lesson 1

Week 1

Basic Discovery Exercise:

1. Using World Book Kids, search for information on a mammal of your choice. Find a picture and information about its habitat.

Lives in the forests in China

2. Using World Book Student, search for information on the same mammal you searched in World Book Kids and compare the amount of information.

The student encyclopedia has way more info and more details.  Would be very helpful when doing research.

3. Using World Book Advanced, search for a country. Notice the types of information available on the left and right side bars of the first results screen. Click on the link for your desired country, and again notice the types of information on the left and right side bars of the screen. What types of information will be most valuable to your patrons or students?

I think all the info is important depending on what the person is looking for.  I like that are options so you can go straight to the info you need, instead of having to go through all of it.

4. Using World Book Discover, use the browse function on the right side of the screen to find an article about American government. Notice the features on the article page. How will World Book Discover help your patrons or students who are not good readers of English?

It offers the read aloud option