Library, meet the Net

May 18th, 2011 by admin in Uncategorized

Posted on Monday, October 29, 2007

Today, most of us uses the Internet as our main source of information. We use it for personal, professional and academic research. And many libraries put parts of their collections online. Is this the death knell of the library of the former? No, this is certainly not!

Libraries still offer many things that you cannot get online. It is, unless you are willing to pay for the purchase of the equipment. But it can be a hassle trekking from library to library to find the title that you need. You can get it with WorldCat.

WorldCat help you locate materials in libraries near you. Once you see if a library is the title, you can click through availability. But there is more! You can learn more about a title and read reviews. In this way, you are sure that this is what you need.

Kim Komando, retrieved October 28, 2007.

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