Whereas previously only printed encyclopedias were constantly used to search for information, now things are different: you just need to connect to the Internet, open a browser and load the main page of "Wikipedia", which is a kind of great reference book.
Instructions
Step 1
What are the advantages of "Wikipedia" over its counterparts or web-versions of well-known world encyclopedias? The fact is that this resource is multilingual, support for more than 130 languages of the world. There is still no resource that has united the efforts of so many peoples and nations.
Step 2
Why is Wikipedia joining forces? Everything is very simple, any Internet user can enter information about a subject or object that has not been covered up to this point. Also, each visitor to this site has the opportunity to change the information provided if he considers it incorrect.
Step 3
To do this, you need to click "Edit", then you enter new data and click the "Save" button. Everything, the information has been changed. It is worth noting that any other user can also change it. In this case, it is recommended to supplement the article, indicating that there are several interpretations for the described subject or event.
Step 4
Another big plus of this online encyclopedia is the automatic appearance of cross-references. What it is? Cross-references are for more informative purposes. For example, you have opened an article about a computer mouse. In the text of the article, you will find links to materials whose headings are blue words with underlining typical of links. In this article you can find links to Windows, Apple, x86, browser, etc.
Step 5
The age of "Wikipedia" is more than 10 years, because the publication date of the first article is January 15, 2001. If you are using not MS Word as your text editor, but the OpenOffice Writer program, you have the opportunity to install an add-on that provides quick access to information on Wikipedia pages.
