Importance of Libraries
Only a small percentage of the collections now in libraries are available in digital or computer-readable form. By not going to the library, you may spend hours or even days on the Net only to discover your question could have been easily answered by any reference librarian in a matter of minutes! So, you are going to have to go the library when you need certain information, especially for materials related to historical information. Now the question is, where do you start to find the information you need? A good place to begin most research projects is in the reference section.