2. C O N T E N T S
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o What is it?
o How to access it
o How to use it
o How to use different features
o Interactive maps
o Atlas
o Citation builder
o Timelines
o Summary
3. WHAT IS IT?
World Book online is an encyclopedia
resource that covers a wide range of topics
from geography and history to life science
and social science. It includes online books,
links to websites and articles, primary
sources and more.
4. HOW TO ACCESS IT
You can access World Book online by going to the
Salt Lake County library website, going to the "learn"
tab and under popular topics then click homework
help. It is near the bottom under the middle and high
school tab. You will need to login with your library
card to save any articles or searches.
5. HOW TO USE IT
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o There are two ways to use the search function:
1. Entering a keyword or phrase into the search box
2. Using the advanced search options to search by subject, year, or
even by Lexile measure.
Sometimes using the same keywords in both search options leads to
the same results.
10. SEARCH RESULT
o In both results you can choose what kind of resource you are
looking at to narrow your results, depending on your need.
o There are different types of resources to look at from articles to
sounds to maps and more.
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11. HOW TO ACCESS ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
o On the main basic search screen of World book online, at the top
right corner are the words "Research & Resources"
o Once clicked, a menu will appear with more options. These
options include things like citation builder, atlas, timelines, and
more.
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12. HOW TO USE
INTERACTIVE MAPS
Once that additional menu is shown, click on interactive maps. A world map will appear. There is
a search bar at the top right where you can enter in a country, city, state, etc. And it will zoom in
on the area and give you the population (if you search for a city) and a quick fact about your
search as well as a link to an article. You cannot search for counties in a state, but anything else
can be searched.
13. H O W TO
U S E T H E
AT L A S
• When the Research and resources menu is open and Atlas is clicked you
get a world map with links to the different countries and oceans on the
side.
14. H O W T O U S E
T H E AT L A S
C O N T.
Once you click on a continent or ocean,
you get a zoomed in map of the area and
can see the countries of the continent or
currents and nearby land masses of the
ocean. It also includes links to other areas
on the map, how to cite the resource and
links to articles.
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ATLAS CONTINUED
o With the continents, you can keep clicking on links until you reach cities and then
you get to an article about that city. The articles even give you the option to
listen to them as you read along if you wish.
17. HOW TO USE THE CITATION
BUILDER
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From the Research & resources menu,
click on citation builder and you are
brought to a screen that looks like
this.
18. After you choose your type of citation, say a
book. Your next screen will look like
this. You will fill in the information you
have. I did it for "Fablehaven."
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19. After inputting all of the data, I hit enter and
get this. I get my citation in three different
formats.
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20. HOW TO USE THE
TIMELINES
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From the Research and Resource menu, click
on timelines. You get this screen.
21. You can search different timelines based on
topic, people, and country. You can even
create your own timeline. You can narrow
your search under each topic until you
reach a timeline.
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24. Once you get your timeline, you can click
on dates for specific information about that
date.
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25. T O C R E AT E A
T I M E L I N E
To create a timeline, you click on 'create a
timeline' and you get this screen. Here you
can add the details and an image for one
event for your timeline. You keep adding
events until your timeline is complete.
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26. THANK YOU
If you have any questions about
World Book online, please feel free
to reach out to your local librarian.
We are always happy to help!
