When was the last time you went to the library to do research? There was a time when you had to go to the library to access business books, journals, and even the catalogs of material contained in those publications.

Have you ever searched on a topic in Google, found an abstract that looked like exactly what you wanted, only to find out the full article would cost you $10 just to view?

Moving all of that information from the library to the Internet was only a matter of time, with the emergence of digital everything over the last 20 years. But access to all that information has been restricted to academic institutions and paying organizations. ASTD has removed that barrier for its members, by including EBSCOhost as a part of its membership benefits.

There are a couple of other research resources worth mentioning as well. Follow me, and we’ll take a brief tour of the ASTD Knowledge Center. (more…)