CORE COLLECTION

Item bullet The ART Collection
Item bullet Biography Reference Bank
Item bullet Digital Video Collection
Item bullet EBSCOhost
Item bullet Enc. Estudiantil Hallazgos
Item bullet Gran Enciclopedia Hispánica
Item bullet L'Encyclopédie Découverte
Item bullet LearningExpress Library
Item bullet Literature Online
Item bullet Mango Languages
Item bullet NewsBank Newspapers
Item bullet Oxford Reference Online
Item bullet ProQuest Ancestry Library Ed.
Item bullet Science Online
Item bullet World Book Early World of Learning
Item bullet World Book Web

CORE COLLECTION BY GRADE LEVEL

Item bullet K-5
Item bullet 6-8
Item bullet 9-12

CORE COLLECTION BY MATERIAL TYPE

CORE COLLECTION RESOURCES

Item bullet Help Resources
Item bullet INFOhio Toolkit
Item bullet Product Updates
Item bullet Technical Support
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INFOhio's Core Collection provides state-funded resources free to all Ohio's K-12 students and teachers for the 2011-2012 school year.

A username and password are required for home access; see your school library media specialist.

Funded in part through an Institute of Museum and Library Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio.

Help Resources for World Book Web

World Book Web suite of products are designed to make reference resources and research tools accessible at all learning levels by delivering World Book's full range of online products to cover the needs of students from grade school to high school and beyond.

Proceed to World Book Kids.
World Book Kids
Grades K-5

Proceed to World Book Student
World Book Student
Grades 5-9

Proceed to World Book Advanced.
World Book Advanced
Grades 8-12 and College

Access World Book Web at school and at home. All Ohio K-12 students and their parents, as well as K-12 educators, can use the state-funded INFOhio Electronic Resources free-of-charge. Home access requires a username and password available from your school's library media center, technology coordinator or Information Technology Center (ITC) Staff Provider. Note: You may need the current INFOhio username and password to access some of these resources.

The Basics - Getting Started

Getting Started Guide, July 2008 [PDF 2 pgs]

World Book Kids, July 2008 [MS Word OR PDF 2 pgs]

World Book Student, October 2008 [MS Word OR PDF 2 pgs]

World Book Advanced, July 2008 [MS Word OR PDF 2 pgs]

General Overview

 World Book Kids

 World Book Student

 World Book Advanced 

Enhance Communication, Collaboration and Creativity Using the Tools Available in World Book Web (download), November 2009. Chapter 3 of 21st Century Tools and Electronic Resources for Students, Teachers and Parents. [Flash 7:57 min.]
   

Materials order form, September 2008. Complete and e-mail to World Book's marketing department for materials to distribute in your school. [Excel]
 

Online Help 

World Book Kids

World Book Student

World Book Advanced
 

Scavenger Hunts - For all World Book encyclopedias: Kids, Online Reference Center and Advanced

Advanced Training Resources

World Book Video Tutorials
 

World Book Kids [Adobe Flash 7:30 min.]

World Book Student [Adobe Flash 11:53 min.]

World Book Advanced [Adobe Flash 10:15 min.]

Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos [Adobe Flash 1:29 min.]

Hispánica Saber Gran Enciclopedia Hispánica [Adobe Flash ]

L’Encyclopédie Découverte [Adobe Flash 4:45 min.]

Citation Builder [Adobe Flash]

Interactive Maps [Adobe Flash]

Pathfinders [Adobe Flash]

Timelines [Adobe Flash]
 

 World Book Web PowerPoint Presentation - Overview of the three World Book encyclopedias, with a focus on Kids and Advanced [PPT 63 slides]

Customer Training Guide - For all World Book encyclopedias: Kids, Online Reference Center and Advanced [PDF 37 pgs]

World Book Tools for Educators - includes K-12 Curriculum correlations, lesson plans, activities for younger students and other professional links
 

World Book Kids

World Book Student

World Book Advanced
 

Beyond the World Book Basics - By Cheryl LaGuardia, Library Journal, December 2006 [PDF 2 pgs]

Webinars - Free online training on the World Book Web products

World Book Advanced

E-Books Included in World Book Advanced - By author and title [PDF 81 pgs]

World Book Advanced Teaching With Documents - Lesson plans focusing on one or more primary source images [Word 4 pgs]

World Book Kids

World Book Kids Online Tutorial - A student friendly tour with animation and sound [Adobe Flash 4:30 min.]

World Book Kids Activities - A listing of all Think It!, Make It! and Be It! activities [MS Word 5 pgs]

World Book Web is funded in part through an Institute of Museum and Library Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio.

Share your INFOhio Electronic Resources support materials. INFOhio welcomes materials from users which support the use and integration of the Electronic Resources available through INFOhio to students and educators across the state. Use our online submission form to begin the peer-review process.

 

Last Revised on February 17, 2011

By INFOhio Webmaster

Email: webmaster@infohio.org