Came across an interesting and relevant article when I was searching for MSc courses on the ALIA page. Though I've personally never wondered it aloud to myself, I'm sure it must come across some people's minds, now more than ever with internet access being so widely available and people becoming more internet-literate.
My favourite answers to the above question include:
- The Internet is so disorganised that it is time consuming to find good information.
- Thousands of citations, abstracts and full-text journal articles are not accessible to the standard search engines.
- Information on the Internet is free, but you get what you pay for.
I used to have doubts as to why my library feels the need to have a service where people can ASK! any question in the world, when there is such a thing as Google and other more recent offerings such as Wikipedia and Yahoo Answers. Well now I know why :)
Read the full article here.
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