I disagree. If you live any where near a university, you can usually walk right into their library, even if you aren't part of the university. I don't do it on

I disagree. If you live any where near a university, you can usually walk right into their library, even if you aren't part of the university. I don't do it on a regular basis, but the breadth of knowledge available at say, the UW, library is vastly greater than whatever Sir Isaac Newton had access to.