A good librarian is a Secret Master of Information

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There are times when Oracle can permit herself the luxury of surfing as her whimsy takes her, following this data stream and that topic drift. There are times when she dips her virtual toes briefly in the sea of information, easily plucking out what she needs and relaying it to those with a need to know.

There are times when she goes through the global nets the way a shark goes through chum, or the way Batgirl used to swing through the streets of Gotham "in the heat," a cop saying which has nothing to do with the weather.