The Digital Research Initiative
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


The Web is a great way to bone up quickly on school subjects and help a child with homework. In addition to offering general reference sites, the Web offers targeted assistance resources to students of all grade levels who need homework help.

Homework Help at
http://www.startribune.com/stonline/html/special/homework/
is a very cool site which allows students to "pick" at its authors' collective "brain," which is divided into several different subject categories.

Homework Helper by Trabuco Hills High School at
http://www.trabuco.org/
is a online offer for science and math homework help from a teacher at Trabuco Hills.

Schoolwork.ugh at
http://www.schoolwork.org/
site has been assembled by some librarians in Rockland County, New York in order to help you get homework done when the library isn't open. Several subject areas are offered.

KidInfo by the Canfield, OH local School District at
http://www.kidinfo.com/
is a guide to reference sites on the Web which deal with a wide variety of school subjects and other topics of interest to young people.

Microsoft's Encarta Online at
http://encarta.msn.com/
is a concise encyclopedia available through the Web. Microsoft also offers this encyclopedia as a CD.

Knowledge Adventure at
http://www.adventure.com/
is a site designed for kids which also has sections for parents and teachers. It offers educational activities and games to aid in learning.

Britannica Online at
http://www.eb.com/
is a online encyclopedia which offers a free trial to non-subscribers.

Dr. Math at
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/
is a archive of math questions from students from Kindergardent to College. If your question is not in the archive, you can send it to Dr. Math.

Ask an expert at
http://www.askanexpert.com/askanexpert/
is an expert-finder for a variety of categories and subjects. Once you find the category you're interested in, you are invited to fill out a inquiry form which will be sent to an expert.

VolcanoWorld at
http://volcano.und.edu/
is a NASA-supported site with pictures and information about Earth's volcanoes. Also includes links to experts.

Useful Sites on the Web at
http://www.unc.edu/courses/jomc050/useful.html
is a JOMC 50 site with links to encyclopedias, dictionaries, foreign language guides, news sources, phone directories, maps and other handy resources on the Web.

Cheating on the Web at
http://www.unc.edu/courses/jomc050/cheat/
is a site which points to some of the shadier homework help resources on the Web, including online essay sources.


This site made by
eric
This site was created especially for students of the UNC School of Journalism's
JOMC 050 Class, and anyone else who may be interested.
For more information, please contactdaikat@email.unc.edu