Nowadays， internet has become a very useful tool in our daily life. We need it all the time， especially in the process of doing academic research. And now with the development of internet， we can also read on internet by using digital devices. Maybe there is a question in many people’s minds. When conducting academic research with internet or print， which one is better？ Compared with printed papers， conducting academic research on internet benefits us from four aspects： currency， convenience， cost and portability.
　　Conducting academic research on internet is better than print in currency. This is a time of science and technology， and information are updated everyday on internet， so we can know things quickly. For example， we usually read news on internet or newspaper. If there is a serious explosion in the morning， we can know it from internet in the afternoon or even earlier. Maybe this piece of news will be on tomorrow’s newspaper， but it can not be found on today’s newspaper. In contrast to internet， print is not so friendly in currency. Writing and publishing need times， so print can not update as quickly as internet. When we do some society research by using print， we can not find the latest information， this may cause some problems for us. Therefore， internet can do better than print in currency. If we conduct academic research on internet， we can always get the latest information from internet and keep pace with development.
　　Internet is more convenient to use than print. Conducting academic research is not an easy process. If we rely on internet， we will just need a search engine. It will just cost us several seconds. According to Holly Nelms （2015）， people are unwilling to waste time on looking for an article on print newspaper if they can find it online in this fast-paced world. So internet helps us get information more quickly and save a lot of times for other parts of our academic research. Conducting academic research from print will waste lots of our time. When we are conducting academic research， we have to find information from different areas. And there is an example if we choose to conduct academic research by books， we have to go to the library or bookstore， and search the bookshelves one by one. Now convenience has been a selling point for all manner of digital reading， Baron Naomi （2015） said. If we just rely on print， it will waste us a lot of times on finding books and getting information. This is not efficient. 　　The cost of conducting academic research on internet is less than print. Because reading on internet is based on digital database， there are always no prime cost of publishing and reading. This means we don’t need to pay for most of books. Although some articles or books on internet need money， they are still cheaper than print. So print isn’t more cost-efficient than internet. Michael Kozlowski （2014） also believes， “many readers cite the price of eBooks as one of the primarily aspects of why they choose to read digitally”. No one wants to choose the expensive way， if two ways have the same destination. So cost may lead student to conduct academic research on internet.
　　Digital reading device is more portable to conduct academic research than print. We can carry an ipad or other digital devices easily and read it anywhere if we want. Because it is based on digital database， an ipad can contain thousands of books. So wherever we are， we just need to watch on our screen instead of a pile of paper or books. For instance， we can’t carry a pile of paper or books anywhere or sit in the library the whole day. It’s too heavy and tiring. But we can just easily carry an e-book anywhere. However， if we rely on print， the more information we want to get， the more paper and books we need to print and carry. Therefore， conducting academic research on internet is more portable than print.
　　To conclude， conducting academic research on internet is better than print. Reading online shows us more possibility， because it updates quickly， enormously saves our time and reduces the cost， and easily to carry. So when conducting academic research， internet is better than print. Nick Harkaway （2014） said， digital reading will continue to grow for a while， and continue to exist. Although it is not so obvious， it is still becoming a part of the world. So it still has a bright future.
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