Textbook Revolution

Taking the Bite Out of Books

About.com

Filed under: [ general reference, high-school, middle school ]

http://www.about.com

About.com has hundreds of guides to just about everything you could want. All are excellent because the site is maintained by human editors who really know their stuff. Owned by the NY Times, the site suffers somewhat from an overabundance of ads (including pop-ups) and an annoying and ugly frames set-up. But it’s still on my list because time and time again, I search google for the answer to something, only to find that I should have just started that search at About.com instead.

While none of the sections are set up to replace textbooks, many of the guides in their extensive homework help section have written the equivalent of introductory textbooks, broken up into manageable articles and accompanied by extensive links. The site is highly recommended for all students, elementary school to introductory college levels.

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