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"Welcome to the Kidpedia, the soon to be best encyclopedia on the internet written by kids, for kids! The 5th graders at Mattawan Later Elementary are busy preparing their articles and entries for you, so stop back anytime to see the progress they've made! "

If I were forced to choose an aspect of the internet that made it simply indispensable, it would definitely be its availability as a huge learning resource. 20 years ago, who would have thought that one would have easy access to already completed business documents, research papers of world class universities, free encyclopedias and some great books, no matter where he or she is located in the world.

Martin Luther King Jr. was undeniably the most significant individual of the civil rights movement. An iconic and tireless leader, he was also a uniter, steadfastly committed to humanity, community, and justice. Stanford's King Institute is the Web's best resource for researching the life and work of Dr. King. Find text and audio of his speeches, sermons, and papers in the King Papers Project or learn about his life in the King Encyclopedia.

"Educypedia is an information resource about scientific and educational material: electronics, engineering, science, encyclopedia, history and information technology. All the links in the central part are tested with respect to content. All pages at educypedia are free for personal and educational use."

This is the front page of the Simple English Wikipedia. Wikipedias are places where people work together to write encyclopedias in different languages. We use Simple English words and grammar here. The Simple English Wikipedia is for everyone! That includes children and adults who are learning English. There are 67,234 articles on the Simple English Wikipedia. All of the pages are free to use. They have all been published under both the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 and the GNU Free Documentation License. You can help here! You may change these pages and make new pages. Read the help pages and other good pages to learn how to write pages here. If you need help, you may ask questions at Simple talk.

"If you bought a computer a few years ago, it would invariably come with a free CD-Rom encyclopedia. At the time it seemed like a life-changer, but after an hour or two spent looking at ancient wildlife clips and a timeline about the Romans, the excitement wore off. Today's internet equivalents are bigger, faster and more interactive, whether you're helping youngsters with their homework or cramming for the pub quiz. "

Let's face it, it's the 21st century and textbooks are annoying. They're heavy, expensive, and it can take forever to find what you're looking for. For the student in a hurry, online research is the fastest and easiest way to fill up that research paper. Here are 5 of the most useful (and fun) subject-oriented online research Web sites.

Welcome to Knol A knol is an authoritative article about a specific topic. Here are some examples of knols.

"Welcome to Wikipedia for Schools! This selection of articles from Wikipedia matches the UK National Curriculum and can be used by school children around the world. 6000 articles, 26 million words and 50,000 images make Wikipedia for Schools bigger than Harry Potter, the Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia put together! Wikipedia is great, but it wasn't designed with the National Curriculum in mind. And because anyone can edit it, articles sometimes get vandalised. That's why we've put together this special collection to make learning as easy and safe as it can be. Here at SOS Children, we've checked all the articles, tidied them up a bit, and put them together by school subject. SOS Children ( www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk) is a charity which works around the world to help children in need. As well as Wikipedia articles, we've collected pages from the SOS Children website, so you can learn more about the work we do in 125 countries around the world. We would like to say thank you to the Wikimedia Foundation, the people who made the Wikipedia site. We would also like to thank the many people who have come together over the years to make Wikipedia what it is today."