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The World Book Web

School and Library Edition

Overview

• Most appropriate content

• Easiest to learn and use

• Fewest technical problems

• Best reference product to serve the research needs of students

• Best reputation for serving school markets

World Book Web

World Book Kids / Enciclopedia Estudantil Hallazgos

Grades K-5

World Book Student

Grades 4-9

World Book Advanced

Grades 8-12

World Book Discover

Grades 6-12

World Book Kids

• Designed to give younger students a rewarding online experience

World Book Kids

• Thousands of easy-to-read articles

• Engaging images and illustrations

• Interactive games and activities

• Correlations to state and provincial curriculum standards

• Teacher resources

World Book Kids

• Classroom tested

• Simple navigation

• Articles written especially for younger students

World Book Kids

Wealth of fun activities to keep students engaged in learning

• Games & Activities

• Compare Places

• World of Animals

World Book Kids

Other features:

•Dictionary

•Important People

•Maps and More

•Science Projects

World Book Student

This comprehensive site includes all the articles from the

22-volume print set, plus thousands more

World Book Student

• More than 40,000 encyclopedia and reference articles

• World Book Biography Center, with more than 10,000 biographies

• Rich multimedia – audios, videos, and animations

• Historical features

• Extensive dictionary and atlas

• Correlations to state and provincial curriculum and achievement standards

• Educator tools

• Student activities

World Book Student

• Integrated search allows easy access for researching content and multimedia for students

• High-interest, content to captivate

World Book Student

Highlights:

•Back in Time

•Biography Center

•Behind the Headlines

•Dictionary/Atlas

•Resource Guides

•Surf the Ages

•What’s New section

World Book Student

Research Tools

•Citation Builder

•How to Do Research

•My Research

•Timelines

World Book Advanced

A powerful reference tool that includes encyclopedic, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search.

World Book Advanced

• Tailored for the needs and skills of students in grades 8 and up

• Customizable interface, a streamlined design, and personalized homepage content features

• Optimized search results

• Research tools including dictionary, atlas, and local and country research guides

• Individual accounts within the site offer users the ability to create and save their own content features

World Book Advanced

One single search generates:

• A vast collection of primary source documents and fulltext e-books

• More than 25,000 encyclopedia articles

• More than 10,000 sounds and pronunciations

• Thousands of images

• Correlated to state or provincial content standards

• Thousands of editor-selected Web sites

• Thousands of periodical articles

• Atlas and Dictionary databases

World Book Advanced

• Primary Source

• Teaching with

Documents

• E-Books

World Book Advanced

Timelines

•Create your own

•Choose a World Book prepared timeline

•Edit, Print, Save to “My Research”

World Book Discover

• An engaging reference resource for students reading below grade level because of language or learning difficulties.

World Book Discover

• Uncluttered interface, easy-to-understand content, and useful activities

• Automated translations into 30 languages

• Text-to-speech feature

• Timeline and citation builders

• Individual research accounts

• Life skills section to help students negotiate financial, health, and housing issues

• World Book Explains videos

• Correlations to state and provincial curriculum and achievement standards

World Book Discover

• Comprehension

Questions

• Read-aloud feature

• Translate text

• Tool Box

World Book Discover

World Book Explains

• Categorized list of videos

• Questions answered by experts on all topics

World Book Discover

• Life Skills

• How to Do

Research

• Dictionary

• Visual

Dictionary

• Timelines

Enciclopedia Estudantil Hallazgos

Newly redesigned Enciclopedia Estudiantil

Hallazgos is the optimal beginner’s Spanish language reference tool.

Enciclopedia Estudantil Hallazgos

• Dozens of hands-on activities

• World of Animals feature

• Spanish visual dictionary

• Bilingual features allow users to switch between Spanish and English content

• Newspapers from the Spanish-speaking world

The World Book Web

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