After too many posts asking me for specific page numbers in Riordan and
Auerbach for things people can't find, and other posts asking about
statements in other books that seem "not quite right" (the most tactful way
I can put that), here are some things to remember.

#1: no single book is the source of ALL important information.

#2: publication schedules being what they are, most text books are at least
2 years out of date by the time they come out (becuase of this, we MADE
arrangements to include references less than 1 year old in our first and
second editions.  You will be hard put to find other textbooks with refs
that close to the pub date of the book.)

#3: when something sounds "off" to you, check the pub date and the author.
If more than 5 years old, it is possible the information is no longer
current.  If the author's name is unknown to you and other colleagues in
the field, chances are this person may be LESS informed than you!

#4: when asking questions of professionals, it is BEST to do your homework
FIRST!  Do not ask "tell me everything (a variant is send me all your
references on...) you know about [fill in the blank].  These questions
immediately label you as a neophyte in the field.  Read the LACTNET
archives.  Chances are your question has already been discussed (sometimes
ad nauseum!) more than once. Do an on-line search of articles in the
professional literature to find out if anyone else has written about the
subject BEFORE asking someone/or the bunch of us for what we know.  If I
sound cranky, I apologize, but I am getting VERY TIRED of people coming on
like new college students who have yet to open the door to the library, but
want all the information they spoon-fed to them. Please consider that my
(former/current) university professor hat is firmly in place this morning,
not my empathetic, let me help you any way I can LC hat.

gotta go do something unrelated to libraries.....

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