Where do you go if you're going to conduct a research?
Nowadays, incoming generations really rely now on the power of the "internet" when it comes to searching for information. Just type the word or phrase you're looking for and click, there goes your answer. So why bother wasting time turning the pages of encyclopedias if in just a snap of a finger you have what you needed?
People underestimate the power of encyclopedias. Well, technically, all of them are primary sources which means, they are like the walls that can fully support your data. They are first hand accounts done by professionals and scholars.
On the other hand, internet info, I'm not saying all of them, are majority secondary or third hand sources which basically means that they have been edited or modified. They maybe data collected from several sources and were put together. However, the problem here is the errors which the writer or the author committed. He/she may have different understanding on the data than you, when you have actually seen the data. So it is like you're just a kid listening to other's story instead of you telling your own. Aside form that, your not 100% sure that the author is reliable. He/she maybe just a kid posting and posting wrong ideas for fun.
What I would like to convey here is that manual research is still stronger than any other. There is freedom in it, freedom to give your analysis, understanding, insights towards these first-based ideas. You also type your work after gathering the data so you become more familiarized with it because writing is the last stage of learning since you make an output out of your input. Unlike the one in the internet, some people also tend to "copy-paste" their works without ever reading them. So they don't absorbed what must be absorbed. As they say, “No Pain, No Gain”, so working hard with your research will surely be a compacted and a strong one.
