My Favourite Read
These days its not only google I look for while doing my assignments, but I always find it helpful to browse through wikipedia before actually getting more information and most of the time the sources of the information are on wikipedia itself.
I see myself suddenly using wikipedia not only for work but just for fun reading and I enjoy it tremendously. I think it is the best place to prepare for general knowledge quizzes and game shows. There are certain specific features which need a special mention:
Variety, you have information about everything, however it has not yet got the status of an encyclopedia
The historical approach for all the articles, you look up a company and you have the details from the year it started. Same with countries and elements and all that has a history.
The links in the articles which help getting more information about the difficult words encountered.
The sources and additional links provided at the end of each article.(These are sometimes more useful than google results)
The layout of the pages, you can actually look for the most relevant information for the given subject by selecting the correct link at the start of an article.
Wikipedia is the best look up for something you may have to get introduced to or something which may not be related to the field of your profession but makes a very good trivial read.
I really wanted to know about wikipedia more, so I searched for 'wikipedia' on wikipedia, and it like all other articles is a great read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
One thing which i feel will be another good will be the concept of wikidictionary, which can contain the etymology of a particular search word. (Am I suggesting a 'Word Power made easy' online?)
I see myself suddenly using wikipedia not only for work but just for fun reading and I enjoy it tremendously. I think it is the best place to prepare for general knowledge quizzes and game shows. There are certain specific features which need a special mention:
Variety, you have information about everything, however it has not yet got the status of an encyclopedia
The historical approach for all the articles, you look up a company and you have the details from the year it started. Same with countries and elements and all that has a history.
The links in the articles which help getting more information about the difficult words encountered.
The sources and additional links provided at the end of each article.(These are sometimes more useful than google results)
The layout of the pages, you can actually look for the most relevant information for the given subject by selecting the correct link at the start of an article.
Wikipedia is the best look up for something you may have to get introduced to or something which may not be related to the field of your profession but makes a very good trivial read.
I really wanted to know about wikipedia more, so I searched for 'wikipedia' on wikipedia, and it like all other articles is a great read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
One thing which i feel will be another good will be the concept of wikidictionary, which can contain the etymology of a particular search word. (Am I suggesting a 'Word Power made easy' online?)
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