[ISLMA-Share] World Book vs Britannica

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Years ago I did some comparison on encyclopedias. (Keep in mind this was a
decade ago.) At that point, the thing that was unique about *World Book* was
that the lexile level was linked to the sophistication of the article. So,
for example, the article on Elephants  is written at a lower lexile level
than the article on the Vietnam War.

This seemed like a worthwhile feature.

Leah Krippner
Librarian, Harlem High School
I am currently reading *A World Without You* by Beth Revis

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 6:10 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I've had World Book online for a few years and love it. Just remind kids
> to look for ARTICLES just like in the books and not KEYWORDS like in Google
> searches.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Apr 25, 2016, at 3:29 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> Hi –
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> I’m looking into World Book.
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> Anyone offer thoughts as to how they like World Book Online? And wondering
> if anyone has any thoughts on World Book vs Britannica School?
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> Thanks!
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> Amy Stefanski
>
> District Libranian
> Dunlap School District
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> astefanski at dunlapcusd.net
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> @LibranSki    @AmyNSTEM
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