I think everybody by now knows about Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, but that's just one of a whole family of Wiki services. Here are few you may not be familiar with-- and like Wikipedia, they are all free to use, quote, and link to:
- Wiktionary: an online dictionary
- WikiNews: breaking news. This one has not really caught on yet, so there isn't a lot of content, but what they have is more complete and better sourced than most traditional news sources.
- WikiQuote: sourced quotes. (I use this on a lot to verify quotes before I post them. When I see something like "'Always follow your dreams!' ~Albert Einstein," I check it out before I pass it along.)
- WikiSpecies: if it's alive, you'll find a picture and description here. It's very cool, great for casual browsing
- WikiBooks: free, open-source textbooks
- Wikiversity: free courses for learning just about anything that interests you
- WikiSource: an extensive collection of public domain books, free to read and download
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