World Book Online for Kids (K-5)--Clicking on Plants and Animals, Animals, no warthogs are listed here, not even in the zoo. I looked up tarantula instead, found a picture and its habitat in Southern and Western United States, South America and Australia. I like the other features of this electronic resource, Science projects and biographies, and the easy way to move to the other World Book sites at the bottom of the page, a feature of all the sites.
World Book Online Info Finder (grades 5-9)--Searching for the same mammal as I did in World Book Kids, the warthog, this site pulled up the exact same information as World Book student with very little information. World Book Kids outshined both World Book Info Finder and World Book Student in the warthog category.
World Book Online Reference Center (grades 9-adult)--Online reference center pulled up the exact same information that World Book Advanced provided, plus is the same information that is provided in the print World Book 2003 volume on Kuwait. But, there are so many more features to this online reference center...could take days to explore! The types of information most valuable to students will depend upon the course and their assignment. English, speech, Senior term papers, government, health, geography classes all will greatly benefit using this resource!
You have correctly discerned that the difference between the public library edition & the school edition is the features. The public library edition Kids' games section is full of educational games for various content areas and can be set to different ability levels. Try the Virtual Tours in InfoFinder. And, yes, Reference Center has it all! Thanks for your comments!
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