Students used to do their research at the library, searching through card catalogs and journal indices, checking out books, and copying articles. At the end of the 1990s, electronic publishing had changed all that. ;, Everything from newspapers to magazines to books could be found with a point and a click on the web. And at the end of the decade, most of these sites could be surfed free of charge. While some print newspapers essentially reproduced their stories on the web with few changes other than a few hypertext words offering links to other stories, many web publications, such as HotWired, were creating a new genre of media. Editor David Weir explained, "I think what you're looking at is honestly the birth of a new mass media. It's happening right before our eyes." Not everyone was exuberant about the move toward, electronic publishing. Many...