Yep, you're right Curtis. It is usually cheaper to purchase those books you really want for reference, but many I wanted were long out of print and near impossible to find. This does give the ability to read the books though and decide which ones are really worth the expense and effort to locate or copy.

If you have a library card (available to area residents) with our local university, you can supply your own paper and print for about 2 to 3 cents a page. Often, I just pull the chapters or pages with specific information and ring bind into a tabbed reference collection. It might actually be cheaper to print off at home (even with the cost of cartridges), but it prevents wearing out my poor old printer! lol