In comparing World Book Kids and World Book Student, I see advantages of both databases for use by my middle school students. Most of the students will use the World Book Student database because the content is more for middle school children. Also, the Related Information for the article is great because it gives them further informational sources for their research. This includes web sites, magazine articles, and special reports.
The World Book Kids is great for my special education students as the article can be read to them and the information is more concise.
Using World Book Advanced will also be great for our students because the article is broken down on the left by topics so they can quickly go to the area of the article that will answer their questions. Also, on the right, it has primary sources which will be helpful for some of their assignments. Our gifted class will especially use this feature.
For our students that are just mastering the English language, World Book Discover will be a great help. With this database they can read the article in their own native language and also hear the article read to them in their native language.
Hi, Mary, Welcome to the State Library Electronic Resources Challenge! You've done a good job of describing what will work for various student groups at your school! I'll just make one clarification--the read-aloud feature reads only in English, except in the World Book Spanish version, where it reads in Spanish. It is the text only that is translated in the English versions. Thanks for your report!
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