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Ian · 9th July 2025, 07:58 PM

Jim, it is indeed amazing what information is readily accessible online now. When I started out in my academic career in the 1960s, finding references meant going to the library, taking Index Medicus (enormous volumes per calendar year) and laboriously looking through them for relevant titles. It was painful reading the small print.

I feel privileged to have lived through the last 60 years and experienced the massive increase in access to knowledge.

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9th July 2025, 07:58 PM	#1
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,424	Jim, it is indeed amazing what information is readily accessible online now. When I started out in my academic career in the 1960s, finding references meant going to the library, taking Index Medicus (enormous volumes per calendar year) and laboriously looking through them for relevant titles. It was painful reading the small print. I feel privileged to have lived through the last 60 years and experienced the massive increase in access to knowledge.