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Re: Lazy?



I believe Herb's analysis is right on the money, unless you have
fortunate access to a major municipal or major university library or a
specialized technical repository. For those of us out in the boondocks,
the Internet is an informational Godsend.

The only drawback to using the Internet as your library is that everyone
and anyone with access to a computer is free to post information. You
have to look carefully for credentials which accompany the information.
You do have to take care where you're stepping and what you're stepping
in out there on the Information Superhighway.

Best wishes,

Larry

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Larry Cartwright <exit60@cablespeed.com>
Retired (June 2001) Physics Teacher
Charlotte MI 48813 USA
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Herbert H Gottlieb wrote:

*** Thirty years ago the college libraries, public libraries, and the
school libraries were the first places to consult for such an assignment.
Today, however, most of the library research can be done at home
or in the college dorms using a computer web search.

Using the www.google.com search engine, I just typed in two words,
"start charts". In a few seconds many star chart resources were listed
on my computer screen. One of these provided free star charts for
the current night . Perhaps the strudents were correct and should be
complimented for their insight.

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
("Where a great deal of library research can be done with the aid
of our home computers)

This posting is the position of the writer, not that of SUNY-BSC, NAU or the AAPT.