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Ten reasons why every school library should have Q-files
January 02, 2018
1. It’s a massive school library in itself, covering all the sciences, natural history, technology, history, space, prehistory, religions, nations, arts, the Earth — everything.
2. It’s completely trustworthy. Every page has been carefully checked for accuracy by a team of expert consultants. You’ll find their credentials listed on a special page on the Q-files site.
3. It’s specially designed for children. All our pages are written by specialist children’s writers working alongside specialist
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New pages for 2018
January 02, 2018
Q-files moves with the times. Stuff happens, new discoveries take place, the world changes. Besides, we will never be content to stand still; we want always to be bigger and better. So Q-files is constantly being updated, improved and added to.
We’ve recently completed a whole new section in the GEOGRAPHY file: US States. There’s a page on each state, covering its geography, climate, economy and the origin of its name. Along with photos, a flag and a factfile, there’s a full historical
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Is your school looking for something like Wikipedia… but which isn’t Wikipedia?
September 20, 2017
Wikipedia is, of course, the go-to reference source on the web. It has its critics, but its depth, range and sheer convenience are unarguable.
But if you want an online reference source that is specially written and designed for children, one that has been carefully checked and verified by experts, one that is completely safe to browse, with no irritating ads or links to dodgy sites … where do you go?
Q-files.com, the new online children’s encyclopedia, meets all those criteria. Created by a
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How can Q-files help with learning?
April 28, 2017
As an online encyclopedia, Q-files.com is a vast store of general knowledge that children can visit to read up about…well, pretty well anything. It’s comprehensive, in-depth, expert-verified — and brimming with facts, diagrams and videos. (And it covers a wide range of subjects that are not necessarily part of the school curriculum: space, dinosaurs, pirates, castles, world religions, endangered animals, etc.) So Q-files supports classwork and homework exactly in the same way that a good library