Remember the last time you had to search for something in a book. Checking the table of contents, thumbing through page numbers, and skimming through the text to search for signs of what you’re looking for... If that didn’t work, you’d turn to the index section, find the words that might help in your search, and go through every single page they appear on. And hopefully you don’t have to repeat the whole process with another book before finding the information you need.
Search engines like Google, e-books, online publications and blogs changed the way we search and find things. From “Googling” what we’re looking for, easily finding keywords within text, to going through news or email on a smartphone, a digital shift has affected everything we do today. The processes in our personal and professional lives are much different now than they were a few years ago, and tasks such as looking up information in a book, for many people, are becoming distant memories.