Sunday, June 19, 2011

How To Learn With Online Literature

By Bob Bell


If you seek to expand your knowledge and horizons, the Internet offers limitless possibilities. The online space offers millions of articles, guides, poems, and books in a variety of genres. If you are looking for specialized literature, you will find guides and articles on various topics, as well as college papers, literary criticism, and more.

If you are looking for study guides, the Internet gives access to a variety of sources, offering reviews and review questions, author information, discussions of themes and symbols, and other helpful information. Graduates from Oxford and Cambridge have written some of the guides. Those who want to find scholarly pieces of work may check google scholar. The search engine displays full articles and citations. Using google books is another alternative. You can find books on a variety of topics, including travel, business and economics, political science, performing arts, and more. You will also find trending topics, classics, literary collections, and magazines. Google books gives you three options and namely, full view, preview, and snippet view. You will find a lot of information here - from related books to where you can buy your book of choice. Google news is an alternative option to explore. You can perform searches by month, week, or day, sort by relevance, or explore the archives.

You can learn about literature online by taking advantage of free online courses. Many prestigious tertiary institutions give access to their online classes. They won't offer you credit, but you will enjoy this unique learning opportunity. If you prefer to get credit for attending, you have to contact a college or university of choice and ask about the courses they offer.

You gain access to an unlimited number of learning opportunities. You can sign for a free language course or cooking class, use specialized, bilingual, or multilingual dictionaries, and much more. BBC Learning, for instance, offers information on making short films, guidance or mental health issues and parenting, classes in English, etc.

Another approach toward learning online is to ask your local library or university library about the online resources they have access to. Most libraries are subscribed to various magazines, scholarly journals, and other online services. You can browse by journal, article title, book title, author, and more. The databases you can check include Westlaw, EBSCO, JSTOR, and Science Direct. Some specialize in a particular sphere, and others are general knowledge databases. A good place to check which databases are available is your university website. You will find library catalogues reading lists, tips on finding information.

If the book you are looking for is not available, you can ask for an intersite loan. In addition, you can request copies of books and other items that are not available from the library's collection. Items you can request include journals, book chapters and books, conference proceedings, and dissertations. You can order the item by filling in a form online. While your university may charge you for this service, the cost may be covered by your department in some cases.




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