Wikibooks

So in my search to find a wiki that I enjoyed I came across one called Wikibooks at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page. For all you book lovers out there or those of you who love to learn this is definitely the site for you. It is a free library full of information that anyone can edit. It has different subjects that one could easily use for homework or research questions. the site began back in 2003 and is run mainly by volunteers. There are over 28,000 pages to its users. It is very user friendly and even has a guidebook on how to use and edit wikibooks. The difference between Wikibooks and Wikipedia is that Wikibooks is made up of actual textbooks, which unlike encyclopedias they instruct and teach the reader. Like a regular textbook they seperate the textbook pages into gloassries and prefaces just a normal textbook. They have a variety of different subjects and even have cookbooks and a Wikijunior for younger kids. 

The downfall of this site is that it does not use links a lot. The creators wanted the site to be like your normal textbook and believed that links in the middle of the sentences was too distracting. I personally like the links in the sentences better so that if I do not understand the word or concept mentioned, I can just click on it and find the answer. Overall though it's a great site and amazing for those of us who are too lazy to walk to the library. :)