For those who have experienced it, the availability of immediate access to a very wide range of resources is an incredible advantage. The same is true for the availability of print resources.
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 8:54 PM, Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> wrote: > -- On Wed, 9/3/11, SlimVirgin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The nearest university to me will give access to databases >> for $150 a >> year, but they make non-students and staff travel to the >> university >> itself to do it; no logging in from home, and that turns >> into a >> serious hassle over time (travelling there, very high >> parking fees, >> not being able to browse at leisure). > > These are my feelings too. It's just not practical. By the time I've spent > three-quarters of an hour in traffic (each way) and have paid $15 or more > for 3 hours' parking, I'm better off shelling out $20 to buy an article > online, where I can take time to digest it, make myself a free coffee, and > do the work without worrying about my parking meter, or closing time. > > Andreas > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- David Goodman DGG at the enWP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DGG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
