Pat Kambesis wrote:And finally, on availability of reference material for any kind of scientific research and/or discussion - though the internet is certainly a great resource for finding such material, if one is serious about this kind of thing then one most also consider using library search systems too. There is still a lot of literature out there that is not available in the internet
but that is critical for understanding what topic is being pursued.
pk
I agree entirely. Some day I hope to live somewhere where decent libraries exist without a 70 mile drive on my part. There is no city or county library here. The regional library claims to have 'interlibrary loan' but this is only a loan between branches and apparently does not have any connection beyond its own system. Even after furnishing LOC numbers, ISBN numbers and so forth in addition to author and title, I've never been able to get either originals or xeroxes of technical books or articles--and the local librarian is convinced geology is a branch of geneaology, which may be part of the problem.
The article is on my to-do list for the next trip to the nearest big city with a geo department.