Find the answers to these questions and more at How Stuff Works. Marshall Brain, author of 10 books, writes illustrated explanations of complex subjects. In addition to Brain, other writers have been enlisted to add articles to this growing collection of interesting subjects. At the Internet Public Library Reference Center, check the Frequently Asked Questions section first, then the Pathfinders, both of which may save steps in finding answers to your questions. Frequently asked questions are questions that have been asked several times.
Pathfinders are guides to resources in specific topic areas.
Suppose you are looking for information about fairy tales. If you cannot locate what you are searching for via these two mechanisms, then browse or search the subject index. Switch to the Youth Division for lots of annotated links that are appropriate for the elementary and middle-school level. The Internet Public Library is the first public library for the Internet community and strives to serve the public by finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing, and creating quality information resources. The Lakewood, Ohio, Public Library staff has organized a collection of Ready Reference sites according to the Dewey Decimal System.