What is more appropriate to use in reseaching, library or internet? Why?

What are the benefits we can get in researching in the library and in the internet and what is the difference between them?

The longest and the more detailed answer will be the best answer.What is more appropriate to use in reseaching, library or internet? Why?
I'm sorry to sound confusing, but the answer is both! There are lots of reputable resources on the internet - particularly if you want to search for governmental information, you can specify sites from the .gov or .edu domains (just do a google search and add site:gov or site:edu to narrow it down to these). You can also access information from reputable and free sources like Smithsonian, Library of Congress, British Library, the National Library of Medicine's database PubMed and so on. There are hundreds upon hundreds (and millions!) of great sites, but it just depends on the topic and the type of research you are doing. You need to either have some very good evaluation skills or access someone who can help you with this. This is where libraries can be really helpful! Just knowing how to use a search engine doesn't mean you have found relevant or reliable sites.



Libraries can provide many print resources - books and peer reviewed journals, along with subscription databases, which are great for research as the print publishing process is more complex and has more legal framework to ensure accuracy and honesty than web publishing does. Frankly, anyone can write anything and publish it on the internet. Because of this, many libraries also put together lists of useful websites too (known as gateways). Librarians can also recommend great websites - even wikis or blogs and listserv archives, which are great for some research projects, depending on the authority and topicality of their content, and of course, the nature of the research. Some research into concepts, ideas and opinions can gain a lot from looking at editorial resources on the internet, but consulting a reference librarian would be a great starting point when trying to evaluate such possibilities. You don't even have to physically go to a library to get advice - many now offer chat or e mail reference which is very convenient.



Ultimately, libraries and internet are NOT mutually exclusive when researching. Like a printing press, the internet is just a medium of publication, and libraries will collect resources from it just as they will from the world of print publishing. Internet publication even benefits from being able to upload updates much more quickly than in the print realm, so it can often give you more up to date information than print resources can. The library is simply a place which will help guide you towards discovery and evaluation of what you can find in both these publishing worlds.
Dear friend,

Its obviously the INTERNET. This is because you can get required topics at click of a mouse. It consumes very less time. But in a library you might spend half of the time turning pages to get your info.



Some of the search engines on INTERNET are as follows.



1. www.google.com

2. www.altavista.com

REGARDS,

SIMHA

simhaprasanna@yahoo.co.inWhat is more appropriate to use in reseaching, library or internet? Why?
I always use the Internet for researching because it's easier and faster. If I use the library, for researching, it might take me a while, no make that a LONG time. I have to search for the right book, and right page and whatnot. But if I use the Internet, all I do is type in the words or phrase in the search engine, I get my answes in seconds. But if we use the Internet, the tendency is that we might not be able to read the researched topic. All we do is Copy and Paste it and Print. If we do the library we actually read and understand them.
The library is always more reputable but you may want to look into academic search engines on the web as well. Most are run by subscription through a school but I know Google has a free academic search engine.



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Library, because not everything you read on the internet can be accurate. Encyclopedia Britanica Online, for example has an average of 4 erros per report, while Wikipedia has an average of 3. Not to mention Wikipedia never checks out their reports because they are all user-submitted so they have to rely on users giving accurate information.
When you are doing research on a topic, the internet is good, but limited to what someone felt compelled to put up on a website. In the library, you not only have books that may deal with your topic, but because of how a library is organized, it is helpful to go to the actual shelf in the library where books on your topic are stored. This is where you will often find titles that might not have come up when you do a search for books about your topic, but will contain other books that are related to your topic. Libraries even sometimes have what is known as a shelf list to help you find these other sources.