The novice student knows about the tools of books and the internet; the expert researcher knows about books, the internet, journals, conference proceedings, ephemera, bibliographic databases, and more. Knowing about these
things gives you several advantages. One advantage is that you know how to get a quick, trustworthy overview of a field. Another is that you know where to look for the most accurate, comprehensive and sophisticated descriptions
of previous approaches. A high proportion of this material isn’t on the internet.