Lesson 1b
1.
I first
searched gorilla as I did with World Book School Edition and found the
resulting article to be the same. I then
switched to the mammal giraffe. The
World Book Online Kids offers similar to the same information with the articles
including the lexile and a link to Info Finder which at this point I assume is
the next step up from Kids.
The giraffe lives south of the Sahara
Desert in Africa.
"Giraffe." World Book Online
For Kids. World Book, 2013. Web. 28 Jan. 2013.
2.
I used
the shortcut link at the bottom of the Kids edition to jump to the results page
in the World Book Online Info Finder.
The results page for the search giraffe seems to be the same as the
World Book Student School Edition. The
information is again more lengthy and specific than Kids edition and with a
higher lexile level. This time the addition
of open woodlands is included in the description of habitat. An
articles content outline is again in the left side bar. To the right of the screen is the related
information and South Dakota content standards links.
Dagg, Anne Innis. "Giraffe." World Book Online InfoFinder. World Book, 2013. Web. 28 Jan. 2013.
3.
When
searching a country in World Book Online Reference Center the set up was
familiar to the World Book Advanced School Edition. This time I selected Nigeria as there are gorillas
in this country. (Still think everyone
should read the book The One and Only
Ivan!) Once I selected the first
article listed for Nigeria, I found the article content outline to the left. I think the outline is very useful to patrons
in allowing them to target specific information without reading the entire article
as well as being able to print subsections.
To the right of the article is the related information and SD content
standard links and at the top is the very useful tool box. I hope to eventually help my patrons to use
the tool “Save to My Research” as they become more familiar with using these
databases.
Onwudiwe, Ebere. "Nigeria." World Book Online Reference Center. World Book, 2013. Web. 28 Jan. 2013.
Good observations, Shelley. The modules of the Public Library edition correspond to those in the School Library edition for various ages. Thanks for the book tip, The One and Only Ivan. :)
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