Uk-us.org
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uk-us : histoire, littérature, civilisation américaine, civilisation britannique
Description
Not so long ago, all those who did not live in the US or in Great Britain had a hard time locating research material. One had to go abroad to have access to the primary documents kept in libraries or archive repositories.
Going abroad was not too difficult when it meant crossing the Channel. But crossing the Atlantic was another matter. It required some spare time, and a reasonable amont of money. When I was a student, an airplane ticket to New York or Los Angeles was out of reach (I do not mean that it is cheap to-day, but many people can afford it, including college students).
Then came the Internet. A tremendous amount of primary documents was suddenly made available to the public. Government Agencies, educational institutions, assocations and individuals are currently contributing to the building ot the World Memory. Searching the Web is not like finding a needle in a haystack. With appropriate tools, you will find hundreds of needles, the problem being that most of the needles will have no eye ... The Internet is the mirror of our world : jewels and filth, useful tools and gadgets. There are good search engines, and great portals indeed, though few are exclusively dedicated to the location of primary documents. Even the best search engines are not able to isolate source documents from secundary sources.
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