On Sat, 16 Jan 1993 17:16:00 CST Jim Milles said:
>I have to question this tradition.  I am a law librarian, and I work
>daily with busy professionals, and when I am not doing Internet things
>I try to teach lawyers and law students how to do effective research.
>One of the most important things that I try to teach them is not to
>continually "reinvent the wheel."  Another thing I teach them is that
>it is frequently much more efficient to ask somebody who knows rather
>than to spend hours or days floundering around in books and online
>databases.
>
>Jim Milles
>Saint Louis University Law Library
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