Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (13/01/04 19:10), Russell Shaw wrote:
> Nano Nano wrote:
> >Watching a program on PBS, I decided I wanted to read about Stonehenge.
> >Off to google, I go, searching for "Stonehenge".  Didn't like the 
> >results.  Tried Google directory, Yahoo, and Teoma: didn't like any of 
> >them.
> >
> >The experience I wanted was a deep, rich, complete, authoritative, 
> >well-annotated, and well-accepted "Library-like" experience reading 
> >about Stonehenge: names of the best scholars, the names of the most 
> >influential histories and critiques on the subject, in short the sort of 
> >experience I would get at a University Library, only faster.
> >
> >The internet is nothing like that.  I am lucky in than San Jose has 
> >opened a San Jose State's University library to the public: even though 
> >it is not a world-class university, the quality of the knowledge 
> >available there *blows away* what I can find on the Internet.
> >
> >Help me out here.
> 
> The net is best for finding out what books to read;)
I wouldn't suggest that the net is better than an authoratitive book but
a quick search on stonehenge history produced:
http://www.britannia.com/history/h7.html as the first entry and many
more besides.  How you search is key to finding the best information.

HTH

Regards

Clive
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