It looks like Betty is doing historical research which depends on data such as newspapers, magazines, books, media, archaeology, marriage and death records, etc. Whether or not this is available on line is up to the organizations which hold the data and can make it available via the internet, or not. A link to a newspaper article is not the same as the copies of the daily rag which they copy on microfiche, DVD or other ways. Real historians are trained in finding and accessing such data.
Yesterday I posted a link to an article (different site) and someone not only read it, he also read an article that was linked in the first article. AND wonder of wonders, came back to the thread and posted information that backed up my original post!
It’s all part of the master plan that was put into place when people got rid of all printed material. If you just forward some cash to me I will tell you whatever you need to know. HAHAHA small unmarked non sequential bills only please.
part of the problem with doing our own online research, of course, is the search engine. Is it sending up to places that only repeat what they think we want to hear, or what they want us to hear? A problem as old as time.
Needing to understand a relative’s health problems sent me to the local university’s medical library a couple of decades back. Those books and periodicals are my best reference with the biggest technological advance is now having a phone with dictionaries for much faster lookup. I don’t rely on the Internet for any medical information; for that matter, I check the medical library to distinguish the uncertainty and ambiguity of standards and sort out what’s medicine and what’s marketing. Happy trails!
C about 3 years ago
Maybe a new story arc would fix the problem
RAGs about 3 years ago
I prefer sausage links.
unfair.de about 3 years ago
My mother uses the search function for every link with copy’n’paste or by right click.
She has a laptop and uses “kiosk mode” (via F11) for maximum screen space.
Sir Isaac about 3 years ago
It looks like Betty is doing historical research which depends on data such as newspapers, magazines, books, media, archaeology, marriage and death records, etc. Whether or not this is available on line is up to the organizations which hold the data and can make it available via the internet, or not. A link to a newspaper article is not the same as the copies of the daily rag which they copy on microfiche, DVD or other ways. Real historians are trained in finding and accessing such data.
david_42 about 3 years ago
Yesterday I posted a link to an article (different site) and someone not only read it, he also read an article that was linked in the first article. AND wonder of wonders, came back to the thread and posted information that backed up my original post!
John9 about 3 years ago
It’s all part of the master plan that was put into place when people got rid of all printed material. If you just forward some cash to me I will tell you whatever you need to know. HAHAHA small unmarked non sequential bills only please.
car2ner about 3 years ago
part of the problem with doing our own online research, of course, is the search engine. Is it sending up to places that only repeat what they think we want to hear, or what they want us to hear? A problem as old as time.
bhscolleen about 3 years ago
Needing to understand a relative’s health problems sent me to the local university’s medical library a couple of decades back. Those books and periodicals are my best reference with the biggest technological advance is now having a phone with dictionaries for much faster lookup. I don’t rely on the Internet for any medical information; for that matter, I check the medical library to distinguish the uncertainty and ambiguity of standards and sort out what’s medicine and what’s marketing. Happy trails!