History of the Book 
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SOURCE: Public Books
1/6/2022
In Praise of Search Tools
by Diedre Lynch
Books by Dennis Duncan and Craig Robertson examine the history of indexing, filing, and other technologies for locating information in books and the resultant culture of research.
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SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
12/3/2021
A Descent into Textual Paranoia
by Christopher S. Celenza
"Doing one's own research" in an environment of proliferating information and few gatekeepers isn't new to the internet age.
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