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 Multilingual Learners and students with special education needs.⭐

Tutorials & Guides

• • Click Support at the bottom of any screen in World Book Advanced to access these resources:

    • Video Tutorial & transcript

    • World Books Advanced Training Page

    • World Book Advanced Help center 

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.

• 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.