Direct Linking
Locate the specific content and copy the URL displayed in the Internet address bar of your browser.
Students may need to authenticate by logging in to World Book before selecting the direct link.
Overview
World Book Advanced is a comprehensive reference database that includes full encyclopedic and multimedia content, supplemented with links to vetted external content and special features, including:
Featured Content carousel on homepage.
In the Headlines at top of homepage: Links to external articles about current events.
Research & Resources menu (at top right of homepage) with special features including:
Behind the Headlines: Backgrounders on current events, including weekly quizzes and lesson plans.
Government Websites from Maryland, the United States, and other countries around the world.
Interactive Maps & Timelines
Pathfinders & Resource Guides
Today in History
World Newspapers
World Resources: Interactive Maps, Atlas, Compare Places feature.
Target Audience: Grades 8-12
Content Connections: Supports all content areas
Access: Username and password information for BCPS staff and students can be found on the BCPS Digital Content Access Page.
⭐Click here to see a list of translation, accommodation, and modification features available for English Language Learners and students with special education needs.⭐
Learning How
Tutorials & Guides
Click Support at the bottom of any screen in World Book Advanced to access these resources:
Educator Resources
Select Educator Tools under the Research & Resources menu on the homepage for access to:
Curriculum Correlations
Lesson Plans & WebQuests
Teaching with Documents: Lesson plans focusing on one or more primary sources, featuring historical background text, enlargeable images, discussion questions, worksheets, and book lists.
3. Knowledge Constructor- Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
Features & Learning Supports
Choose Basic Search or Advanced Search, providing Browse Options, Boolean Search, Lexile Search, or limit by Date, Content, Full Text, etc.
Search Results grouped by format.
Articles include tabs with links to relevant Standards; Images, Videos & Audio; and Related Information (Primary Sources, related Encyclopedia articles, Back in Time articles, Special Reports, Websites, Magazine articles, Curriculum Correlations, and Questions to help students jump-start their research.
Article Contents hamburger menu includes section headings for longer articles and article Lexile.
Tools & Settings cog includes options for viewing, saving, printing, translating text, text size.
Embedded Dictionary: Double-click on any word in an article for a pop-up definition.
Translation of all articles into over 20 languages.
Read-aloud available for every article.
Pre-formatted Citations in multiple styles provided at the end of each article.
Lexiles: Click the Article Contents hamburger menu at the top of an article to see its Lexile score.
Use Advanced Search to narrow by Lexile range.
Use the Reading Level Correlations chart to match Lexile to grade level.