This website was designed to be more than just additional course content. It contains a diverse array of tools designed to help instructors teach more effectively and students to learn and understand the material in order to apply it in a broad context.

On this website, you will find:

• Chapter-specific web links will help you extend your learning onto the Internet
• Self-assessment quizzes, which will allow students to check their knowledge
• Full-length tests which the instructor can customize
• A course calendar which will help teachers and students keep track of upcoming class events, assignments, and meetings
• Communication tools which allow classmates and teachers to chat in real time
• A mail tool to help classmates and instructors communicate one-on-one
• Tracking tools allow students to keep track of their progress through the course and teachers to follow students’ grades and course access
• A discussion board on which instructors and students may post topics intended to spark debate about concepts raised in the text