
I had no idea that there were so many online libraries until I took a research assistant job. It was a very pleasant surprise. There are so many quality libraries available online to use. You might feel a little overwhelmed with how many resources are literally at your fingertips. The great news is that students can use these online libraries anytime of the day or night.
CONVIENANCE: You remember the days when you had to drive to the library. You hoped that what they had on the shelves would cover your project. Sometimes, you would have to go to another library just to finish getting your research. The online libraries gets rid of all this. You can sit on your laptop in a coffee shop or be at your desk at home and access these libraries.
USER FRIENDLY: One terrific thing about online libraries is how user friendly they are. You don’t have to have a ton of computer skills to get around in them. The majority of them even offer a video or slide show tutorial if you want to learn how to navigate through their books. You no longer have to lug books back and forth to a physical library. You can go to the online library anytime that you have time to both study and have a PC.
HIGHLIGHT FEATURE: I’m sure you remember how mad your teachers would get if you underlined in the books. It was even worse if you whipped out a highlighter and started using it. Would you ever get bad looks! The good news about online libraries is that the majority of them have a highlighting tool. You click a button, highlight your text online and you have marked up the book. You can highlight the important stuff without getting into any trouble!
CITATION FEATURE: The other cool thing about the highlights for the online libraries is that they will remember what you highlighted. You can use the bibliography tool. It will let you choose to get the reference for the highlight. This is so helpful if you use the highlights for quotes in your paper. You don’t have to sit there and figure out how to properly footnote or cite your work. The online library does all that work for you. All you have to do is copy and paste it directly into your paper.