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Jamie Littlefield is a writer, instructional designer, and teacher of high school and college distance education courses. Her work has appeared in Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and more.
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Updated on June 19, 2019
Online classes are convenient, but they usually don’t offer the support of a traditional university. If you find yourself wishing you had a tutor to guide you through a difficult math problem or essay question, free websites offer you the ability to ask questions and get answers online.
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Yahoo! Answers
Yahoo! Answers lets users ask questions and receive answers from fellow users. Topics include arts and the humanities, science, and mathematics, and education and reference. Users who provide answers receive points based on their responses. Almost all questions receive a quick answer. Many responders seem to be young, so be prepared for quips along with helpful responses.
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Hippo Campus
HippoCampus delivers videos, animations, and simulations on general education subjects to middle-school and high-school teachers. Students can use the site for homeworkand exam preparation. Users don't need to register or log in.HippoCampus is powered byThe NROC Project, a nonprofit, member-driven group focused on new models of digital content development, distribution, and use.
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Answerology
Answerology users can answer each other's questions and form “Question Groups” that track the questions on a homework topic. Questions and answers tend to be more social than academic but wouldbe useful in essays.
Ask a Librarian
This Library of Congress service lets students ask questions and receive emailed responses fromlibrarians. The site asks users to avoid sending homework questions, though it can be used for research issues. Answers are typically sent within five business days.Some topics offer online chat. A virtual reference shelf also is provided.
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Free Math Help
This site,launched in 2002, typically sees more than a million visitors a month during the school year. Everythingon the site is free, supported by advertising, though somelinks take you to fee-based sites.
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Ask Philosophers
Hosted by the University of Amherst, this site allows users to ask philosophical questions and receive responses fromphilosophers. Answers are posted within a few days. The website warns submissions won't be posted if they're unintelligible, vague, clearly scientific, concern a personal problem, or have other issues. You can search to see if your question hasalready been answered.
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Ask a Linguist
Questions are answeredon the website bylinguistics students and faculty at Indiana University's Linguistics Department. Responses focus on language and language analysis regarding issues with substantial linguistic content or content of wide interest within the discipline.
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Ask a Geologist
Email questions about earth sciences to this site, andUnited States Geological Survey scientists willrespond if your homework questionis among the 88 percent answered. Include the word "Question" in the subject line. USGS scientists have responded since 1994 but won't answer test questions, write reports, answer questions with direct financial impacts, recommend products or companies, or identify rocks from photos.
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Go Ask Alice!
Questions to the site, hosted by Columbia University’s health department,are answered by health care professionals, information and research specialists, and writers. Team members have advanced degrees in fields such as public health, health education, medicine, and counseling. The site cameonline in 1994; 20 years later, more than4 million peoplewere visiting monthly.
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Littlefield, Jamie. "Free Websites for Question-and-Answer Homework Help Online." ThoughtCo, Oct. 30, 2020, thoughtco.com/free-sites-homework-help-4169387.Littlefield, Jamie. (2020, October 30). Free Websites for Question-and-Answer Homework Help Online. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/free-sites-homework-help-4169387Littlefield, Jamie. "Free Websites for Question-and-Answer Homework Help Online." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/free-sites-homework-help-4169387 (accessed March 30, 2024).
