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I tend to do manual site searching as well, but sometimes I'll throw in a site-search spell or two if I have them. I don't make those a priority to research, though.

Researching, for me at least, is sort of what I do with a mage when I have absolutely nothing else useful left for him to do. That being said, researching is what most of my mages do most of the time. It's just I'd rather be site searching or forging items or summoning monsters.