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Re: Plant or Garden searchable archive


Anthony, I agree with your comments on libraries.  Comments like Amy's
can put people off participating in a forum such as this, which would be
a shame.  Are we all here to share what knowledge we have, even if it is
for the basic stuff?  We were all at that "basic" stage once...
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> "Or make a trip down to your local library, especially for the most
> general questions that should be addressed with basic research!"
> 
> Dear Amy, in the real world, most local libraries are woefully inadequate
> for many research projects.  The public libraries in our communities have
> very little financial resources to purchase new books and most of those on
> the shelves
> are woefully out of date.  Many good books are already checked out or
> stolen.  The same also goes for periodicals, of which the number of
> subscriptions
> had decreased in the past few years.  I can't begin to tell you the amount of
> time that I've wasted in public libraries seeking basic information.
> 
> With regards to academic libraries, the onee that I am affiliated with
> professionally
> have very little information in the science department for the hobbyist or
> just plain curious.
> Across town, I cannot have access to the libraries at the public
> universities because I am neither
> student nor faculty.
> 
> So, libraries vary from region to region.  Amy, I sure wish I could go to
> your library!!
> 
> Anthony Gal, M.D.
> 
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