One of the most amazing aspects of the Internet is its ability to help people find out how to do things they never knew how to do. This sort of self-learning has been available in many Western countries for a number of years (have you ever heard of a public library?), but the Internet makes such learning possible with unprecedented speed and variety. On this page, you will find links meant to steer you to places on the web where the self-learning of scientific skills and practices is both possible and probable.