Recently, people save their intellectual sources on the online foundation. By contrast, people in the previous periods however used books to do the same things. There are both advantages and disadvantages sides of how people store knowledge nowadays and I think advantages outweigh the remaining side, which does not require a certain space and can be easily assessed because of the classification by technology tools.
First of all, putting all the intellectuals in books can be more accurate. Publishers will confirm the accuracy of books and that is the reason papers provide more reliable knowledge compared to the function of the internet through centuries. Specifically, all the information from the past was saved by experts and historians from middle-age or ancient periods in the traditional way by scanning and writing it into books. For example, the vast majority of research and evidence of our civilization of all time were saved in the books, which still engage humans by its secrets and historical relics.
In addition, storing knowledge on the internet could be easier to manage by using numerous AI tools and arranged neatly to not waste any space. Therefore, instead of always carrying books, people merely use a mobile electronic device to respond all at once by its multi functions. Subsequently, if people want to solve things that involve topics they are concerned about, they will have to find the accuracy books for much time, while just arranging it into files by some well known website such as google drive. Nowaday, the vast majority of scientific research information is saved inside a massive database for the future generations instead of writing everything in books to save space and divide information into specific fields.
To conclude, storing information in books can gain credibility, which makes people trust more on these truths that were verified. Meanwhile, store knowledge on the internet is better because of its ease of use and can be supported by AI features.