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The Search Engine That I Was First Exposed To

I remember papers researched at the public library and the constant battle to put the contents of the encyclopedia entry into “my own words.”

Looking back, I wonder if the tenured teachers got tired of seeing the same thing, year after year.
 
Same. However, it's difficult to argue that digitized records and modern search engines aren't exponentially better than card catalogs and microfiche. I I still like public libraries, though. You can get whole books or audiobooks legally there for next to nothing.
 
Helix said:
Same. However, it's difficult to argue that digitized records and modern search engines aren't exponentially better than card catalogs and microfiche. I I still like public libraries, though. You can get whole books or audiobooks legally there for next to nothing.
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Public libraries are like big candy stores and all the candy's free.
 
Loulit01 said:
Public libraries are like big candy stores and all the candy's free.
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they suck up too many tax dollars. They are no more than community centers in this day and age.
 
The missus used to live nearby and took me here on a few occasions. One memorable trip was during winter. There was roaring fire in the wood stove and a big old dog lounging nearby. The smell is the first sensation and then the enormity of what they have is next. It was like surfing Google before Google. Easy to spend hours browsing and buying a few treasures.

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Jessie C said:
AND the Encyclopedia Brittanica!
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I had a salesman try to sell me those just before the internet took off. He tried so hard and must have known what was coming, he ended up administering a blessing upon my house when he saw that I wasn’t going to bite. I did buy Microsoft’s Encarta and was amazed at the ease of scrolling through those discs.
 
Helix said:
Same. However, it's difficult to argue that digitized records and modern search engines aren't exponentially better than card catalogs and microfiche. I I still like public libraries, though. You can get whole books or audiobooks legally there for next to nothing.
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My library system has 800,000 books. I can get any of them delivered to my local branch in a day or two. Hard to beat that selection, and it's free.
 
Rexedgar said:
I had a salesman try to sell me those just before the internet took off. He tried so hard and must have known what was coming, he ended up administering a blessing upon my house when he saw that I wasn’t going to bite. I did buy Microsoft’s Encarta and was amazed at the ease of scrolling through those discs.
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The problem with internet research is its specificity. When you picked up an encyclopedia book to look up the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, you'd wind up turning pages and learning three other things.

I miss that.
 
Allan said:
My library system has 800,000 books. I can get any of them delivered to my local branch in a day or two. Hard to beat that selection, and it's free.
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My library has access to the Clevenet system with a similar library sharing policy . It also has a drive thru so I don't even need to get out of my car to pick up my requested books. That's a luxury that I never want to be without. I get a text or email when they have arrived and have a week to pick them up.

https://www.clevnet.org/
 
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