What's It For?
Features
Use a book when you need:
Broad, fairly thorough, overview
Sometimes you need someone to explain things to you from start to finish, or you need to know a little bit about different aspects of a topic. A book can give that to you in one source
Example: an overview of video games and their cultural role
Historical perspective
Books are great when the information does not change much over time.
Example: how the civil rights movement changed America
