But you may wait a long time for an answer to pop up on your screen. How successful you are also may depend on how narrowly you define your search. If one word or group of words doesn't work, try something else. Posner says the Internet is a tool, but only a tool that can supplement the library. He still thinks the best search can be accomplished by finding the Dewey decimal number for a book on a particular topic and spending time in the library.
Video screens have a greater appeal for students than a book page.
But school kids should be inundated with books. You have to read well and read comfortably to learn, and you do that with books. Staff Writer Stephen Pounds writes about technology for The Post.