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Doing Internet Research Like It's Your Job (It Sort of Is)

When you're looking for really specific sources for a research paper, the internet might seem like a hopeless maze of teeth-whitening ads and outright lies. This does not have to be the case! We're here

Your Own Personal Life Soundtrack!

Movies can be magical and emotional experiences—especially when they feature a great soundtrack. We hear a low, ominous chord from a cello, and we know the bad guy is about to jump out from behind

Awesome Thing of the Week

Our contribute@sparknotes.com inbox is flooded with Awesome Things, and we LOVE it that way! But it's always hard for us to choose one Awesome Thing to feature, and this week we decided to randomly select

Christmas Cookie FAIL

After reading this very funny post, we think Sparkler dance4life51 should rename herself write4life51. Just a suggestion! —SparkNotes editors

We've all had terrible Christmas cookies from cookie exchanges with friends, relatives, neighbors, whoever. Here are some

What The Cuss?!?

There’s an age-old belief that people who curse are lazy and unintelligent. But after you slam your fingers in the car door, it’s not exactly easy to say, “Well, that was quite the painful experience.