On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:06:25AM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > 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
Amusing, and maybe significant: I checked this out. I got only info. about various Inns and Wineries until I fixed my spelling from stonehedge to stonehenge. I always have had a problem with english spelling. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
