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New Resource: World Book Student

















Continually updated, World Book Student is a student's best source for accurate and accessible information. This comprehensive site includes all of the articles from the 22-volume print set, plus thousands more. In addition, there are more than 9,500 pictures and maps, 115 videos and animations, 9,300 sounds, more than 100 simulated historic Web sites.

• All articles from the 22-volume print set plus over 8,000 more.

• World Book's direct, easy-to-understand style.

• High performance search engine for fast, easy search capabilities.

• Over 20,000 pictures and maps • 10,000 sounds, including pronunciations.

• More than 100 videos and animations.

• 60,000 cross-reference links.

• Links to selections from more than 100 important periodicals.

• More than 7,000 links to editor-approved Web sites.

• Research Helper presents proven techniques and instructions.

•Resource guides on curriculum topics, including U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and countries of the world.

•A collection of research tools that include a timeline builder, individual research accounts, and a research wizard.

•Biography center that offers easy access to information on important people.

• Print entire article or a section of an article.

• Easy to access, maintain, and use.

• Specifically developed for media centers, computer labs, and classrooms

• With the click of a mouse, students can visit related Web sites or retrieve related current articles from respected magazines.

• Surf the Ages provides simulated Web sites as they might have been if the World Wide Web had existed throughout history. Real history with a Web twist

• Innovative double-click interactive World Book Dictionary.

• Daily updates in Behind the Headlines.


Ask your librarian to get your password!

Source: http://www.worldbookonline.com/sales/products?id=XWBO

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