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World Book Onlinean introduction to its core

products

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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

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World Book Online Core Products

Early World of Learning Key Stage 1

World Book Kids Key Stage 2-3

Enciclopedia Estudantil Key Stage 2-3Hallazgos

World Book Student Key Stage 3-4

World Book Advanced/Academic Key Stage 4-5

World Book Discover Key Stage 3-5(for students whose reading is below grade)

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World Book Kids

Designed to give younger students a rewarding online experience

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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

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World Book Kids

• Classroom tested

• Simple navigation

• Articles written especially for younger students

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World Book Kids

Wealth of fun activities to keep students engaged in learning• Games & Activities• Compare Places• World of Animals

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World Book Kids

Other features:•Dictionary•Important People•Maps and More•Science Projects

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World Book Student

This comprehensive site includes all the articles from the 22-volume print set, plus thousands more.

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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

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World Book Student

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

• High-interest, content to captivate

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World Book Student

Highlights:•Back in Time•Biography Center•Behind the Headlines•Dictionary/Atlas•Resource Guides•Surf the Ages•What’s New section

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World Book Student

Research Tools:•Citation Builder•How to Do Research•My Research•Timelines

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World Book Advanced

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

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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

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World Book Advanced

One single search generates:

• A vast collection of primary source documents and full-text 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

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World Book Advanced

• Primary Source • Teaching with

Documents• E-Books

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World Book Advanced

Timelines:•Create your own•Choose a World Book prepared timeline•Edit, Print, Save to “My Research”

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World Book Discover

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

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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

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World Book Discover

• Comprehension Questions

• Read-aloud

feature

• Translate text

• Tool Box

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World Book Discover

World Book Explains• Categorized list of videos• Questions answered by experts on all topics

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World Book Discover

• Life Skills

• How to Do Research

• Dictionary

• Visual Dictionary

• Timelines

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Enciclopedia Estudantil Hallazgos

Newly redesigned Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos is the optimal beginner’s Spanish language reference tool.

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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

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The World Book Online Core Products: