Comments on: What we don't know about online reading http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/08/what-we-dont-know-about-online-reading/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:52:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: wahoofive http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/08/what-we-dont-know-about-online-reading/#comment-38756 wahoofive Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:05:13 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5742#comment-38756 Are you saying you never get unexpected results from a Google search? You are awesome! Are you saying you never get unexpected results from a Google search? You are awesome!

]]> By: allen http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/08/what-we-dont-know-about-online-reading/#comment-38755 allen Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:06:30 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5742#comment-38755 I think it's primarily a technical issue. Reading much off a CRT is painful. An LCD is better but still not optimal. Neither one's as good as printed text yet. That may change with the advent of e-ink or other, more advanced display technologies but currently it's neither convenient nor particularly pleasant to read off a monitor. I think it’s primarily a technical issue.

Reading much off a CRT is painful. An LCD is better but still not optimal. Neither one’s as good as printed text yet.

That may change with the advent of e-ink or other, more advanced display technologies but currently it’s neither convenient nor particularly pleasant to read off a monitor.

]]> By: Cadence http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/08/what-we-dont-know-about-online-reading/#comment-38754 Cadence Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:47:49 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5742#comment-38754 I think there is more opportunity for serendipity in a library, at least from what I've found while doing research projects. I usually use Google once I know a decent amount about my topic and am just looking for one or two specific pieces of information or looking to see if there are web sites published by organizations relating to my research. Other than that, I like to use the Library of Congress subject search feature on my library's web site. I find one book that I know is relevant, and I use the search terms associated with it to find other books. Then I take the search terms from those and do it again, and so on until I am fairly certain I have enough resources and have adequately covered as many aspects of my topic as possible. (I make no claims to have covered EVERYTHING pertaining to a topic, as there is usually something which eludes me.) I also find the books I need and look at the books next to them. Since most libraries are organized by topic, this is an incredibly fast way to find lots of material (provided one is familiar with the basic workings of the Dewey Decimal or Library of Congress system - they're the most used in the US). I think there is more opportunity for serendipity in a library, at least from what I’ve found while doing research projects. I usually use Google once I know a decent amount about my topic and am just looking for one or two specific pieces of information or looking to see if there are web sites published by organizations relating to my research. Other than that, I like to use the Library of Congress subject search feature on my library’s web site. I find one book that I know is relevant, and I use the search terms associated with it to find other books. Then I take the search terms from those and do it again, and so on until I am fairly certain I have enough resources and have adequately covered as many aspects of my topic as possible. (I make no claims to have covered EVERYTHING pertaining to a topic, as there is usually something which eludes me.) I also find the books I need and look at the books next to them. Since most libraries are organized by topic, this is an incredibly fast way to find lots of material (provided one is familiar with the basic workings of the Dewey Decimal or Library of Congress system – they’re the most used in the US).

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