The Hogwarts Library and search engine...

[bootekusic]

No: HPFGUIDX 47528

Hello,

I do not know if this has come up or not in past posts. I've tried to 
search for it in the archives and such, but abandoned that rather 
quickly. Anyway, it struck me as odd that there is no quick way of 
finding information in the Hogwarts library. An example would is 
shown in the first book when they can't find a thing on Nicholas 
Flamel and search for him for weeks. They have the same problem in 
The Goblet of Fire when Harry and Hermione are looking for 
information on dragons and how to "defeat" them. They run across the 
problem yet again when he has to figure out how to breathe 
underwater. To me, it seemed like there should be some quick way of 
finding what you need, using something like a search engine or even a 
card catalog! Do you think that they had this problem with other 
subjects also? This just struck me as strange because there seem to 
be quick ways to do MOST things in the Wizarding world as opposed to 
the Muggle world. So I'll let you guys mull this over while I finish 
GOF for the 5th time...

 - Bootekusic