eHow
Subtitle: how to do just about everything.
Publisher: eHow, inc.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [Salt Lake City, UT]
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Do-it-yourself work -- Computer network resources.; Self-help techniques -- Computer network resources.; Life skills -- Computer network resources.
Other titles: How to do just about everything; Welcome to eHow.com : how things get done; eHow.com; How things get done
Description: Features eHow.com, a source of information on how to do things, provided by the Digital Foundry, Inc. of Tiburon, California. Offers thousands of specific project instructions, within fourteen categories including automobile, careers, computers, finance, health, hobbies, home and garden, pets, and real estate.

"Providing 'clear instructions on how to do (just about) anything,' the E-how web site boasts of receiving 'over four million visitors each month.' Its popularity is not difficult to understand. The web site's instructions are easy to understand and follow. E-how covers a very wide variety of subjects ranging from how to play the kazoo, kiss on a date, create a tile mosaic, to how to fix your car. E-how's users are encouraged to submit their suggestions on how to do anything via its wiki site (http://wiki.ehow.com). The site is funded in part by advertisements via Google which are related to the subject being researched. E-how is recommended for anyone who has felt that with just a little knowledge and a little courage 'I could do that myself'"--Reviewed: March 12, 2006. "Best Free Reference Web Sites 2006," RUSA Quarterly, Fall 2006. Comp. by the MARS Best Free Websites Committee, RUSA, ALA."
Notes: Title from home page (viewed on Feb. 22, 2007).

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