Students don't go to the library any more!
Since the early-90s, computers have slowly increased their connectivity to each other at an exponential rate. The net result is sharing of information.
Students used to rely on large, annual publications called encyclopedias for research papers. The only way to perform well on a research paper was to physically travel to a library (hopefully a good one) and pore through endless racks of books using the Dewey Decimal System. Now, a student can access multiple levels of magnitude more information using the internet. Travel not required. Students are exposed to a multitude of ideas instead of what they stumble upon amidst the stacks. The speed at which these ideas are accessed is much faster. Just 20 years ago, if a student wanted to share ideas with someone else, they either traveled or mailed their thoughts and then went through a cumbersome physical exchange back and forth to achieve the desired result. Today, many minds spread over many continents can instantaneously brainstorm on a project and all of those new ideas are immediately disseminated. No more checking the mailbox to see if the packet from Cologne has arrived.
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