Back in 1994, I was planning a bike trip down the US west coast, Washington State to Mexico. I wanted to know sunrise and sunset times. At the time, the town library was across the street. So, I walked over, asked the nice lady at the desk to suggest a reference, and pumped in the nickels to xerox the pages I needed. Nowadays, I wouldn't even have to get up from my desk.
These days, if I were doing serious library research, I would bring along a computer or tablet. I would let Google take me as far into the subject as possible, so that I would know where to begin when looking for dead tree resources. I expect my main problems would be along the lines of, Google says this book is relevant, does the library have it? Or similarly relevant books?
These days, if I were doing serious library research, I would bring along a computer or tablet. I would let Google take me as far into the subject as possible, so that I would know where to begin when looking for dead tree resources. I expect my main problems would be along the lines of, Google says this book is relevant, does the library have it? Or similarly relevant books?