Great article. Even in college, many religious professors would require that half our sources were "print sources". I'm 28 so it was not long ago. I am very happy they required this. I learned to appreciate the research more. Instead of looking up "key words" I would check the index of the print book and would actually end of reading more of it. Did it lead to a better research paper?.... I think so. At the very least, it lead to more inspiration which made me more excited about the papers in general. Another point that was not raised as much in this article is what text you will find. For instance, some of the books I was reading are from the 1920s or earlier. Now could I find those on the Internet...maybe. However, I doubt with key word searches those would be the top on the search engine. Those resources... "the primary" resources can be the most helpful when doing true research. The last series I published on here was almost all print sources on polygamy. More than half of the sources on Gandhi (just released part 1 today) is from old school "print" books.
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