Hard copy vs. Electronic Sources:
- Hard copies- organized and searched by librarians, screened by experts, easier to preserve, but they are time consuming to search, only offer text and images, and are hard to update.
- Electronic Sources- more current, easily accessible, narrow searches or broad, can offer multi-media, but the material access is only resent, can't be relied on all the time, and the user can get distracted and mislead.
Internet has become the main way the most research is done, as journal, magazines, newspapers and archives have been made accessible from the internet. The main issue with the internet is the reliability of the information gleamed. Anyone can place anything on the internet, just because it's there does not mean it's accurate. Most online journals, newspapers, news cooperations, and government sites can be trusted. Information can even be discussed, and commented on.
Other electronic sources: CD's and online retrieval services.
Hard copy sources are books, printed journals and newspapers.
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