How to do your HOMEWORK Online

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Categories | Math | English | Social Studies | Science | Languages | Reference Shelf
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* Math

BEST STARTING POINT: Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway

Dozens of links to information about mathematical equations, definitions, and even math history are crammed into this site. Investigate your own Mandelbrot set or learn about non-Euclidean geometry. Just don't expect to operate heavy machinery for a few hours afterwards.

BEST HOMEWORK HELPER: Math Homework Help

Instead of searching through all your textbooks for math formulas, this site has them all in one place. Check out the "crib sheets" for basic trigonometric functions or geometry postulates and theorems.

*English

BEST STARTING POINT: Busy Teacher's Website: English

American literature, electronic text archives, Shakespeare dictionaries, and something for anyone who frequents the local poetry cafe.

BEST HOMEWORK HELPER: On-Book: An Introduction to the Study of Literature

You've come a long way since those book reports you used to write in grade school. Now you've got to master the art of writing about literary theory. You won't find online papers to plagiarize here, but you will find all the tools you need to write your own literary analysis.

*Social Studies

BEST STARTING POINT: Schoolhouse Library Social Science

Has links to information on everything from Supreme Court cases to the Dead Sea Scrolls.

BEST HOMEWORK HELPER: From Revolution to Reconstruction and What Happened Afterwards

Studying for the history finals and don't have time to reread your whole textbook? This concise hypertest history of the United States form the colonial period to modern times is a much more fun way to cram for the exam.

*Science

BEST STARTING POINT: Discover magazine, Editors' Web Tour

Discover magazine provides its list of seesntial science links, from a calendar of astronomical events to the periodic table of elements. Check out Paleolithic cave paintings online or find out where volcanoes have been erupting lately.

BEST HOMEWORK HELPER: Scientific American: Ask the Experts

You're way beyond asking, "Mommy, where do babies come from?" Now the experts at Scientific American are available to answer what you really want to know: "How close are we to being able to clone a dinosaur?"

*Languages

BEST STARTING POINT: Foreign Language Sites

Hello. Bonjour. Hola. Whether you're studying for class or just trying to find a Yiddish expression to impress a friend, you will find a helpful site here. Includes a full spectrum of sites on the Romance languages, as well as Classic, Germanic, and Asian ones. And how many launchpads have links to such treasures as Speak Icelandic Like a Restless Native? This list even includes a living Swahili dictionary.

BEST HOMEWORK HELPER: Travlang

Ostensibly a service for travelers, this handy online device will nevertheless help with basic language questions as well as pronunciation. Still having trouble getting your mouth around the Estonian word for breakfast? Come here.

Reference Shelf

The Online Books Page
Find the full electronic texts of thousands of books. Includes links to other e-text repositories, including Project Bartleby and the Internet Public Library.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Webster's Hypertext Interface
Every word within a definition (except a, an, of, etc.) has a link to its own definition.
Bartlett's Familliar Quotations
Fills the need for the perfect quote with which to grace your term paper (or your-email signiture).
Roget's Thesaurus
Makes finding a synonym for diffuse or humongous a snap (of course, finding a word that rhymes with orange is another story).
The Elements of Style
For anyone trying to hone their grammatical skills.

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