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Originally Posted by HarryT
Picked up my EB today. A 560 mile round trip, so quite a long drive, but well worth it.
.... It's hugely better as a research tool, because the information is better organised. The EB has a volume called the "Propaedia", which is a hierarchical categorisation of all human knowledge. This allows you to "drill down" and find out what areas it would be useful to research to learn about whatever it is you want to know about. As well as the Propaedia there is a 2-volume index which allows you to find all references to a topic, and a decent index such as this is far more than a simple word search.
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Harry I'm pleased it worked out well for you!
Two disparate thoughts: how long did it take for your return journey? That's a 900 or so klm journey, which is about the distance from Sydney to Brisbane by car. That trip takes about 11 hours (depending on the route), and adding extra time for more/longer refresher stops. But in England I'm curious how long that distance takes.
And the second thought: the Propaedia sounds like an excellent tool, and I'm thinking would be extremely useful when using the internet as a research tool. Anyone know if there is a propaedia for internet sourcing/research?