- Thread starter God
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They saw it coming.
An entire Encyclopedia Britannica set consisted of 32 huge hardcover books that gave brief histories on a wide range of topics in alphabetical order. It cost an arm and a leg, not to mention lots of the information in the texts would be outdated, so you were left with some sections that were worse than useless. Also, copying and pasting from a physical text for your research papers was way harder. It was harder to catch plagiarism back in the day, however, so that's one plus.
An entire Encyclopedia Britannica set consisted of 32 huge hardcover books that gave brief histories on a wide range of topics in alphabetical order. It cost an arm and a leg, not to mention lots of the information in the texts would be outdated, so you were left with some sections that were worse than useless. Also, copying and pasting from a physical text for your research papers was way harder. It was harder to catch plagiarism back in the day, however, so that's one plus.
