Electronic copies can be transferred to word processing or other software programs, such as spreadsheets or qualitative analyzers where they can be manipulated or analyzed. Electronic documents are easier to store, organize, and retrieve than their hard copy equivalents. The content of electronic documents can be searched quickly and accurately for selected words or characters. The human eye can search at only a fraction of the speed with far less accuracy. Actual and Potential Disadvantages of Internet Resources vs. the Local Library Little or no review process .
Immediacy often means no review of electronic publications.
The quality of some electronic publications is identical to hard copy versions, such as government publications. But the quality of many other types of electronic publications are far lower than hard copy publications, particularly email discussion groups and newsgroups. Since anyone with an Internet-accessible computer can produce electronic materials, much of what is produced is nonauthoritative, or marginally authoritative. Unsystematic structure . Different services and formats result in a chaotic structure that make Internet searching extremely complicated and time-consuming.