Although its veracity (or “truthiness”) and, thus, the degree of its educational merits are frequently contested in academic circles, Wikipedia is an undeniably valuable first-stop reference library for exigent informational inquires—the sorts of inquires that, coincidently, seem to present themselves most often in classroom teaching and learning situations before expectant audiences.

Fortunately for students and teachers whose encyclopedic recall abilities occasionally malfunction, Patrick Collinson has provided instructions for putting the entire English version of Wikipedia (minus extraneous links and pictures) onto your iPhone or iPod touch, so that you will never again be subject to the sluggish EDGE connection when you’re desperate for the names of the nine Muses or that elusive quadratic equation.

If you have 2.2GB of storage free on your device, check out Collinson’s instructions to place a Wikipedian wealth of knowledge in your pocket.