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Dec 26, 2007 22:14

Why I never get anything done:

"Andy was nothing if not methodical and so he had simply looked up every book that had ever been written on such topics, and every book mentioned in those books' bibliographies, yea, even unto four of five generations; checked out all of them that were available locally; and ordered the rest from ILL."- Neal ( Read more... )

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lferion December 26 2007, 20:58:34 UTC
I know that method (just typoed 'methos' there -- wonder if he'd do the same with a new field?) of research. :-) Having access to university libraries is daaaaaangerous. My Pima Community Library ID gets me UofA books.

Happiness of the season to you, on this the 2nd day of Christmas!

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kateorman December 27 2007, 01:19:23 UTC
Happy day-after-Boxing-Day! :-)

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murasaki_1966 December 31 2007, 02:45:27 UTC
Two words: public library. They will get you ILLs so long as you keep it to a reasonable level. Most charge a small fee for the service, and absorb the larger cost.

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kateorman January 5 2008, 22:11:42 UTC
Hang about - do you mean my local council library can get books from academic libraries? (Hell, even if they can just get books from other council libraries, that would kick ass.)

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