Is this considered cheating?

[lew!]

Yea, Thats hardly cheating.. Your learning about it so you can get better marks.. nothing bad

[Jin]

research not cheating, providing you dont plagarise the research but just use to get a different aspect on the text then its fine.

[Srieny]

I think its known as Revision

[CJW93]

I think you school world be pleased woth you as it shows that you care about your test grade.

[RedStratocas]

no, i do that all the time. if i don't understand a part of a book (or my mind wanders while i'm reading and i don't realize it) i go to sparknotes.

[Prick]

No its not

[Agesilaus]

Absolutely agreed with everyone here - a definite no. If you're not in exam conditions, then you are not cheating by looking up some information before hand. It's a good strategy before the exam starts. Heaps of people do it where I live.