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Because when doing research for a paper, one doesn't have to scramble all over the internet trying to find recent articles from scientific journals in order to have current information. Historical research leans more toward the "old & dusty books" side of things, and if you can find primary source material from 1812, so much the better.
In case you can't tell, I'm finding researching my psychology paper somewhat annoying. *hisses at research materials* I'm trying to write about the frequency of eating disorders in men, compared with women, and what groups of men are most at risk, but there is damn all information on the topic. Going by most of the books I've found on eating disorders, you'd think men didn't get them. And try looking up eating disorders among male atheletes in particular--even on the internet, there's nothing, when I know for a fact that some of the wrestlers at my high school worried about their weight just as much as an anorexic/bulimic girl, and tried all sorts of stupid things in order to lose weight. And I'm not even going to start on jockeys (except to say that weight requirements for horse racing result in much badness, if a decade's worth of reading Dick Francis novels and other stuff about steeplechasing has given me any clues).
On the plus side, I've mostly completed all of my Go-to-Ireland paperwork. *cheers at prospect of four months in Ireland* I'm especially looking foreward to taking that Old and Middle English class I'm trying to sign up for.
I haven't been to the Veelainc list in a good month--evil, un-modly me. As soon as this research paper from purgatory is over, I must go.
In case you can't tell, I'm finding researching my psychology paper somewhat annoying. *hisses at research materials* I'm trying to write about the frequency of eating disorders in men, compared with women, and what groups of men are most at risk, but there is damn all information on the topic. Going by most of the books I've found on eating disorders, you'd think men didn't get them. And try looking up eating disorders among male atheletes in particular--even on the internet, there's nothing, when I know for a fact that some of the wrestlers at my high school worried about their weight just as much as an anorexic/bulimic girl, and tried all sorts of stupid things in order to lose weight. And I'm not even going to start on jockeys (except to say that weight requirements for horse racing result in much badness, if a decade's worth of reading Dick Francis novels and other stuff about steeplechasing has given me any clues).
On the plus side, I've mostly completed all of my Go-to-Ireland paperwork. *cheers at prospect of four months in Ireland* I'm especially looking foreward to taking that Old and Middle English class I'm trying to sign up for.
I haven't been to the Veelainc list in a good month--evil, un-modly me. As soon as this research paper from purgatory is over, I must go.
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And have fun in Ireland! It sounds lovely!