|
BACK TO SCHOOL
|
|
Welcome to the New School Year!
Training on the World Book Web
To start the school year World Book has upcoming webinars for World
Book Web subscribers and educators interested in learning more about
our online products. Register now
for an overview of the features of the World Book Web's full suite of
products, including World Book Kids, World Book Student, World Book
Advanced, L'Encyclopedie Decouverte (French edition) and NEW World Book
Discover.
Enquire today for full details of session dates and times and for further information.
 |
|
Hints & Tips
|
World Book has new promotional posters available free to all World Book
Web subscribers to help promote remote use and the availability of
World Book in your library. Order Now>>
 |
|
 |
'Fact or Fiction?" Bookmarks are available once again. If you missed out last year, here is the opportunity to order your free bookmarks. Order Now>>
- World Book Student Quizzes & Activities
Trivia Quizzes is a collection of quizzes gathered by editors from
World Book products featuring topics such as Aviation & Space and
Science & Nature.
Trivia Quizzes can be accessed by clicking on the link found on the
World Book Student Home Page.
Students choose an answer from the three choices offered after each
question and then click "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz to
see how you scored. All of the answers can be found in World Book.
Setting up a specific site as the default homepage is easily done by
viewing our concise and informative tutorial.
 |
|
Coming Soon!
|
> Harvard Citation method.
> Literary Criticism collection - a database of literary criticism content highlighting more than 300 of the most-studied authors.
Add a subscriber:
If you wish to add further recipients to our monthly newsletter mailing
list, please submit their details here.
|
|
 |
Discovery Encyclopedia
|
Introducing a redesigned and expanded edition of World Book's popular Student Discovery Encyclopedia - with almost 200 added pages and eye-catching and information-rich special features. For further information on Discovery Encyclopedia.
 |
|
What's New
|
> E-books Center: Users can browse the ebook collection by title, genre, or author. For further information on the E-books Center.
> Sharable pathfinders: Users
can convert projects in their My Research accounts to lesson plans or
pathfinders that can be shared at the account level or with all World
Book users. For a free video tutorial go to the Pathfinders link in
World Book Advanced.
-
New or Revised in World Book
The following are among the new or revised articles and features over
the past month:
New pictures:
Bread and other carbohydrates
Closed-circuit television
Creating a primary colour signal in a TV camera
Crop circle
Mount Kenya
Roger Daltrey
New articles:
Ashura
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Crop circle
Deep vein thrombosis
New dictionary entries:
back-office
OCD
quantum dot
re-gift
Revised articles:
English Civil War
European Central Bank
Kenya
Ian McEwan
Sky
|
|
Important Dates & Events
|
January 30, 1771 - George Bass, explorer of Australia's coastline, born.
January 30, 1933 - Adolf Hitler, named chancellor of Germany.
January 30, 1948 - Mohandas K. Gandhi, spiritual and political leader of India, assassinated.
February 2, 1829 - Charles Sturt discovered Darling River, Australia.
February 2, 1862 - New Zealand's first railway, the Don Mountain line, opened in Nelson.
February 2, 1943 - The last German troops surrendered in the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II.
February 3, 1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, first modern woman doctor, born.
February 6, 1840
- Waitangi Day, New Zealand. In recognition of the Treaty of Waitangi
signed in 1840 between the native Maori and European settlers.
February 6, 1952 - Elizabeth II became queen of the United Kingdom.
February 7, 1912 - Sir Russell Drysdale, Australian painter, born.
February 8, 1587 - Mary, Queen of Scots, executed.
February 9, 1897 - Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, born.
February 12, 1882 - Sir Walter Nash, New Zealand statesman, born.
February 13, 1743 - Sir Joseph Banks, botanist who sailed with Captain James Cook, born.
February 14, 1779 - Captain James Cook, British navigator and explorer, died.
February 22, 1879 - Norman Lindsay, Australian artist and writer, born.
|
|
