Excuse me. I use 2 hs per day reading in ResearchGate!!!!
For my work, I prefer read papers all the time, because I need to study how people resolve problems, and in papers I always find new experimental methodologies.
Books and internets only to take a general idea about a thopic.
Interesting question. Daniel Martinez Krahmer has a point. With regards to my decision, it depends on various factors:
1) what is available and at what price?
2) where will I use it and how?
3) what am I searching exactly?
Both are useful in different cases.
I use both, depending on needs and circumstances.
In general:
I prefer to read on paper and reading books has advantages. I am able to grasp and understand content more easily when written on paper, I like doing sidenotes, adding paperslips with notes and so forth.
Anyhow, when in a hurry, and if available, I read essays and articles online or via PDF. Doing research for new publications online is more precise and easy than at the library (bibliographies often outdated), when found as data file I can browse easily and look up single words via word-search.
In Short:
- If available, if book is available, if I need a lot: book and paper is prefered
- If in a hurry, looking for single aspects, and if available: digital
Dear friends, I agree with everything you wrote. and I am a divided opinion. It has both for and against each other
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