Reading some student papers, I’m struck by the difficulty of asking students to do genuine research when they don’t have access to a first-rate research library. Many of my students did the right thing — they did not use “google” as their primary mode of research — but often struggled to use lexis or eric well.

Furthermore, when they went to find monographs, the lack of titles severely limited their options. It’s not a question of blame; there are all too few great well-funded libraries at this point. Rather it’s a question of how I can work with students to generate lists of texts that they can order.