Popular Tools on the Internet to Help Learning

Anyone who is familiar with the Internet will know the sheer magnitude of available learning resources. As opposed to learners of previous generations who have to go all the way to libraries and bookstores just to get a copy of research materials and make use of learning tools, today's generation seems to have a pretty easy time gaining access to learning resources via the Internet. The only work for the student to do is to choose which of these options are legitimate tools for learning. Below are some of the most popular websites and applications on the Internet to aid learning:

· Google. This search engine is probably the most popular tool for finding any kind of information on the Internet. You can practically ask any question by typing “keywords” into the information bar and you will get thousands to even millions of search results. However, this is exactly the reason why you have to figure out the exact way of typing the correct keywords and using Google's features to edit the parameters of your search in order for it to come up with relevant results.
· Wikipedia. For anyone who wants to have a quick view of any sort of information being asked without going through the hassle of choosing between many websites, Wikipedia would be your best bet. It contains almost any topic and the information contained is updated pretty fast too, especially if you are searching a very popular topic. The catch to this is that anyone can edit the entries, regardless of whether they actually know what they are doing or not. It is just like a regular printed encyclopaedia with many volumes and entries, except that it is less reliable and more prone to bias, which is why many universities do not consider entries lifted from Wikipedia as a reliable academic source.