Compare and contrast libraries and the internet as the two major sources of information for use in academic written work.

Title: Compare and contrast libraries and the Internet as the major sources of information for use in academic written work.

Nowadays, colleges or universities paper works or any other academic written task require a proper sources to be used so that we can provide quality materials for future use. People usually depend on libraries or internet to work on their academic work. However, there are debates to know which sources between libraries and internet are better sources to be used in academic written work.

First and foremost, surfing the internet can be quick and easy. It is because surfing the internet to look up for information save time compared to walking to libraries. Therefore, internets are much convenient compared to libraries. On the other hand, sometimes internet sources can be unreliable. The user must look over for the information on the sources to cite a reliable reference. The ‘blogs’, ‘wikipedia’ and other sought of internet sources cannot be used in academic written work. Besides internet can be user friendly this is because, internet sources provide much information compared to libraries. Al we need to do is to search for information using the correct key terms, unlike in libraries the information that we are searching for can be limited and sometimes it is difficult to search for the information if the sources is not in the libraries.

On the other hand, libraries are good place to save people for losing concentrations on or academic work. This is because , in libraries there are only books, journals and so on and there are no entertainment provided whereas if we surf on internet to look up for information , people tend to switch our concentration to social network . Therefore, libraries are good in terms of a good concentration. Even though, much time are required to search for information in libraries, the sources in libraries are much reliable compared to internet because the citations are provided in the sources.

In conclusion, both libraries and internet are good in its own ways. The users need to be smart enough to choose and use the sources in an appropriate manner.