I'll join the revival.  I used to spend a bundle on research materials and little by little I have scaled down over the years.  I'm with Bob.  Why spend a bundle on research materials when so much is available on the internet.  For those folks that spend most of their day researching complex client situations, a good research library is important.  For most of the folks visiting here, we get stuck here and there every now and then so having an expensive and extensive library really isn't necessary.  Besides, most of the time I either couldn't figure out how to find an answer in my research materials, or when I did I couldn't understand what the materials were telling me anyway 😁