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I seemed to have no issue back in the day finding what I needed. Just not as easy.
Honestly though, you could never be certain how accurate it was. You could be certain it was probably several years out of date.
My parents got my sisters and ~~I~~me the digital Encyclopedia Britannica and purchased any available updates. Pretty fucking sweet, looking back on it.
Same as the internet then.
Well, lately
Far more trustworthy than today. For books to be published they had to be reviewed and accepted by a publisher and then they were copy-edited for accuracy and consistency. Not like now where you can write any pile of crap you want (or have an AI generate it) and self-publish it to Amazon or whatever.
Yeah, this has nothing to do with the internet. It is just about lazy vs. not lazy. The exact same scenario happens today, despite the internet.
Removing the motivation/drive to do whatever it was you were gonna do in the first place. Walking to your rich friends house that had the encyclopedia set or walking to the library, it was another thing that you had to think of whether you wanted to get up and do. Call me crazy but lifting your phone or tablet or walking over to your computer to look it up is still a lot easier IMO.