I thought it was really cool that the book highlighted using the library before mentioning nay other types of resources. I feel like libraries are being more and more phased out as the internet continues to take over our lives. Libraries are a fantastic resource with which everyone should become more familiar. I get the impression that a great deal of high school students and some of the newer college students have no idea just how useful a library is, or even how to use it properly.
Libraries don't just have books, although books are an incredible resource in themselves. They also have a hefty selection of journals, magazines and newspapers, which are available for your perusal for free. The same journals, magazines and newspapers aren't always available for free viewing online. Libraries also have a fantastic reference sections, which will contain maps, atlases, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and various print indexes. Often libraries will have multimedia resources as well, so you can access audio and video records as well as image libraries.
Also, with libraries you can verify the source. While there are plenty of legitimate online resources from where you can pull information, there are even more completely bogus sites that do not have any credibility whatsoever. Plenty of people simply post their thoughts and opinions on the internet, and no matter how will articulated they might be, they are still a poor source of information. We should truly all take the time to get to know our libraries a little better.
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