Library resources go through a review process.
The library selects and curates books, periodicals, and databases that contain authoritative information produced by experts. These might be expert researchers, professional experts, or journalists from news sources with a reputation of credibility or editorial oversight. On the Internet, anyone can publish anything without passing the content through an editor.
Library resources are free for you to use.
In addition to the physical books, DVDs, and CDs in our collection, the library also pays to provide students and faculty with access to popular periodicals (newspapers and magazines) as well as databases that include primary sources, full-text articles, eBooks, and multimedia content -- some of which can't be accessed by regular search engines. Many pages on the open Internet are free to view, but some commercial sites will charge a fee to access their information.
Library resources are organized.
In our physical and digital collections, items are organized so you can find all the sources on a topic. For example, when you search for a book in the library catalogue you'll get a call number, and will find that items shelved near the same call number will cover a similar topic. On the open Internet, there are too many webpages for any single directory service to organize and index content according to subjects.
