I remember walking into the U Mass library, when my older son had to return a (printed) book he had to take out for a very esoteric subject, when I drove out to visit one day. He looked at me and said, "You actually had to go to the library to do research, right?" I laughed. Taking out a book was a very unusual experience for him, even 10 years ago. When I explained what I had to do when I was briefly in a doctoral program, in the early 80s, it seemed mind boggling, even to me. I spent at least 30.00 a week on photocopying and had a special desk, behind the stacks, due to my status as a doctoral student. And, that was just for the required reading, let alone research. I also remember having to check out a microfiche reader to read ERIC documents at home. The thing gave me such a headache from reading, it literally made me sick, so I ended up having to stay at the library and read them. So, when I went back to get my counseling degree, it was much easier. I did everything from home, except read a couple of things professors had on reserve. So, I would agree with Oak that academic stuff is way better with the Internet. The other stuff, not so much. I am happy reading my one local paper, which is very good. I occasionally click on a NYT article and some months I get up up to the 10 article limit. But, I am not going to pay. I don't have time to read the Times. I also occasionally read something from a source in AZ, but those are very specific things, and I certainly do not agree with anything from the AZ Republic.