
Quite a bit of the schoolwork that students do these days is expected to be done using online resources. In fact, teachers have, by and large, lost their aversion to people using the Internet as a research tool. This makes sense, given that the Internet is the largest collection of information ever constructed. USENET can also play a very useful role in helping students with schoolwork. One of the things you'll want to keep in mind about the USENET system is that its very nature makes it quite conducive to academic pursuits.
Text and Just Text
You can read USENET newsgroups in completely text format. This means that you don't have to worry about the distractions that come along with most of the Internet when you're trying to do research.
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