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Encyclopedia Britannica
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PDF for Britannica Online School Edition - K-12 Schools
PDF for Britannica Online - Public Library Version
PDF for Britannica Online - Academic Version

Britannica Online School Edition is the largest single K12 database available today. With over 56 million words of information and more than 130,000 articles, your students will find exactly what they are looking for when they do research in Britannica Online School Edition. Designed for all levels of learning, Britannica Online School Edition offers students a gateway to the vast resources of Encyclopedia Britannica. Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language. This unique database also offers high-quality online learning materials developed by teachers and curriculum experts, as well as a dictionary, thesaurus, Internet guide, atlas, and more. Users can search all encyclopedias simultaneously, or select a single age-appropriate database.

Designed for all levels of learning from Elementary school and up,
Britannica Online School Edition contains:

  • Age appropriate content at every grade level in one single database!
    - New! Britannica Learning Zone (PK-2, Early-Childhood Learning)
    - Elementary Encyclopedia (Elementary and lower middle school)
    - Britannica Student Encyclopedia (upper elementary, middle, high school and ESL)
    - Encyclopedia Britannica (middle, high school)
    - Britannica Concise Encyclopedia (all grade levels)
  • Britannica Yearbooks
  • Full-text articles from more than 150 EBSCO magazines and journals
  • The Web's Best Sites - directing students to Web sites that have been reviewed by Britannica's editors
  • Dynamic content, such as Britannica Spotlights, that is updated continuously to provide the latest information
  • Thousands of videos, photographs, maps and more totaling 27,000 images in all
  • Webster's Student Dictionary and Thesaurus!
  • Curriculum-based student learning activities and teacher resources available, both online and that be downloaded, for Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies making it an interdisciplinary curriculum resource

    New and Improved for 2007! Britannica Online School Edition is offering even more curriculum alignment and support!

    BOLSE supports the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards. With just a few clicks of the mouse, this new feature provides educators with quick, easy access to standards and benchmarks linked to supporting encyclopedia articles. Conveniently organized by topic and grade level, these articles plus hundreds of printable and online curriculum-based learning activities are ideal for use in the classroom, media center, or computer lab.

    The Britannica Learning Zone, a PK-2 Interactive Learning Environment
    (Product description in .pdf)

    This new database gives teachers an online solution designed specifically for the needs of grades PK-2. Learning Zone is a classroom-tested, interactive learning environment that gives early learners enjoyable, engaging, and developmentally appropriate activities to help grow their minds, their spirits, and their intellectual horizons.

     


    Click the Product Description below for Trial Information:

    PDF for Britannica Online School Edition - K-12 Schools
    PDF for Britannica Online - Public Library Version
    PDF for Britannica Online - Academic Version

    Free Preview for New Jersey Regional Library Cooperative Members;

    To see all of the database content (both core & supplemental databases), please visit the sites in the table below. Simply type in the username/password (nj07), and students, teachers, district administrators and parents can access these databases.

    User Name: nj07
    Password: nj07
    Core Database:
    Britannica Online School Edition (BOLSE) http://school.eb.com
    Supplemental Databases:
    Annals of American History Online http://america.eb.com
    Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol Online and Enciclopedia Juvenil (delivers two Spanish-Language Databases in one) http://spanish.eb.com
    Merriam-Webster’s Third New International
    Dictionary, Unabridged Online
    http://mwu.eb.com
    World Data Analyst Online http://world.eb.com

    Britannica Online School Edition:

    K-12 Schools may follow these links to become familiar with the features and functionality available in Britannica Online School Edition; here you will find useful resources in BOLSE with guided tours and Power Point Presentations.

    To begin presentation for Britannica Online School Edition:
    http://www.eb.com/training/materials/BOLSE_NewBOLSE.ppt

    The guided tour for Britannica Elementary
    http://corporate.britannica.com/elementary_tour.pdf  

    The guided tour for Compton’s by Britannica
    http://corporate.britannica.com/comptons_tour.pdf

    The guided tour for Britannica
    http://corporate.britannica.com/eb_tour.pdf


    Pricing for Information Only

    Database: 2007-2008 Britannica Online - School Edition (BOLSE):
    K-12 Schools

    Price includes free remote access for authenticated users
    Library Type Formula to Calculate Users Total Users
    K-12 Schools 100% of enrolled students  


    INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS USE THIS FORMULA TO CALCULATE YOUR ORDER: ($295 minimum on each order)

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    *Britannica offers multiple-year discounts (billed annually).


    Database: 2007-2008 Britannica Online (BOL):
    PUBLIC LIBRARY VERSION

    Price includes free remote access for authenticated users
    Library Type
    Formula to Calculate Users
    Total Users
    Public Libraries
    (Includes both onsite and verified dial-in access)
    7% of total population served
     


    TO CALCULATE ORDER: ($295 minimum on each order)

    1. Total Users _____ X $0.44 = $_______ (annual cost)



    Database: 2007-2008 Britannica Online (BOL):
    ACADEMIC VERSION

    Price includes free remote access for authenticated users
    Library Type
    Formula to Calculate Users
    Total Users
    4 year colleges
    100% of Full-Time Equivalent enrollment (FTE) of  undergraduate and graduate students
     

    2 year colleges
    75% of Full-Time Equivalent enrollment (FTE) of enrollment for last Fall period
     


    TO CALCULATE ORDER: ($295 minimum on each order)

    1. Total Users _____ X $0.44 = $_______ (annual cost)

    Price for Supplementary Databases Purchased Individually

    1. Annals of American History Online: $295

    2. Webster's Third International Dictionary Unabridged Online: $295

    3. World Data Analyst: $295
    4. Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol and Enciclopedia Juvenil Online: $295

    Total Cost:_______________


    Price for Purchasing Supplementary Database Package:
    Contact Representative

    1. Annals of American History Online

    2. Webster's Third International Dictionary Unabridged Online

    3. World Data Analyst
    4. Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol Online


    Total Cost for All Databases

    1. Cost:____________Britannica Online (BOL)

    2. Cost:____________Britannica Online School Edition (BOLSE)

    3. Cost:____________Annals of American History Online

    4. Cost:____________Webster's Third International Dictionary Unabridged Online

    5. Cost:____________World Data Analyst

    6. Cost:____________Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol Online
    7. Cost:____________Supplementary Database Package

    Total Cost:_______________




    Britannica is offering annual online subscriptions through the Internet. You may subscribe at anytime. PRICES include UNLIMITED USE and FREE REMOTE ACCESS for authenticated users!
    Orders Due: Subscriptions received will be effective immediately.

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    FOR ORDERING INFORMATION, CONTACT:

    Britannica Online School Edition - K-12 Schools:
    Patricia Salazar - Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
    331 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60610
    800-621-3900 x7954
    psalazar@eb.com

    Britannica Online - Public Library Version:
    Bob McIntosh - Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
    331 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60610
    800-621-3900 x7099
    mcintosh@eb.com

    Britannica Online - Academic Version:
    Bonnie Ehlers - Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
    331 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60610
    800-621-3900 x7466
    behlers@eb.com

    * Send PO's and make checks payable directly to: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.,
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