Lesson 1B - World Book Public Library Edition

1. I searched for information on the elephant. World Book for Kids gave a brief, easy-to-read overview about how an elephant takes care of its young, what they eat, what they look like, the noises they make and also how they are endangered. There were also links to pictures and videos of the elephant, and on the side bar, there were trivia questions about the elephant that would link to more information such as about the ivory in their trunks.

2. World Book Online InfoFinder gave an amount of information that was more appropriate for someone who wanted to learn more in-depth about this animal. This site included everything that the Kids site did, but everything was explained much more thoroughly, and also went into a lot of the background, history and statistics of elephants. A convenient feature of the site was that on the left side someone could just find the specific information they wanted about elephants, and then go right there, and they could just print out one specific section. Also, for people wanting to do more research, there were links to where they could find more information.

3. I searched for information about Germany. The thing that I noticed right away that was nice is that someone could do a general search for "Germany" and many related topics came up also such as Hitler, Berlin, the Dawes plan and the Triple Alliance. There were also links to primary sources, so someone could have an idea of what they wanted to learn about, and end up with a lot of information on this one site. After clicking on the "Germany" link, there is even more information and links to primary sources, maps, books and magazine articles. Another nice thing is that there is the option to translate the text or have it read aloud for patrons who would find these options easier and more convenient.