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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 498841, member: 112&quot;]Yes, forums like this are an excellent resource. But there is a problem with researching information soley on the internet and not making use of books. That problem is this - people tend to think that just because they can find a web page containing certain information - that that information must be true. Well, there are a great many cases where that information is not true. In fact, it is often directly contradictory to the truth.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is another problem with internet information - plagiarism. Plagiarism is truly rampant on the internet. Countless site owners will search the web for information they want to post on their own web site. Once they find this information they copy it, word for word, and then just post it on their own web site. </p><p><br /></p><p>That alone is wrong, and it is often a violation of the law. But the bigger problem is that people copying this information make no effort at all to find out if the information is accurate. Many times it is not. And thus you now have a multitude of web sites listing information that is completely and totally wrong. And thousands of people who visit these web sites thinking it is correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if you think I am overreacting or overstating the facts, well, a little experience will prove to you otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do not ever discount or forget the value of books. That&#039;s where all of the information you find on the internet came from to begin with. And it is only by using the books and refering back to the original source that you can sort the fact from fiction that you find on the internet. That said, yes there are errors in books as well. And those errors can only be found out by using even more books.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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