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Who's Who Online combines the latest instalment of that hardy annual, Who's Who, with the historical riches contained within the various retrospective volumes. I have to say at the outset that, although I am of an age and educational background which makes me more used to having my professional reading matter presented in printed form, I have no qualms about or distaste of reference sources in an online form. The standard comment made by many of my contemporaries about modern society's demand for instantly digestible knowledge in a short, easily comprehensive form may be valid in many instances, but, if they can have quick access to a set of reliable facts, such as are presented in works of this kind, why should they find that objectionable? All too often one sees printed reference works such as Who's Who gathering dust on the open shelves of a library or the spines showing the...