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How Strong?

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  I often try to remember how life was before the age of ‘click and get’. Do you remember those days when you had to visit the library and search catalogues, look for books, articles or newspapers for information needed? I recall those days at the University of Ilorin with the kind of nostalgia that has no desire to go back there. Don’t get me wrong - I really enjoyed those days. The smell of books and old newspapers is something I fondly remember. Nowadays, research is devoid of that. Rather, it consists of a list of search words and of course of a computer system to access the different search engines you intend to use. And then, you click away. What a life! Searches that could have taken a week or two may take just a day. Searches this way however are not devoid of its problems. Although there is no dust irritating your nose, no missing catalogue cards nor missing books on the shelves to contend with, internet connection can make your search a torture.   I am sure that you are fam