Envy of the Sun

Just this morning, I had a conversation on the phone with a professor about why libraries should be the primary place for research. This professor, who am glad to say was particularly passionate about this topic (as much as those of us who are professionally dedicated to the library), gave me the a link to a neat little educational website called All About Explorers. Only, it's not meant to give actual biographical information about any of these fascinating individuals. Instead, within the frame of a respectable-looking website, they provide preposterous data to make several points, among which, one shouts out, "Be SMART when you do online searches!"

Sure, the internet is great for a lot of things. But nothing beats peer-reviewed, properly published (in physical form) content. At least for research purposes. Textual research.