The World Book Web is designed to make online knowledge more accessible and useful to students at all learning levels.  It’s a suite of online research tools that delivers the information your students need, including encyclopedia databases, primary source collections, pictures, audio and video, complemented by current magazine articles and related Web sites.  All databases are editor-screened for authenticity and age-appropriate content.

Our latest addition to the line, World Book Advanced, is designed to enhance learning by combining encyclopedia and primary source databases in a single, easy-to-use site.  Add to that maps, timeline builder, a citation builder, and a customized “My Research” tool—all packaged in a user-friendly interface specifically designed for more advanced researchers.

Now covering the needs of students from grade school to grad school, every site in the World Book Web is written in straightforward, age-appropriate language and loaded with features that make it easier for students of all ages to conduct academic inquiries and complete better work.

Encyclopedie Decouverte

Based on World Book’s Student Discovery Encyclopedia, Encyclopedie Decouverte is specifically developed for younger users who are native speakers and readers of French, as well as older students and adults for whom French is a second language.

Thousands of encyclopedia articles written by expert contributors, photos and illustrations, maps, diagrams, and editor-selected Web sites offer rich coverage of student’s research needs.

Bilingual features, including links from the French-language to English-language content, can be activated or turned off based on user’s needs.

New! World Book Discover
for Differentiated Instruction

World Book Discover offers engaging reference resources for students and adults reading below grade level because of language or learning difficulties, with content and tools specifically developed for these readers.  The collection includes reference articles, text-to-speech capabilities, text translation into 13 languages, learning and life skills activities, research tools, multimedia, and interactive videos to draw students into curriculum-related topics and subjects relevant to older students and adults.

New! Hispanica Saber
Gran Enciclopedia Hispanica

World Book has partnered with one of the world’s largest and most respected Spanish-language publishers to offer the Gran Enciclopedia Hispanica online, a comprehensive Spanish-language encyclopedia that includes over 100,000 articles, more than 8,500 images and maps, and nearly 1,000 videos, animations, sounds, and interactive media.  It is designed for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and ESL/ELL program participants.

New! World Book Digital Libraries
Living Green
Early Peoples
Inventions and Discoveries

World Book offers a growing collection of  Digital Libraries online that complement  World Book’s print reference sets.  Each library features all the content from the print set as well as videos and animations, read-aloud capabilities, text translation into 13 languages, interactive activities, curriculum correlations, web links, and links to encyclopedic content.