Re: ATM and LIbRARIES

[Jeff Medkeff <medkeff@c2i2.com>]

At 10:21 AM 12/10/98 -0500, Kyle Barger <kbarger@navpoint.com> wrote:

>Speaking of libraries, if you are looking for astronomy books for your own
>use, you should always check out a local college or university if you live
>near one.  

One of the most useful sources of books, no matter how obscure, is the
interlibrary-loan program. I live near a small town of 45,000 people, with
a fairly lame municipal library from the science standpoint and only about
four or five volumes on astronomy that date more recently than 1985.
Nevertheless, if you name a title, I can get it here, at no cost to me,
through interlibrary loan. I'm currently researching a book, and have
requested and received a copy of a ~120 year old book about the moon of
which less than 80 extant copies are known, for example.

I could go on with similar stories, but the point is simply that even if
your local resources fail, you should be able to find (quite literally)
anything you need if your library is an interlibrary loan participant.


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Rockland Observatory  | Association of Lunar and Planetary
Hereford, Arizona     | Observers, Solar Section

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