I loved World Book Online for kids, I could spend hours researching so many things. At a public library, sometimes it is hard to have a book on every famous person or historical event, etc., so this website will make doing research so much easier. The information is clear and concise, and we all know that is what students are looking for. With a number of students doing reports on the same item, this will help spread our resources among them more evenly.
In using the World Book Online Reference center, I found it kind of hard to navigate. I realize there is a ton of information at my fingertips, but not sure how to use it all, or sometimes even what it would be used for? Can you read or have the entire book read aloud to you? Are these abridged versions? I wonder if patrons would sit down and read a book on the computer?
Another great post! World Book Online for Kids is a great tool to help students have access to even more info for the research projects.
ReplyDeleteWorld Book Online Reference Center has a lot of info. Each of the large circles (Computer, Life Skills and Government) are independently navigable--so if you have a patron who needs to brush up on their computer skills you can guide them to this and help them start reading the articles. When you search in World Book Online Info Finder, search results bring up encyclopedia articles, ebooks and primary source resources. This can be great for anyone who is doing a research paper and needs multiple sources. The ebooks (Online Book Archive) does provide the full unabridged version of the book. People do read them on their computers and they could listen to the book, though one would have to click the read aloud at the start of each section.
Thanks for your post!
Julie