Chapter 9 | Searching for Information with Print Resources

The Searching for Information with Print Resources chapter in Bedford goes over various techniques to finding useful print articles and books for your research paper.  As Bedford states “Contrary to recent claims, there is life (and Information) beyond the World Wide Web” (170).  This cracked me up.  One thing that I find limiting to digital source gathering, is the inability to easily browse.  The other day when I was standing in the section to find the one book on Play that my local library had, I naturally started scanning titles of nearby books as well.  This lead to more “out of the box” thinking about my topic.  Allowing me to have a more creative and individuals thoughts about what additional information or others topics could weave into my topic of play.  I soon found myself standing in the religious studies section of the library and checking out the Tao Te Ching, as well as other meditation books on the “Joyful Mind.”  As my interest is the Playful Mind, reading on the Joyful Mind and how they are different/ similar could lend some useful insight.  This process wouldn’t have naturally taken place in the same manner I believe without being in person touching and flipping through books at the Library.