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Most People Stop At The First Answer
- People think they're good at search but often use only basic queries and stop too soon.
- Treat search as a skill: deeper thinking and techniques reveal richer, more accurate information.
The Information World Is Lumpy
- Information online is not infinite and flat; it is 'lumpy' with specialized clusters and archives.
- Knowing the structure of where knowledge lives helps you target searches beyond general web results.
From A Beach Find To Library Of Congress
- Dan describes an investigation that led him into the Library of Congress archives to read 19th-century letters.
- That research path shows some answers require offline archives, not standard web searches.