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What is World Book Student?

Behind the Headlines: learn about today top stories & find links to related articles

Biography Center: more than 10,000 biographies, searchable by time period, nationality, gender, and more

Bonus Features: extensive built-in Dictionary and easy to use Atlas 

Key Features:

  • 40,000 encyclopedia articles
  • Includes audio, video, animations and student activities 
  • Make your own account to save your research
  • Use the How To Do Research features and learn the most effective ways to search 

World Book Student Main Features


Home Page

Main Search Box: search for content in just World Book Student, in both Student and World Book Kids, or just look for images.

Featured Video: use the controls at the bottom to start, pause, or stop the video.

What's New: find out what's been recently added to World Book Student.

Biography Center: includes more than 10,000 biographies, which are searchable by four criteria: occupation/area of work, gender, nationality/ethnicity, and time period.

Quizzes and activities: include trivia quizzes and Surf the Ages, a site that explores the question, “What if the Web had existed since ancient times?”

 

Research on the go!


World Book Student is designed for use on an iPad!