Remember how most families used to have an encyclopedia in their home, on a shelf in a place of honor? Usually it would be the World Book, or maybe the Britannica. Often it would be ten years old or older, because encyclopedias were a big investment and a family couldn't afford to get a new one very often. Kids would use the encyclopedia to do their schoolwork. The grown-ups would use it to settle a bet about how long it would take to drive from Detroit to Chicago.
Now, those same families probably have the internet in their home, and they'd use the computer when they once used the encyclopedia.
But as most people know, for all of its convenience and speed, the internet is not always the most reliable source of information. Let's say you want to know more about e. coli, the bacteria causing an outbreak of food poisoning in Europe. You can get the reliable, accurate information of a famous encyclopedia, at any of time of day or night, via the Internet, using the Stratford Library's subscription to the
World Book Online.
The online World Book is updated constantly, so it doesn't go out of date like the set your parents may have had. And it refers you to information from many sources beyond the encyclopedia. But you can be sure it will all be reliable information from reputable sources, fact checked by the World Book editors.
How do you log on? Go to the
Stratfordlibrary.org website, and click on the box that says "Get it online with your library card."
On the next page, you'll see the list of our most popular online resources, including The World Book Online.
Log on using your Stratford Library card number, and you'll be all set to get reliable, up to date information with the speed of the Internet.
Power user tip: The World Book Online offers different versions for different ages: - World Book for Kids for the youngest students
- World Book Info Finder for middle school and high school students
- World Book Online Reference Center for adults
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