Various sites offer hand-holding and assistance for students at universities and secondary schools.
ZDNet's College Homework Resources From A to Z links to research sites covering areas from accounting to zoology. For more help, seek assistance from the community of academics who also live their lives online. Before, the author of your textbook might have been just a name on the cover. Now you can talk to that person via e-mail. Luckily for new university students and their parents, the same technological changes that make a textbook author only an e-mail away can also help families stay connected.