04-08-2003, 07:14 PM
Hi,
I haven't read a book on government or on the general history of the United States in more than thirty years. And I've long since forgotten the titles, the authors, and the merits of those that I did read then.
The best I can do, at the risk of offending you by being too simplistic, is tell you how I research a new topic:
Go to the library, look the topic up in the card catalog. Note the "number" of a few books on that topic -- don't worry about descriptions. Go to the shelves where that number series is located. Pull out books with interesting or appropriate titles. Drag them to a table and scan them. Pick out a few that look well written. Check those out and read them. Repeat the whole process as needed.
Works for me. And is the main reason I will not go to a "closed stacks" library.
--Pete
I haven't read a book on government or on the general history of the United States in more than thirty years. And I've long since forgotten the titles, the authors, and the merits of those that I did read then.
The best I can do, at the risk of offending you by being too simplistic, is tell you how I research a new topic:
Go to the library, look the topic up in the card catalog. Note the "number" of a few books on that topic -- don't worry about descriptions. Go to the shelves where that number series is located. Pull out books with interesting or appropriate titles. Drag them to a table and scan them. Pick out a few that look well written. Check those out and read them. Repeat the whole process as needed.
Works for me. And is the main reason I will not go to a "closed stacks" library.
--Pete
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