World Book Student is a comprehensive online encyclopedia tailored for upper elementary, middle, and high school students. World Book Student includes all the articles from the print versions of the World Book Encyclopedia, plus thousands of additional articles, multimedia, vetted web links, and research tools.

 Target Audience: Grades 5-9

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

• • Video Tutorial

  • World Books Student Training Page

  • How to do Research Tutorial

Educator Resources

• • Educator Tools:  Select this link at the top right of the World Book Student Homepage to go to a page with links to 

    • Curriculum Correlations

    • Graphic Organizers: Download and print graphic organizers for classroom learning.

    • Lesson Plan Links: Professionally prepared lesson plans and activities

    • WebQuests 

    • Professional Links: Curricula standards, professional education associations and educational literature

• Research Tools:  Compile, create, and save your research projects with World Book's research tools.  These include the Citation Builder, How to Do Research, My Research, and Timelines.

• Biography Center:  Find subjects for your biography project. Start by selecting a category.  These categories may include Inventors, Explorers, Painters, World Leaders, Athletes, and Authors.

• Quizzes and Activities: Links to different quizzes and activities for the user to complete.  Links are titled Trivia Quizzes, Surf the Ages, and World Book Featured Sites.

• Behind the Headlines:  Includes links to current events, which are updated frequently.

• Explore:  Explore World Book's rich collection of articles, tables, maps, and multimedia on the world.  Links include Explore Maryland, Explore the USA and Canada, Explore the World, and Compare Places.

• Most Popular Articles:  Includes links to the most popular or searched articles in World Book.  These change depending on searched content.

• Featured Video:  a daily informational video is featured on the front page. 

• Atlas: a clickable Atlas that provides enlarged images of the selected areas as well as links to Articles and Resource Guides. 

• Translation of all articles into over 20 languages

• Read-aloud feature 

• Citation: Citation styles are provided at the end of each article.  Users may choose from MLA, APA, or Harvard citation styles to copy and paste into their works cited list.

• Dictionary:  World Book Student's dictionary is based on the World Book Student Discovery, with thousands of illustrations and pictures. 

• Lexiles: Click the Contents link below an article title to see its Lexile score.  Use Advanced Search to narrow searches to a Lexile range.

  • Use the Reading Level Correlations chart to match Lexile to grade level.