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This Help file is designed to help you make the best use of the features and information in World Book Student.
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The Advanced Search feature, located under the main search box, allows you to search for specific words or phrases in specific types of articles or media.
- "Search for a phrase" option allows you to search for a specific phrase,such as "Trojan War." This option searches only for the exact search terms, and not for variations on the search terms. For example, if you search for "Indian," you will only find articles that contain the word "Indian."
- The "Search for all of these words" option allows you to search for a group of words that are not necessarily a phrase. For example, if you were interested in the relationship between Greece and Turkey in ancient times, you could enter "Greece Turkey Ancient" into the search box and select "Search for all of these words," and you would only find articles that contain all three terms.
- The "Search for any of these words" option allows you to search for several different terms simultaneously.
- The "Search for date" option allows you to enter the date, month, and/or year, and content containing that date will be returned.
- "Search All Content" is selected as the default, but you can set the search to look for only certain types of media by selecting the check boxes next to the content types you would like to search.
When you have finished setting up your search, click Search, or press Enter on your keyboard. A list of items will appear. To retrieve the item, click on its title.
The maps in the online atlas cover the whole globe interactively, linking to each other and directly to articles on continents, countries, states, provinces, cities and other places shown on the maps.
To view maps, click Atlas on the Home page. There are three ways to find maps:
- Interactive Browsing: When you enter Atlas you will see a map of the world. You can click any of the labels on the map to get a map that is specific to that place. For example, you could click on North America to retrieve a map of that continent.
- Related Maps: The list box to the left of the screen has selections labeled Other Views of this Map, which offers a selection of different versions of the map; for example, Population Density or Terrain.
- Searching: To search for a specific map, use the Basic Search function. Simply type the keywords you are searching for and click Go or press Enter on your keyboard. Click the Atlas link on the left-side of the screen to view results.
Search Atlas Maps | Go to the Atlas
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Correlations from your state's or province's curriculum standards to World Book Student content are available from the Curriculum Correlations link under the "For Educator's" header on the homepage of World Book Student. You can view the correlations two ways:
- To search by curriculum standard, go to the Correlations page at the bottom of the homepage, then choose the grade level and subject from the drop-down fields and click "Submit." Click the links "materials correlated to this standard" to see a list of the World Book Student content that is linked to the standard.
- To view correlations for specific articles, in the "Content Standards" box in the right-hand side of the page click the link "View Learning Standards" to see the list of standards correlated to that specific article.
Go to the Curriculum Correlations
World Book Student's dictionary is based on the World Book Discovery,with thousands of illustrations and pictures. You can view definitions in the dictionary three ways:
- Search just within the dictionary using the search box on the dictionary.
- Browse for words that appear alphabetically before and after the selected word using the links in the left-hand index column.
- Doubleclick a word to define it: Doubleclick words in the article and feature text to see the definitions, which appear in a box on top of the main content page.(Some proper nouns, and most numbers, are not included in the dictionary.) Click the x in the upper right to close the box, or enter a search term in the search box to go to the dictionary feature (which will replace the content of your main browser window).
World Book Student allows users to e-mail an entire article so that they may use the information from another location. To e-mail an article, choose E-mail from the Toolsbox of the desired article, then select the format you would like the content e-mailed in, and enter the e-mail account to which you would like to send the content. ClickSend.
World Book Student offers thousands of easy-to-read encyclopedia articles on a broad variety of topics. A browse feature helps visual learners and uncertain spellers navigate the site by clicking through the topics, starting with the browse feature on the homepage of World Book Student.
Browse encyclopedia articles by clicking on one of the eight top-level topics:
- People
- Places
- Science and Mathematics
- World Religions
- Plants and Animals
- Arts
- History and Government
- Sports and Hobbies
Then select articles to the right, or drill down to more specific topics using the buttons at the left.
World Book Student's "How to Do Research" feature provides tutorials and exercises for students and educators on 21st century information literacy skills. The student section provides a step-by-step tutorial for the research process, including how to find and evaluate print and digital information, how to organize and cite the sources, and templates for research papers. The educators' section covers how to teach research skills, including how to structure assignments so the students can successfully reach the goals set for them.
Go to How to Do Research
World Book Student's My Research page is based on individual log-in and IDs setup by the user. World Book articles, images, Web sites, and timelines can be saved to a user's My Research account, with separate folders for different projects.
Create an account:
- Click on the My Research link. If you have not yet set up an account, click on the "Create an account" link.
- Enter your first name.
- Select an account type from the pull-down menu.
- Your institution's name should automatically fill in, but make any changes that are needed.
- Enter your username. Providing an e-mail address will allow us to send you an e-mail with your password if it is lost, but if you prefer not to provide an e-mail address, please provide a username that is 6-10 characters long.
- Choose a password; reenter it in the second line.
- Select and answer a security question. This will be used to confirm your identity if you lose or forget your password.
Save content to your My Research account: World Book articles, images, Web sites, and timelines can be saved to a user's My Research page. The list of content types will display in the left-hand column. Contents can be saved to My Research two ways:
- Click on the "Save to My Research" link in the Tools Box on the article, Life skills,and media pages.
- Check the boxes next to the content types on the search results pages and then click the link "Save to My Research".
The Tools box at the top of the page includes options to print, e-mail, and save the content of the My Research page.
Create multiple folders within your My Research account, to organize saved content for separate projects. Select other projects from the drop-down menu to the right of the project title.
Content saved from World Book Student will display at the top of the My Research page; content links to World Book Advanced content (if included in your subscription) will be listed at the bottom of the page.
You can delete entries and annotate each content piece with a note--a reminder, a detail to follow up on later, or other information to save for later reference.
World Book Student users can also save other research results to their My Research account:
- Enter bibliographic information about books you've found in your research by clicking on the link "Add more books", then fill in the data for the book.
- Add Web sites for sites you've found in your research by clicking "Add more Websites" and filling in the Web site's name and URL
Pictures in World Book Student include photographs, illustrations, and much more. Click on the thumbnail within an article to view the picture in a separate window, then print pictures by selecting the Print option from the Tools box.
The following magazines are searched in Related Information (please note: not all magazines may be available at all times; the list will be updated regularly to reflect any permanent changes):
American Bicyclist
American Cinematographer
American City & County
American Economist
American History
American Indian Quarterly
American Journal of Health Studies
American Spectator
Americas
Annals of Earth
Appleseeds
Arab Studies Quarterly
Arts & Activities
Ask
Baseball Digest
Bioscience
Black Enterprise
Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noire
Black Scholar
Border Crossings
British Heritage
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Canada & the World Backgrounder
Canada—United States Law Journal
Canadian Dimension
Canadian Diversity / Canadian Diversité
Career World
Careers & Colleges
Chain Reaction
China Brief
Chinascope
Christian Century
Church & State
Cineaste
Cobblestone
Columbia Journalism Review
Commentary
Commonweal
Consumer Reports
Creative Kids
Current Events
Current Health 1
Current Health 2
Current Issues in Economics & Finance
Current Science
Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents
Diplomatic Courier
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
E – The Environmental Magazine
Earth Talk: Questions & Answers About Our Environment
Education Digest
Endangered Species Bulletin
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy in Focus
Futurist
Global Agenda
Global Governance
Hispanic Review
History Review
History Today
Humanist
Humanities
Intelligence Report
International Law Update
Math Trek
Modern Age
Monthly Energy Review
Monthly Labor Review
Musical Times
Nation
National Parks
National Wildlife
New Leader
New Statesman
New York Amsterdam News
Newsweek
Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Oceania
Papers on Language & Literature
Pediatrics for Parents
Psychology Today
Ranger Rick
Science News
Science Spin – Senior
Sporting News
Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter
UN Chronicle
Washington Monthly
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Wilderness
World & I
World Policy Journal
World Politics Review
World of Work
To play sound clips, video clips, and animations, and to view the timelines and visual dictionary features, users will need the Adobe Flash plug-in, version 9.(The plug-in is installed on most browsers and can be downloaded from the Adobe site).
To print an article, first click on Print article in the Tools box.The window will change to print preview, showing the full article text. Go to the File option in the Browser's menu, and select Print.
World Book Student allows users to save content from the site. To save information,choose Save from the Tools box, then select PDF or HTML format. The window will change to contain the desired content. Use your browser's Save As functions to save this information. Use the Back button on your browser to return to the World Book Student article.
The home page of World Book Student has a large search box at the top of the content area. On all other pages on the site, the search box is only at the upper right corner. Users can enter search terms into the search box to search for articles, maps, pictures, videos and animations, timelines, Web sites, and media on the site.
To conduct a basic search of the encyclopedia, type a word or phrase in the search text entry box, then click Go or press Enter on your computer keyboard.The basic search will also search for different tenses and plurals of the term you entered. For example, if you search for "Indian," it will retrieve articles that contain the words "Indian," "Indians," or both. If the word you type is misspelled, the spelling correction feature analyzes the misspelled word, chooses the correct spelling, and performs a search on the corrected term automatically, while also providing a link to other possible spellings. The results of the search will include the following types of content:
Articles
Dictionary
Maps
Tables
Sounds
Pictures
Videos and Animations
Back in Time Articles
Special Reports
Web Sites
Research Guides
Timelines
To search for only pictures and illustrations, select the radio button for "Search images", then type a word or phrase in the search text entry box and click Go or press Enter on your computer keyboard.
For Advanced search options, including Boolean search and date search, click on the Advanced Search link under the main search box. More information about Advanced Search
World Book Student offers audio clips of bird songs, popular and classical music, national anthems, and much more. To play sound clips, video clips, and animations, users will need the Adobe Flash plug-in. (The plug-in is installed on most browsers and can be downloaded from the Adobe site).
Spelling autocorrection
If the word you type is misspelled, the enhanced spelling correction feature analyzes the misspelled word, chooses the correct spelling, and performs a search on the corrected term automatically, while also providing a link to other possible spellings. Try Advanced Search if you receive no results with Search.
World Book Student's tables cover a huge range from facts about countries and other places, to important dates. Tables can be accessed two ways:
- Tables are listed in the left-hand index column of the search results page. Clicking on that link will display the list of relevant tables, 15 at a time.
- Tables are included within selected articles.
Questions and Comments on Content
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- Details of your question or suggestion.
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World Book Student offers generated timelines that cover various time periods in history or span the life of historical public figures. World Book Student also provides users the opportunity to build their timelines, adding their own events and descriptions. You can access timelines in two ways: select the Timelines links from the Reference Tools section of the homepage, or select timelines from the search results page. "Choose a World Book Timeline" or "Create Your Own Timeline."
View a World Book timeline: Select a category under the header "Choose a World Book Timeline" on the left-hand side and expand it by clicking on the header, then select a timeline from the list by clicking on the title.
Create Your Own Timeline: Click "Create New Timelines" on the right side of the page. You can then add your own dates, by entering the event text, then start date and end date, if applicable. Click "Add this event" and the event will appear in the list of events on the right-hand side of the page.
You can add events from the World Book database of events by clicking on the button "Search World Book events" at the top of the timeline section. Enter a search term in the box at the top of the left-hand side of the page and select "Search events." To add events to your timeline, select "Add", and the event will appear in the list of events on the right-hand side of the page.
When your timeline is complete, name your timeline in the box at the top of the right-hand column, then click "View timeline."
Save a timeline: Note: To save a timeline to your My Research account, you must log in to your account before you build the timeline.
Citation Builder
The citation builder provides the user with a clear format of how to cite the sources they are most likely to encounter (printed and online books, reference sources, magazines, newspapers, etc.). The citation builder offers Modern Language Association (MLA) bibliography style format.
Clicking on the Citation builder directs the user to a drop down menu to select the type of citation they wish to create or save. User must be logged into My Research to "save" a citation. Users have a choice of selecting citation types listed as article from encyclopedia, website, book, article in magazine, article from newspaper, program from videocassette or DVD, radio or television program, government publication, World Book "Back In Time" article or World Book "Special Report", and personal interview.
After selecting a type the user is directed to a list of blank boxes and required to fill in the appropriate information...i.e. authors name, article title, publication date, and whether print or online. Click the create citation button to receive the formatted citation. User may also click the clear all fields button to re-enter information, make corrections, or create another citation.
Text and Audio Pronunciations
For citations, World Book follows the recommended style of the Modern Language Association.
How to cite a full-text article through an online database (including World Book Advanced)
Format:
Author's name, last name first [if given]. "Article title." Title of database. Publication date or last update. Place of access. Date of access and <URL>.Example:
Beasley, Maurine H. "Roosevelt, Eleanor." World Book Online Advanced. 2005. John Adams High School Lib., Chicago, IL. 20 Jan. 2005 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/Article?id=ar474780>.How to cite a "Back in Time" article from World Book Advanced
Format:
"Back in Time: Article title." Web site title. Publication date or last update. Place of access. Date of access and <URL>.Example:
"Back in Time: France (1940)." World Book Advanced. 2005. John Adams High School Lib., Chicago, IL. 20 Jan. 2005 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/Media?id=bt140055>.How to cite a "Special Report" from World Book Advanced
Format:
Author's name, last name first [if given]. "Special Report: Article title." Web site title. Publication date or last update. Place of access. Date of access and <URL>.Example:
Grossman, Lawrence. "Special Report: The World Remembers D-Day." World Book Advanced. 2005. John Adams High School Lib., Chicago, IL. 20 Jan. 2005 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/Media?id=sr595002>.How to cite a Web site
Format:
Title of Web site. Name of the editor of the site [if given]. Publication date or last update and name of any sponsoring institution. Date of access and <URL>.Example:
NASA. Jim Wilson. 8 March 2006. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 8 March 2006 <http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html>.How to cite an article from a CD-ROM encyclopedia
Format:
Author's name, last name first [if given]. "Article title." Publication title. Publication medium. Total number of discs or specific disc number for material used. Edition [if stated]. Electronic publication date.Example:
Garrison, David L. "Marine biology." World Book. CD-ROM. 2 discs. 2003 Deluxe Edition. 2002.How to cite an article from a print encyclopedia
Format:
Author's name, last name first [if given]. "Article title." Publication title. Edition [if stated]. Year of publication.Example:
McGrath, William J. "Vienna." The World Book Encyclopedia. 2003 ed. 2003.How to cite a book with one author
Format:
Author's name, last name first. Full book title. City of publication: Publisher's name, year of publication.Example:
Gordon, Karen Elizabeth. The Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar. New York: Cahill, 1985.How to cite a book with two or more authors
Format:
First listed author's name, last name first, next listed author's name(s) in normal form. Full book title. [underlined or in italics] City of publication: Publisher's name, year of publication.Example:
Garbarino, Merwyn S., and Robert F. Sasso. Native American Heritage. 3rd ed. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 1994.How to cite an article from a magazine published every week or every two weeks
Format:
Author's name, last name first. "Article title." Publication title date of publication: page numbers.Example:
Maughan, Shannon. "The Kids Stay in the Picture." Publishers Weekly 6 Oct. 2003: 21-23.How to cite an article from a magazine published every month or every two months
Format:
Author's name, last name first. "Article title." Publication title date of publication: page numbers.Example:
Van Dyk, Jere. "The Long Journey of the Pacific Salmon." National Geographic July 1990: 3-37.How to cite an article from a newspaper
Format:
Author's name, last name first. "Article title." Publication title complete date of publication, edition [if given], section letter or number [if applicable]: page numbers.Example:
Keaten, Jamey. "Tears Fill Shipyard Town." Chicago Tribune 17 Nov. 2003, final ed., sec. 1: 6.How to cite a blog
Format:
Author's name, last name first. "Title of individual blog entry." [enclosed in double quotation marks] [Weblog entry.] Title of weblog. Date of last update. <URL>. [enclosed in angle brackets] Date of download.Example:
West, Jessamyn. "on the road." [Weblog entry.] librarian.net. 27 February 2007. <http://www.librarian.net/>. 10 January 2008.How to cite a podcast
Format:
Description or title of individual podcast." [enclosed in double quotation marks] Date of podcast. Podcast. Title of main Web site [if applicable]. [underlined or in italics] Date of download. <URL>. [enclosed in angle brackets]Example:
"Iconic Images Emerge from Mideast Summits." 27 November 2007. Podcast. NPR: All Things Considered. 6 Jan. 2007. <http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=1096>.How to cite a program on a videocassette or videodisc
Format:
Program title. Director [if given]. Producer. Original release date [if relevant]. Medium. Distributor, year of release.Example:
America's Endangered Species: Don't Say Good-Bye. Dir. Robert Kenner. National Geographic Video. Videocassette. National Geographic Society, 1998.How to cite a radio or television program
Format:
"Episode or segment title." Program title. Name of the network. Call letters, city of local station [if any]. Broadcast date.Example:
"Enter the Jury Room." CBS Reports. CBS. 16 Apr. 1997.How to cite a pamphlet
Format:
Pamphlet title. City of publication: Publisher, year of publication.Example:
Thinking About Calcium? Find It in Food First. Rosemont, IL: National Dairy Council, 1997.How to cite a government publication
Format:
Government name. Issuing agency name. Publication title. City of publication: Publisher, year of publication.Example:
United States. Census Bureau. Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2002. Springfield, VA: National Technical Information Service, 2001.How to cite a personal interview
Format:
Interviewed person's name, last name first. Kind of interview. Date of interview.Example:
Myers, Linnet Foster. Personal interview. 15 Apr. 1997.This box appears at the top of every World Book article and contains up to six different tools:
- Double-click a word to define it. This tool is discussed in the Double-click a Word to Define it section.
- Print. This tool is discussed in the Print description.
- Save Article. This tool is discussed in the Saving Content section.
- Save to My Research. This tool is discussed in the My Research section.
- E-mail Article. This tool is discussed in the E-mailing Content section.
- Highlight Search Term in Text. This link will appear if you have used the Search function to access an article. Once you click on the link, all instances of your search term will be highlighted in the article and you will be taken to the first occurrence of your search term.
World Book Student offers videos and animations, including historical footage,animal scenes, and interactive animations. To view the videos, users will need the Adobe Flash plug-in, which is already installed on most browsers. (The plug-in is installed on most browsers and can be downloaded from the Adobe site).
World Book Student includes thousands of editor-selected Web sites, which can be accessed two ways:
- Web sites are listed in the left-hand index column of the search results page. Clicking on that link will display the list of relevant Web sites, 15 at a time.
- Web sites are listed at the bottom of selected article pages.
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