Are you asking about the advantage of online search as
opposed to looking things up in actual physical books? If so, it's like the advantage
of telephoning someone who lives 10 miles away over walking to talk to
them.
As someone who had to look up lots of stuff in the
days before the internet, I tell you that it was no fun at all. For little things, you
had to have a set of encyclopedias. That cost a lot of money, quickly went out of date,
and gave you access to only one perspective.
Then when it
came to research papers, things were even worse. You would have to find out where the
information was located and go there and get it. For example, I remember having to
drive 50 miles to the state archives to find some information that I could now get
standing here in my kitchen.
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