person is uninformed if they think that all the information in the
> world is at their fingertips on the internet.
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