When you realize that the first season of Buffy aired before Google was founded.

Willow was even more fucking good at research than I thought.
When you think about it, this makes the fact that Sunnydale didn’t even have an accredited librarian even more egregious.
Yes, it’s great that Giles was a Watcher and was able to help Buffy keep the Hellmouth from swallowing the town, etc., but exactly who was teaching these students research skills that don’t involve ancient scrolls about demons? How are they going to be prepared for college?
I mean but. We did have Yahoo! Owners of Tumblr ™ even then.