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Overview Developmentally appropriate K-5 research tool

– Leads K-5 students through beginning research skills

– Simple searches via topic tree (or type in box)

– Tabbed results help young students identify content types

Curriculum-related coverage Recent updates include:

• Over 500 new images

• ‘Kids InfoBits presents Symbols of America’

• ‘Kids InfoBits presents Holidays of the World’

• New titles from Wild Wild World and Eye Openers

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Notable Features

100% Full-text Tabbed results lists segment content by type for easy

identification Two Content Level indicators (Easy and More Difficult) help

students identify the most appropriate content Teacher Toolbox Breadcrumb Trail My Backpack InfoMarks

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Reference Content Overview Blackbirch Kid’s Visual Reference of the World Blackbirch Kid’s Visual Reference of the United States KidBits, 3rd Edition Blackbirch Kid’s Almanac of Geography Blackbirch Encyclopedia of Science and Invention

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Reference Content Overview

First Facts About the States

First Facts About American Heroes

First Facts About the Presidents

First Facts About U.S. History

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Reference Content Overview Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations

Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States

Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Provinces

Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World

Tribes of Native America series (30 titles)

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Reference Content OverviewSelected titles from the following series: Animals with Jobs Creatures of the Sea Endangered Animals and Habitats Eye Openers Nature’s Predators Returning Wildlife Wild Africa Wild Bears Wild Birds of Prey Wild Canines Wild Cats of the World Wild Marine Animals Wild, Wild World

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Reference Content Overview

Merriam Webster’s Elementary Dictionary

Columbia Encyclopedia

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Magazine Overview

90 full-text magazines

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Newspaper Overview Current events coverage from:

– USA Today

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Maps, Flags and Seals

Over 1,200 maps, flags and seals– Country and state locator maps

– Country, state and province maps

– Country and state seals

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Charts and Graphs

Over 1,700 colorful charts and graphs

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Images Over 5,000 images

– Animals

– State birds, flowers, and trees

– Presidents, Vice Presidents and First Ladies

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Topic Tree – First Level

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Topic Tree – Second Level

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Topic Tree – Third Level

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Results Page

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Article

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2006 Updates Two new content sets with 150+ entries

– Mix of “Easy” and “More Difficult” levels – Written exclusively for Kids InfoBits

•  Kids InfoBits Presents: Symbols of America • Kids InfoBits Presents: Holidays of the World

25 new titles from two series:– Wild Wild World (Ladybugs, Dragonflies, Hamsters, etc)– Eye Openers (Land, Transportation, Food, Arts & Crafts)

“Easy” level entries for the top searched animals Over 500 new images

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2007 Planned Updates ‘Kids InfoBits presents Wild Weather’ ‘Kids InfoBits presents the Human Body’ ‘Kids InfoBits presents Diseases and Disorders’ ‘Kids InfoBits presents the Solar System’ Focus on children’s authors

– Forty new author bio’s will be added Dinosaur content Illustrations, blank maps and science experiments! Rights-free CD’s (1000 images)

– Focus on solar system, weather, plants and flowers, cities of America, World destinations, insects and others.