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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