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InfoBits</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0"> now has content from The Britannica Elementary Collection. These
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050">63 new ebook titles</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0"> are geared toward
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050">lower elementary students</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0"> (K-2), and they have
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050">lots of images</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0"> and
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050">simple text</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">. There is also content from other ebook series in Kids InfoBits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">The ebook content is broken down to the article level and covers a wide range of subjects, as indicated by the representative list below. Most of the books are copyrighted 2013 with
a few dated 2008. To see a </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050">full list of the ebook titles, browse</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0"> the Reference Titles list for Kids Infobits:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050"><a href="http://solutions.cengage.com/Gale/Database-Title-Lists/"><span style="color:#00B050">http://solutions.cengage.com/Gale/Database-Title-Lists/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">.
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</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">The
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050">attached document offers tips for finding content from the new ebooks</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">.
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<br>
This bookmark leads to the content from the book, <i>Ants</i>: </span><span class="infomark-url-green"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#7030A0"><a href="http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?ty=as&v=2.1&u=oslis&it=search&s=RELEVANCE-SORT&p=ITKE&st=T001&dblist=ITKE&qt=PU~ants&sw=w&asid=387f669bee66376339878c3aa941ec38"><span style="color:#7030A0">http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?ty=as&v=2.1&u=oslis&it=search&s=RELEVANCE-SORT&p=ITKE&st=T001&dblist=ITKE&qt=PU~ants&sw=w&asid=387f669bee66376339878c3aa941ec38</span></a></span></span><span class="infomark-url-green"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">.
If prompted to log in, students and educators can use their Gale username and password. Or, use just the password if there is only one text box.</span></span><span class="infomark-url-green"><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">Partial list of new ebooks:<br>
<i>Animal Adaptations </i></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">Creeping Crawlers </span>
</i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">Day and Night </span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">Earth's Changing Surface
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">Even or Odd? </span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">Location Words: Around and Through
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">Measuring: Seconds, Minutes, and Hours
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">One Land, Many Cultures
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">Science Safety Rules </span>
</i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">The Statue of Liberty
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">What Is It Made of? </span>
</i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">Words</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">Zap! It's Electricity
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">Soon you will be able to find this information in the OSLIST archive:
<a href="http://oslis.org/oslissupport/announcements/2014"><span style="color:#7030A0">http://oslis.org/oslissupport/announcements/2014</span></a>.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050">Questions? Please ask</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0">.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#B2A1C7">Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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