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The World Book Encyclopedia enhanced with learning resources designed for elementary school students.
- Learning activities and worksheets can be printed out for further practice.
Multimedia resources and tools for all ages, including a Biography Center, an Interactive Earth feature, science project resources, research guides, and citation help.
- World Book Info Finder research tools include Citation Builder, How to Do Research guides, and a personalized My Research account.
Articles and fast facts on animals, careers, countries, history, people, space, and much more, with full-color images and dynamic daily features, providing fun material that complements school curriculum.
- You can find out what happened on this day in history.
An online collection of animated, talking picture books.
- Read-Along Books combine adjustable text and color with complete narration and sentence by sentence highlighting.
An online collection of animated, talking picture books.
- Read-Along Books combine adjustable text and color with complete narration and sentence by sentence highlighting.
Reader's advisory resource for young readers, with special features Read Across the USA (books set in each of the 50 states) and Play TimeGate (books set in specific time periods).
- You can get a list of books for your grade level on Read the Books!
Reader's advisory information for young readers' fiction and non-fiction titles with teacher resources and booktalks.
- You can get lists of books by grade level.
Encyclopedia articles, science projects, news, biographies, and more for middle and high school students, from Grolier Online.
- You can find fun projects on specific science topics.
Reference articles, current events, biographies, science experiments, and more for elementary and secondary school students, from Grolier Online.
- You can learn all about orphan planets for your report on the solar system.
Learn a variety of languages online, including Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, and Russian, with this easy-to-use system teaching actual conversation skills.
- Mango Languages offers lessons in 34 languages, including Russian, Hindi, Arabic, and Thai.
Online foreign language learning program designed for children ages 0-6, from Mango Languages.
- You can watch a short video in 10 different languages, from Arabic to Spanish.
Online access to a wide variety of practice tests, such as ACT, SAT, GRE, GED, TOEFL, U.S. Citizenship, real estate, and Civil Service, plus skills improvement programs.
- You can learn how to use all the features of Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables.
Fun and easy-to-search resources especially for students in kindergarten through 5th grade, with reading level indicators for each article.
- You can find great articles about and cool pictures of amphibians!
Quick reference resources, including Research Starters, timelines, and quizzes and games, designed for middle school students
You can learn about notable birthdays, holidays, and other days of note using the Event Planner feature.
Encyclopedias and other reference resources on a wide range of subjects, from art, business, and history to literature, medicine, and science.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library contains full-text entries from the Encyclopedia of World Biography, as well as many other reference resources.
Full-text, in-depth encyclopedia for older students, from Grolier Online.
- This database changes its interface based on whether you are a elementary, middle school, high school, adult, or librarian.
Student version of the encyclopedia, with supplemental materials and research guides.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica has a Student Center that offers help on research papers, book reviews, and many more learning tools.
Live homework help from expert tutors, plus a writing lab and test center with practice tests for all grade levels in math, reading, and writing, including the SAT.
- You can brush up on your writing skills, with or without the help of an online tutor, with Brainfuse!
Fast facts, histories, profiles, and more for each of the 50 U.S. states, from Grolier Online.
- You can play games to discover how much you know about your home state!
Information and color pictures of animals of the world, plus a Feature Creature and Jungle Jumble, from Grolier Online.
- You can find out about animals that live in 8 different habitats!
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