[kids-lib] Kids InfoBits: Britannica Elementary Collection Now Available

[Jennifer Maurer]

Please pardon the cross-posting.

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Kids InfoBits<http://assets.cengage.com/pdf/fs_kidsinfobits.pdf> is the Gale database designed for elementary school students. Earlier this month, Gale added The Britannica Elementary Collection to Kids InfoBits. This is a collection of 3,869 Britannica articles written for students in grades 3 to 6. The articles cover a wide variety of subjects, including animals, sports, science, history, key figures, literature, technology, countries, government, and more. Cited as Britannica Student Encyclopedia: An A to Z Encyclopedia (2015), these selections, according to Britannica, “help children gain a better understanding of their world.” Intended to be a resource for homework help and assignments for upper elementary students, the content contains articles, photographs, charts, and tables that help explain concepts and subjects; it also includes maps and flags from across the globe.

To browse the new articles, log in to Kids InfoBits, click on Advanced Search at the top, change Keyword to Publication Title, enter this text: britannica student encyclopedia, and click on Search. The preview will feature three articles; click on View All to see the rest.

For examples, check out these articles on sea turtles<http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CZCVGII736056566&v=2.1&u=oslis&it=r&p=ITKE&sw=w&asid=bf7ef00eb34205bf251522c129785b7f>, Panama Canal<http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CFHZEOR587880479&v=2.1&u=oslis&it=r&p=ITKE&sw=w&asid=f302f55961bec4cdb8ccae775b1e30a6>, volcanos<http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CKHXCCP364084678&v=2.1&u=oslis&it=r&p=ITKE&sw=w&asid=a3ffb71cfcc969e44b10ce836852f981>, graphs<http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CXJFNGL196110189&v=2.1&u=oslis&it=r&p=ITKE&sw=w&asid=6a9a12ea4620e856af34d94198c59a77>, and Langston Hughes<http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CRSOZXK189110952&v=2.1&u=oslis&it=r&p=ITKE&sw=w&asid=70b795aca99890b0c41b7217af75d146>.

Questions? Please ask.

FYI,
Jen

Jennifer Maurer
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P.S. Here are the hyperlinks if you can’t see them in the text above.

Kids InfoBits fact sheet: http://assets.cengage.com/pdf/fs_kidsinfobits.pdf
Sea turtles: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CZCVGII736056566&v=2.1&u=oslis&it=r&p=ITKE&sw=w&asid=bf7ef00eb34205bf251522c129785b7f
Panama Canal: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CFHZEOR587880479&v=2.1&u=oslis&it=r&p=ITKE&sw=w&asid=f302f55961bec4cdb8ccae775b1e30a6
Volcano: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CKHXCCP364084678&v=2.1&u=oslis&it=r&p=ITKE&sw=w&asid=a3ffb71cfcc969e44b10ce836852f981
Graphs: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CXJFNGL196110189&v=2.1&u=oslis&it=r&p=ITKE&sw=w&asid=6a9a12ea4620e856af34d94198c59a77
Langston Hughes: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CRSOZXK189110952&v=2.1&u=oslis&it=r&p=ITKE&sw=w&asid=70b795aca99890b0c41b7217af75d146
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